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11 thousand people directly and indirectly employed. Public works that will involve one and a half million people in Puglia.
The Puglia Region in September announced not so much a challenge as a full-scale declaration of intent: 100 building sites activated by the end of 2010. Public works financed to a large extent by the European Regional Development Fund (that can be utilised immediately) which Governor Nichi Vendola says will give further important impulse to the economy in the south of Italy.
This positive turn towards the of end the year comes after a high performance start, at least compared to national data. ISTAT, for example, indicates that Puglia posted the half-year record in exports: +13.7%. The figure for Puglia is particularly significant because its growth rate is impressively double that of Italy as a whole (equal to 6.6%) and distinctly higher than the result for southern Italy (7.6%). In absolute terms, exports today total 1 billion 494 million euros and involved almost all sectors in the regional production fabric, refineries, food products, chemicals and mining/quarrying activity.
Mining/quarrying activity is still encountering major difficulties despite representing a national hallmark for its quality marbles – Puglia is the second Italian district in terms of quantity for marble and was present with 22 companies at the last edition of Marmomacc 2010.
Facts and figures for the sector: 1.5 million tonnes of natural stone and marble quarried, worth 13,631,000 euros in exports of cut, processed and finished materials; 6,190,000.00 euros for export of other mine and quarry products; 617 active quarries in the territory, 272 companies involved in parallel quarrying activity (stone, sand, clay), 1,074 companies operating in marble cutting, processing and finishing work.
The economic challenge of southern Italy promises to be lively and proactive. The 100 building sites announced by the Puglia Region “will ensure breathing space for the economy and employment in Puglia (…) and the added value if the operation will include acceleration of procedures to activate and open sites” (Nicola Fratoianni, Councillor for Planning, interviewed during Marmomacc).
The Puglia Region in September announced not so much a challenge as a full-scale declaration of intent: 100 building sites activated by the end of 2010. Public works financed to a large extent by the European Regional Development Fund (that can be utilised immediately) which Governor Nichi Vendola says will give further important impulse to the economy in the south of Italy.
This positive turn towards the of end the year comes after a high performance start, at least compared to national data. ISTAT, for example, indicates that Puglia posted the half-year record in exports: +13.7%. The figure for Puglia is particularly significant because its growth rate is impressively double that of Italy as a whole (equal to 6.6%) and distinctly higher than the result for southern Italy (7.6%). In absolute terms, exports today total 1 billion 494 million euros and involved almost all sectors in the regional production fabric, refineries, food products, chemicals and mining/quarrying activity.
Mining/quarrying activity is still encountering major difficulties despite representing a national hallmark for its quality marbles – Puglia is the second Italian district in terms of quantity for marble and was present with 22 companies at the last edition of Marmomacc 2010.
Facts and figures for the sector: 1.5 million tonnes of natural stone and marble quarried, worth 13,631,000 euros in exports of cut, processed and finished materials; 6,190,000.00 euros for export of other mine and quarry products; 617 active quarries in the territory, 272 companies involved in parallel quarrying activity (stone, sand, clay), 1,074 companies operating in marble cutting, processing and finishing work.
The economic challenge of southern Italy promises to be lively and proactive. The 100 building sites announced by the Puglia Region “will ensure breathing space for the economy and employment in Puglia (…) and the added value if the operation will include acceleration of procedures to activate and open sites” (Nicola Fratoianni, Councillor for Planning, interviewed during Marmomacc).
Source: Samoter Press Room
11 thousand people directly and indirectly employed. Public works that will involve one and a half million people in Puglia.
The Puglia Region in September announced not so much a challenge as a full-scale declaration of intent: 100 building sites activated by the end of 2010. Public works financed to a large extent by the European Regional Development Fund (that can be utilised immediately) which Governor Nichi Vendola says will give further important impulse to the economy in the south of Italy.