Italy: SME challenges related to exports 2016-2017

This statistic shows the challenges that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Italy face when selling on foreign markets from November 2016 to February 2017. From the responding SMEs exporting in February 2017, 28 percent considered market access limitations to be a challenge.

Challenges SME in Italy face selling to foreign markets from November 2016 to February 2017*

Characteristic	Finding business partners	Market access limitations	Different regulations in other countries	Customs regulations	Language and/or cultural gap	Securing export finance	Poor online payment alternatives to sell online	Large geographical distance from home country	Poor internet connection to sell online	Other
Feb '17	66%	28%	34%	38%	24%	17%	7%	17%	7%	7%
Dec '16	69%	31%	19%	23%	27%	27%	15%	4%	8%	0%
Nov '16	59%	30%	37%	44%	22%	19%	4%	19%	11%	7%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

November 2016 to February 2017

Number of respondents

29**

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Source question: You said that “selling to foreign markets” is a challenge for your business. What particular challenges does this include?
** Survey sample group size varies:
Nov '16 = 27
Dec '16 = 26
Feb '17 = 29.

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