Manufacturing

As in most countries of Western Europe, agriculture is in a continuous decline in Italy. Italy is a

country of scarce resources and with only a few notable natural resources. On an agricultural level,
the south maily cultivates wheat, tobacco, olives, stone fruit, sugar beets and tomatoes, while
northern Italy has a strong tradition of pig and cattle breeding. Thecultivation of wine, however,
is widely spread throughout Italy and one of the country's major export commodities.
The Italian Industry and economy in Italy are strongly nationalised - a circumstance that only slowly
starts to dissipate as waves of privatisation wash over the country. While most workers in the south
are employed by small businesses, the richer north is home to many large corporations employing a
far larger total workforce.

Economy in Italy today

Almost 70% of the Italian GDP are generated in the service sector. Tourism plays a very important
role for the Italian economy and contributes nearly 10% to this sector. In recent years, some 40
million tourists a year visited the country. Beaches in northern Italy aside, the most important
destinations are Venice, South Tyrol and Rome. Nevertheless, the country, like many other European
destinations, is still struggling with a decline in overnight stays after the tourist boom of the last
decade.

Export
The top exports of Italy are Packaged Medicaments ($22.1B), Refined
Petroleum ($19.8B), Vehicle Parts ($14.3B), Cars ($10.6B) and Valves($9B), using the 1992
revision of the HS (Harmonized System) classification. Its top imports are Crude
Petroleum ($45.3B), Petroleum Gas ($26.8B), Cars ($20.3B), Packaged
Medicaments ($15.3B) and Refined Petroleum ($14.6B). The top export destinations of Italy
are Germany ($58.8B), France ($49.8B), the United States ($38.1B), the United
Kingdom ($24.8B) and Switzerland ($24.7B). The top import origins are Germany ($68.1B),
France ($38.4B), China ($30.2B), the Netherlands ($26.8B) and Russia($26.5B).

Import
In 2013 italy imported $465B, making it the 11th largest importer in the world.
During the last five years the imports of Italy have decreased at an annualized rate
of -2.6%, from $530B to $465B in 2013. The most recent imports are led by crude
petroleum which represent 9.7% of the total imports of Italy, followed by petroleum
gas, which account for 5.76%

globalization

Italys position in the global economy is ambiguous at best. It is the seventh-largest economy in
the world, but many in Europe have doubts about its ability to adapt fully to the rigors of the
euro zone and its markets beyond.
Why are Italians worried about globalization?

Anti-globalization taps right into the two strongest currents in Italys postwar politics
catholicism and communism

Legal system
The Italian legal system is that of a civil law State, governed by codified law. Italy's system of
government is that of a parliamentary republic.

Criminal Courts in Italy

The criminal legal process involves judges, tribunals and assize courts ( corte dassise), which
include juries (giudici popolari), unlike other courts which are composed entirely of lawyers.
Civil Courts in Italy
Civil justice is applied in disputes between private bodies and in some cases also between
private and public administrations. Civil justice is dispensed by justices of the peace
( giudici conciliatori/guidice giudice di pace), judges ( pretori), tribunals ( tribunali), appeal courts
( corti dappello) and the supreme court ( corte di cassazione).
Arrest
If youre arrested in Italy, you have no right to see a lawyer ( avvocato) before a hearing before a
judge, but may give the name of your lawyer in writing. You have the right to silence and need
only state your name, date and place of birth, and whether youve been arrested in Italy before.
You have the right to notify your local consulate, who can provide the names of lawyers who
speak your language.
Lost Property or Documents
If you lose or have something stolen in Italy, you should make a report ( denuncia) to
the carabinieri nearest to where the incident occurred, rather than in the town where you live.
Making a report is essential if you want to claim on an insurance policy, as the police report
constitutes evidence of your loss

Language
There are a variety of regional languages spoken to varying degrees in Italy, most of which belong to
various branches of the Romance languages and are hence descendants of Vulgar Latin. The official
and most widely spoken language is Italian, a descendant of Tuscan. There are several minority
languages that belong to other Indo-European branches, such as Cimbrian (Germanic), Arbresh
(Albanian), the Slavomolisano dialect of Serbo-Croatian (Slavic), and Griko (Hellenic). Other nonindigenous languages are spoken by a substantial percentage of the population due to immigration

Religion
Religion in Italy is characterised by the predominance of Christianity, especially the Catholic
Church, and an increasing diversity of religious practices, beliefs and denominations. According to
the 2012 Global Religious Landscape survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public
Life (an American think tank), 83.3% of Italy's residents are Christians, 12.4%
are irreligious, atheist or agnostic, 3.7% are Muslims and the remaining 0.6% adhere to other
religions