Today in Rome the twelfth edition of the National Report on the Economy of the Sea that photographs a sector in which 227,975 companies operate in Italy for a total of 1,040,172 employees, generating a direct added value of 64.6 billion of euros which, considering the value activated in the remainder of the economy, reaches 178.3 billion euros, equal to 10.2% of the National Gross Domestic Product.

The Report is edited by: National Observatory on the Economy of the Sea Ossermare, Centro Studi Tagliacarne - Unioncamere, Informare, Frosinone Latina and Blue Chamber of Commerce Forum Italia Network.