Italy and Germany: The Two Leading Countries in the Packaging Machinery Industry

Italy and Germany are the world’s two leading exporters of automatic wrapping and packaging machines. This section presents the situation, beginning with a comparison of the exports and trade balance of the two countries, based on Eurostat data. This is followed by an analysis of the UN figures for the major exporting countries which shows the clear dominance of Italy and Germany in world exports of wrapping and packaging machines.