Italy’s Factories Feel the Economic Shocks of Ukraine War
Container ships docked at the Delta Terminal, operated by Europe Container Terminals BV, in the Port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam on March 8.
Photographer: Peter Boer/BloombergAfter just a month, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is already bringing to a standstill factories all over Italy.
Russia accounts for just 1.6% of Italy’s exports but in some sectors the proportion is much higher. And that’s without taking into account the impact of higher gas and power costs on energy-intensive sectors such as steel making, paper manufacturing or ceramics.