Associazione Italiana Commercio EsteroItalian Association of Foreign Trade

Aice is a non-profit entrepreneurial association which, for over 60 years, has been working to promote international business relations, representing companies that are committed predominantly to commercial activities abroad as well as the services related to such activities.

What is Aice?

Aice represents Aice represents ItalianItalian companies companies dealing with foreign trade:dealing with foreign trade:

--Trading companiesTrading companies

-- ExportersExporters

-- ImportersImporters

-- DistributorsDistributors

-- AgentsAgents

-- Export housesExport houses

-- Buying OfficesBuying Offices

-- Services for FTServices for FT- Manufacturers (mainly SMEs) wishing to improve their business abroad.

Aice members

Main sectors of activity:Export:- Machineries- Industrial supplies- Consumer products (linked to “Italian

lifestyile”, like fashion, food, furniture etc.)

Import:- Agri-food- Raw materials- Electrics, Electronics- Machineries- Consumer products

Aice members

- From very small (individual) companies, to very large (multinational) groups

- 80% of our members located in Lombardy

- Markets of interest: Eastern Europe, Northand South America, Far East, Middle East, Africa

Aice members

�� Representation Representation �� ConsultingConsulting�� TrainingTraining�� InformationInformation�� Business opportunities abroadBusiness opportunities abroad�� Promotion on foreign marketsPromotion on foreign markets

Aice services for the members

Aice has a web portal dedicated to the Aice has a web portal dedicated to the items of foreign trade in order to:items of foreign trade in order to:

-- assist Italian companies in their assist Italian companies in their internationalization process. internationalization process.

--be the gateway to Italian market for be the gateway to Italian market for foreign companies with interesting sections foreign companies with interesting sections available in English (membersavailable in English (members’’ db, db, international marketplace, b2b sites, international marketplace, b2b sites, information on Italian market).information on Italian market).

www.aicebiz.com

Aice is a member of:Aice is a member of:

�� Confcommercio Milan, Confcommercio Milan, Local Local Confedeartion of Trade, Tourism and Confedeartion of Trade, Tourism and ServicesServices (about 35,000 companies)(about 35,000 companies)

�� Confcommercio Confcommercio -- Imprese per Imprese per ll ’’ italia, italia, Italian General Federation of Italian General Federation of Trade, Tourism and Services Trade, Tourism and Services Confcommercio (about 800,000 Confcommercio (about 800,000 Companies)Companies)

�� CITHACITHA -- Confederation of Confederation of International Trading Houses International Trading Houses AssociationsAssociations

Aice direct relationships

•• to receive personalized assistance on to receive personalized assistance on ALL the items of FOREIGN TRADE: ALL the items of FOREIGN TRADE: Partner search abroad (distributors, Partner search abroad (distributors, agents, clients, suppliers etc), agents, clients, suppliers etc), international contracts, customs, international contracts, customs, transports, export financing, payments transports, export financing, payments etc.etc.

•• to receive updated information on to receive updated information on foreign markets, laws, procedures etc. foreign markets, laws, procedures etc.

•• to be promoted on foreign marketsto be promoted on foreign markets

Why an Italian company should be a member of Aice?

•• to get in touch with the right Italian to get in touch with the right Italian partners (distributors, agents, clients, partners (distributors, agents, clients, suppliers etc)suppliers etc)

•• to receive assitance in organizing to receive assitance in organizing business meetings in Italy business meetings in Italy

•• to promote requirements/offers on the to promote requirements/offers on the Italian market by means of AiceItalian market by means of Aice’’s s bimonthly pubblication bimonthly pubblication ““Il Commercio Il Commercio con lcon l’’EsteroEstero”” (Foreign Trade) and (Foreign Trade) and AiceAice’’s website www.aicebiz.coms website www.aicebiz.com

Why a foreign company should contact Aice?

AiceAice’’s objective is to create new s objective is to create new business opportunities between its business opportunities between its members and foreign companies, thus members and foreign companies, thus contributing to the development of contributing to the development of international trade. international trade.

Through Aice, any company interested Through Aice, any company interested in the Italian market and/or products in the Italian market and/or products will be able to expand into Italy.will be able to expand into Italy.

Aice: gateway to the Italian market

Furthermore Aice works to develop Furthermore Aice works to develop collaborative relationships with collaborative relationships with international institutions and international institutions and promotional bodies, as well as with promotional bodies, as well as with entrepreneurial associations world entrepreneurial associations world wide, with the aim of increasing wide, with the aim of increasing international trade and fostering a international trade and fostering a balanced development of economies in balanced development of economies in all countriesall countries

Aice: gateway to the Italian market

•• In Italy more than 190,000 exportingIn Italy more than 190,000 exportingcompanies (about 52,000 in Lombardycompanies (about 52,000 in LombardyRegion)Region)

•• About 170,000 are SMEsAbout 170,000 are SMEs

•• 44% of Italian exporting companies 44% of Italian exporting companies selling in only ONE foreign market selling in only ONE foreign market (usually an EU Country)(usually an EU Country)

•• In Italy about 260,000 companies In Italy about 260,000 companies doing importdoing import

Italian Foreign Trade

Contact us...

Aice - Associazione Italiana Commercio EsteroItalian Association of Foreign Trade

Corso Venezia 49, 20121 MilanTel +39 027750320/1 Fax +39 027750329

aice@unione.milano.itwww.aicebiz.com

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