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In 2021, Italy's scheduled maritime connections with China, the Netherlands and Spain were strengthened
Among Italy's other main trading partners, maritime connections with the US have been stable, while those with Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Belgium have weakened
October 1, 2021
The LSBCI index is defined by five components: the number of transhipments in ports necessary to transport goods from a nation to the other; the number of direct connections common to the two nations; the number of common direct connections for the pair of nations with a transhipment; the level of competition relating to services connecting the two nations; the size of the ship plus great on the less busy route connecting the two nations.
With regard to the indicators of the nations with which in 2021 Italy has strengthened ties by sea, that concerning China, after a growth of +0.3% in 2020, this year it recorded a further increase of +2.9%. More accentuated the increase in connections between Italy and Spain, with a relative index that in 2020 marked an increase of +1.7% and in 2021 by +5.9%. The intensity index is also on the rise of the maritime connections between Italy and the Netherlands which, however, after a increase of +2.8% in 2020, in 2021 it showed only a slight increase of +0.4%.
If the 2021 indicator of maritime connections of line between Italy and the United States was stable compared to to the previous year, after it had shown a sharp decline in 2020 by -10.8%, the indices for 2021 for all the others Italy's main trading partners have marked a decline from that relating to Germany which is result down by -0.4% after an increase of +4.6% in 2020. The reduction in connections is also not very pronounced in 2021 maritime between Italy and Belgium, with a -0.8% followed by +2.6% for 2020. More relevant, however, is the reduction the efficiency of maritime connections between Italy and the United Kingdom with a -1.5% relative to 2021 that follows the increase of +3.9% marked in 2020, as well as the reduction of -2.1% the efficiency of maritime connections between Italy and France relating to 2021 which follows a decrease of -1.3% marked in the 2020.
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The LSBCI index is defined by five components: the number of transhipments in ports necessary to transport goods from a nation to the other; the number of direct connections common to the two nations; the number of common direct connections for the pair of nations with a transhipment; the level of competition relating to services connecting the two nations; the size of the ship plus great on the less busy route connecting the two nations.
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