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Silk became
a precious
commodity,
highly sought
after from a
very early time.
THEANCIENT
Silk Cloth
The Silk Road. The words alone conjure up images of vast
expanses of burning and arid land, mountain passes buried
under eternal snows and intrepid voyagers somewhere between
China and Italy, drawn by the lures of trade in silk and other
precious commodities. But in addition to its use as a
trade route, this network of roads covering Eurasia
helped to spread ideas, values, cultures and
knowledge. The resulting enrichment and
technological progress contributed significantly to the flourishing and development
of civilizations.
According to legend, the production of
silk began accidentally. The story states
that in the 27th century B.C. a Chinese
empress dropped a silk cocoon into her cup
of tea. As she retrieved the cocoon from the
cup, it unfolded into a shimmering thread. The
empress, enchanted by the raw beauty of the
thread, had a loom created so that the silk could
be woven into a fabric.
No one will ever know if this story is truth or myth, but
we do know that around that time the Chinese began cultivating silk worms and producing silk as a fabric.
Initially, silk was a luxury. Only the Emperor and his court
were allowed to wear silk clothing. Before long, though,
4CONEXUS–SPRING200
La via della Seta. La parola da sola suggerisce immagini di vaste
distese aride e bruciate, montagne che giacciono sotto eterne
coltri di neve e viaggiatori intrepidi tra la Cina e l'Italia attirati
dal richiamo del commercio della seta e di altre merci di lusso.
Ma accanto alla funzione di rotta commerciale, questa rete
di strade che si irradiava per tutta l'Eurasia aiutò anche
a diffondere idee, valori, culture e conoscenza.
L'arricchimento che ne risultò e il progresso
tecnologico contribuirono significativamente
al fiorire e allo svilupparsi delle civiltà.
Secondo la leggenda, la produzione della seta
iniziò in modo del tutto casuale. La storia narra
che nel 27esimo secolo A.C. un'imperatrice
cinese fece cadere un bozzolo di seta nella sua
tazza del thè. Non appena recuperò il bozzolo
dalla tazza, esso si schiuse diventando un filo
luccicante. L'imperatrice, incantata dalla bellezza
naturale di questo filo, fece realizzare un telaio
affinchè il filo di seta potesse diventare un tessuto.
Nessuno sa davvero se questa storia sia realtà o mito,
ma ciò che di vero c'è è che in quell'epoca i cinesi iniziarono ad
occuparsi della produzione della seta coltivando i bachi.
Inizialmente la seta era un bene di lusso. Solo all' Imperatore
e alla sua corte era permesso vestire abiti di seta sebbene la
sericoltura (la coltivazione del baco da seta e la produzione della
Avvicinando l’est
all’ovest- Il vestito antico
sericulture (the cultivation of silk worms and
the production of silk fibre) spread throughout
the entire empire. Silk was woven for clothes,
fishing lines, bowstrings, rag paper and musical instruments. Silk soon became a form of
currency. Farmers paid taxes in silk. Servants
were paid in silk.
Silk became a precious commodity highly sought
by other countries from a very early time, and it
is believed that the silk trade was actually started
before the Silk Road was officially opened in
the second century B.C. An Egyptian female
mummy with silk was discovered in the village
of Deir el Medina near Thebes and the Valley of
the Kings, dated 1070 B.C., which is probably
the earliest evidence of the silk trade. During
the second century B.C., the Chinese emperor
Han Wu Di’s ambassadors traveled as far west as
Persia and Mesopotamia bearing gifts including
silks. A Han embassy reached Baghdad in A.D.
97 and important finds of Han silks have been
made along the Silk Road.
At first, trade was held only with neighbouring
countries, but as time went on, more regions
gained access to silk, until it spread all the way
fibra) fosse diffusa in tutto l'Impero. La seta fu usata
per gli abiti, per le lenze da pesca, per le corde degli
archi e per gli strumenti musicali. La seta divenne
moneta di scambio. I contadini pagavano le tasse
usando la seta e i servi venivano pagati in seta.
La seta divenne un bene di lusso, e in breve altamente
richiesto dagli altri paesi. Per questo si pensa che in
realtà il commercio della seta fosse iniziato prima
dell' apertura ufficiale della Via della Seta nel secondo
secolo A.C. La mummia di una donna egiziana che
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
THE GREAT WALL: The Han Dynasty Silk Road began at the
magnificent capital of Chang’an (Xi’an) - Sera Metropolis. The
route took traders westwards into Gansu Province and along
the Hexi Corridor to the giant barrier of the Great Wall.
to Northern Africa and Western Europe, creating the Silk Road.
This 6400 kilometre route identified as the Silk Road is actually
a web of caravan tracks connecting Chang’an, China (now the
present day city of Xi’an) in the East and Rome, Italy in the
West beginning in the Han Dynasty in the 2nd
century B.C. up through the 15th century A.D.
the 7th century, the Arabs conquered the Persians, and with
them, the magnificent Persian silks. The Arabs then spread
silk throughout Africa, Spain and Sicily as they expanded their
empire. Marco Polo’s journeys to China, the Crusaders, and
the formation of the Mongol Empire led to even
more development of the silk trade between
East and West. By the 10th Century, Spain was
Europe’s main silk-producing centre.
The history
of silk is
shrouded in
mystery.
The Silk Road contained three major routes
leading westward from Chang’an, with perhaps hundreds of smaller ways and by-ways.
The northern route ran westward from China
to the Black Sea; the central to Persia and the
Mediterranean Sea; and the southern to the regions which now
include Afghanistan, Iran and India. Its legendary travelers
included Marco Polo, Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan. The
Great Wall was built (in part) to protect the route from bandits.
Until A.D.550 all silk woven in Europe was derived from
Asiatic sources. About that time, however, the Roman Emperor
Justinian sent two monks to China, where, at the risk of their
lives, they stole mulberry seeds and silkworm eggs, hid
them in their walking canes and brought them to the ancient
Greek city of Byzantium. Under their supervision the eggs
hatched into worms, and the worms spun cocoons. Byzantium
was in the silk business at last. The Byzantine church and
state created silk production centres and kept the secret to
themselves. This allowed a silk industry to be established in
the Middle East, undercutting the market for ordinary-grade
Chinese silk. Thus, the Chinese silk monopoly ended. In
CONEXUS – SPRING 2006
During the 12th century Italy became the silk
capital of the western world and developed great
silk-weaving centres; Lucca, Florence and Venice
in the 13th and 14th century. These silk production centres also
became the focal point of silk dye technology.
As the industry became more developed in Italy, the issue of how
much silk was used, whether it was first, second or third grade
silk or blended silks, varied greatly from century to century and
place to place. Even more importantly, it depended not only on
the intended customer and their use for the fabric, but on the
strength of the local weaving guilds in that time and place and
their ability to protect their rights through enforced legislation.
The luxury fabric trade that brought wealth and fame to Venice
and other Italian regions was heavily regulated to ensure quality
control and perfection in the high-end silk cloths. After 1450,
innumerable laws were passed prohibiting the use of secondgrade and waste silks in the weaving of drappi da parangon, or
cloths for comparison, that included the most luxurious satins,
velvets and brocades. These fabrics were extremely expensive,
portava con se della seta è stata scoperta nel villaggio di Deir
el Medina, vicino Tebe e la Valle dei Re. La mummia risalente
al 1070 A.C. è probabilmente la più antica testimonianza che
abbiamo del commercio della seta. Durante il secondo secolo
A.C. un ambasciatore di Han Wu Di, imperatore cinese, viaggiò
fino in Persia e in Mesopotamia portando con se doni tra i
quali la seta. Egli raggiunse Baghdad nel 97 e furono tante le sue
scoperte lungo la Via della Seta.
Al principio, solo i paesi tra loro confinanti intrattenevano
rapporti commerciali, ma con il tempo altri paesi ottennero
l'accesso alla seta fino a che questa non si diffuse dal Nordafrica
fino all'Europa occidentale, creando la Via della Seta. I 6400
km di strade mostrano quanto questa rotta commerciale
fosse all'epoca una grande rete di carovane che mettevano in
contatto Chang'an (l'attuale città di Xi'an) in Cina con Roma
in Italia. Il traffico iniziò durante la dinastia Han nel secondo
secolo A.C.fino al 15 secolo D.C. La Via della Seta si divideva
in tre rotte maggiori che collegavano la zona occidentale a
Chang'an, con forse centinaia di strade più piccole. La rotta
settentrionale correva dalla Cina al Mar Nero; quella centrale dalla Persia al Mar Mediterraneo e quella meridionale
fino alle regioni che adesso includono Afghanistan, Iran
ed India. Tra i viaggiatori che si spinsero per queste rotte
troviamo Marco Polo, Genghis Khan e Kublai Khan. La
Grande Muraglia fu costruita in parte anche per difendere le
rotte dagli assalti dei banditi.
Fino all'anno 550 tutti i manufatti di seta europei provenivano dall'Asia. Durante quel periodo l'imperatore romano
Giustiniano mandò due monaci in Cina, dove essi mettendo
a rischio le proprie vite, rubarono semi della pianta di gelso
e uova di baco da seta, li misero al sicuro nei loro bastoni per
camminare e li portarono fino all'antica città greca di Bisanzio.
Sotto la loro supervisione le uova si schiusero lasciando uscire i
bachi e questi ultimi filarono i bozzoli. Alla fine anche Bisanzio
entrò nel commercio della seta. La Chiesa e lo Stato bizantino
crearono delle produzioni imperiali e mantennero il segreto.
Questo permise alle fabbriche di seta di stabilirsi nel Medio
Oriente spezzando il monopolio del mercato cinese della seta.
Così il monopolio cinese della seta ebbe fine. Nel settimo
secolo, gli Arabi conquistarono i Persiani e con loro, anche le
magnifiche sete. Gli Arabi allora diffusero la seta mediante le
loro conquiste, in tutta l'Africa, la Spagna e la Sicilia. I viaggi
di Marco Polo in Cina, le Crociate e la formazione dell'impero
mongolo aiutarono ancor di più lo sviluppo del commercio
della seta tra l'Est e l'Ovest. Durante il decimo secolo la Spagna
fu la maggiore produttrice di seta.
Durante il dodicesimo secolo l'Italia divenne la capitale della
seta del mondo occidentale e svilppò importanti centri di
produzione: Lucca, Firenze e Venezia nel tredicesimo e quattordicesimo secolo. Questi centri di produzione divennero
anche i punti nevralgici della tecnologia della tintura della seta.
Con lo svilupparsi dell'industria in Italia, il problema di quanta
seta si usasse, non importa se fosse di prima, di bassa o di qualità mista, variò sensibilmente lungo i secoli e da posto a posto.
Ancora di più esso dipese dall'influenza e dalla potenza delle
corporazioni e dalla loro abilità a proteggere i propri diritti
attraverso le legislazioni.
m
2600 - 2300 B.C.
Half a silkworm cocoon
unearthed in 1927 from the
soil astride the Yellow River
in Shanxi Province, in northern China, has been dated
between 2600 and 2300 B.C.
m
200 B.C.
The Silk Road was officially
opened in the second century BC. An Egyptian female
mummy with silk has been
discovered in the village of
Deir el Medina near Thebes
and the Valley of the Kings,
dated 1070 BC, which is
probably the earliest evidence of the silk trade.
m
550 A.D.
Then around AD 550, two
Nestorian monks appeared
at the Byzantine Emperor
Justinian's court with silkworm eggs hidden in their
hollow bamboo staves.
Under their supervision the
eggs hatched into worms,
and the worms spun
cocoons. Byzantium was in
the silk business at last. The
Byzantine church and state
created imperial workshops,
monopolizing production
and keeping the secret to
themselves.
m
1254-1324 A.D.
Marco Polo is probably the
most famous Westerner who
travelled on the Silk Road.
m
1600s A.D.
The discovery of a sea route
from Europe to Asia in the
late 15th century dealt a
damaging blow to the Silk
Road. With less cost, harassment and danger, most goods
and materials were conveyed
through the sea route.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The northern Italian city of Como, site
of high quality silk manufacturing.
Spinning silk from the
cocoons of the silkworm.
and they had to pass guild inspections and contain specific
coloured thread markers to signify that they were made from
the finest silk threads, dyes and weaving techniques.
Il commercio del tessuto di lusso che portò benessere e fama
a Venezia e ad altre regioni italiane fu fortemente regolato per
assicurare un controllo sulla qualità dei vestiti di seta. Dopo
il 1450 furono approvate tantissime leggi che proibivano l'uso
di seta di bassa qualità e lo spreco di seta nella tessitura dei
drappi de parangon, o abiti da sera che venivano cuciti con gli
ancora più lussuosi satin, velluti e broccati. Questi tessuti erano
estremamente costosi, e dovevano passare le ispezioni delle
corporazioni e contenere specifici contrassegni colorati che
specificassero che erano stati prodotti applicando i più innovativi metodi di colorazione di tessuti.
At about this time France took the lead in the silk industry
from Italy, and in turn, Italy began to set the tone in fashion.
Many French Protestants were textile weavers and they fled
France establishing silk mills in Great Britain, Germany and
Switzerland. The silkworm, however, did not flourish in these
cool climates.
After World War II, lower trade barriers drove a continent-wide
economic boom. Italian clothiers traveled to Paris, the capital
of fashion, to learn the latest weaves and styles. Italy’s own
growing wealth fuelled the rise of Milan, Rome and Florence
as fashion hubs. Even as some high-wage European countries
began scaling back their textile industries in the 1960s and
1970s, Italy’s was flourishing. In Biella, more than a thousand
textile companies helped to make the region one of the richest
industrial districts in Italy. Europe felt the rumblings from
China in the late 1980s, when it ramped up production of silks,
the traditional Chinese product. The resulting surplus drove
many European firms out of business, but buyers then rejected
the Chinese silks for their lesser quality. Still, the competitive
threat of its factories continues to bear down on the small towns
that for more than a century helped power the Italian economy.
These trades built on craftsmanship and prestige had dismissed
the threat from low-wage countries for years. But they are suffering today as China steadily narrows the quality gap. In 2005
China exported $20 billion in textile products, a 53% increase
from three years earlier, making it the world’s second-largest
textile exporter behind the European Union.
Although today China is the largest textiles producer in the
world, in many sectors of the market Italy’s position remains
solid. Today Italy produces 91% of all the silk produced in
Europe. Presently most Italian silk is made in Northern Italy
near the city of Como, where the white mulberry trees are
planted for the silk worms. The city of Como covers 78% of
this amount all by itself. Its annual production totals 3,200
tons of silk broken down into material for clothing, upholstery,
decorator fabrics, scarves, ties and shawls.
CONEXUS – SPRING 2006
All'incirca nello stesso periodo la Francia sorpassò l'Italia
nella supremazia dell'industria della seta ed in cambio l'Italia
iniziò a dettare legge nel campo della moda. Molti Protestanti
francesi erano tessitori e abbandonarono la Francia stabilendo
le proprie produzioni di seta in Gran Bretagna, Germania e
Svizzera. Il baco da seta, comunque, non potè sopravvivere con
questi climi freddi.
Dopo la seconda guerra mondiale, grazie a barriere economiche
meno forti ci fu un boom economico su tutto il continente. I
sarti italiani viaggiavano a Parigi, la capitale della moda, per
imparare tutto sui nuovi stili e tessuti. La crescita del benessere
in Italia alimentò la nascita di Milano, Roma e Firenze come
centri nevralgici della moda. A Biella, più di un migliaio di fabbriche aiutarono a rendere la regione una dei più ricchi distretti
industriali in Italia.
Gli europei sentirono il trambusto proveniente dalla Cina
negli ultimi anni ottanta, quando essa scalò la produzione di
sete, prodotto tradizionale cinese. Il surplus produttivo che
ne derivò portò fuori dal commercio molte fabbriche europee.
Ma gli acquirenti allora iniziarono a non volere le sete cinesi a
causa della loro bassa qualità. La minaccia della competizione
trascinò in basso le piccole città che per più di un secolo furono il
motore dell'economia italiana. Il commercio basato sull'abilità
artigiana e sul prestigio, per anni allontanò il pericolo dei paesi
meno avanzati. Ma adesso i paesi più moderni stanno soffrendo
l'accorciarsi del gap qualitativo della Cina. Nel 2005 la Cina ha
esportato 20 miliardi di dollari in prodotti tessili, con il 53% di
incremento nei precedenti tre anni, rendendolo il secondo più
In economic terms, Italy exports US$1.1 billion worth of silk
each year and is the undisputed leader of fine silks of superior
quality in the market. Even so, about 70% of world silk production is from China and another 12% is from India. Italy, Japan,
Russia, Vietnam and Brazil account for the balances. Late last
year the European Union and China clinched a deal limiting
the rise in Chinese exports of textiles and clothing to the EU
until the end of 2008 in the hopes of averting the imposition of
quotas that may have otherwise soured ties.
At present, Italian silk manufacturers have options: Chinese
garment makers are actively cooperating with their Italian
counterparts to enlarge trade volume and improve their designs,
techniques and capital capability. In addition, several Italian
garment makers are willing to work together with their Chinese
counterparts to expand the trade of clothing and industrial
machinery and to set up distribution channels in China.
As another alternative, high-end Italian exporters, mainly family-owned companies, are coming together, organizing themselves more efficiently, innovating and responding more quickly
to changes in consumer tastes. Top quality textile makers in the
city of Como, for instance, have banded together to create a new
brand called Seri. Co, used to guarantee quality standards for silk
that finds its way into haute couture lines and other apparel.
The new and proposed partnerships are part of both countries’
efforts to promote barrier-free working relationships between
China and Europe, with the hope to rekindle the spirit of the
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Silk Road.
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grande esportatore tessile al mondo dopo l'Unione Europea. La
Cina importa inoltre tessuti seppur in più limitate quantità.
Sebbene oggigiorno la Cina sia il produttore tessile più grande
nel mondo, in molti settori del mercato la posizione italiana
rimane solida. L'Italia attualmente produce il 91% della seta
europea. La maggior parte della seta è prodotta nel nord Italia
vicino la città di Como, dove i bianchi alberi di gelso vengono
piantati per i bachi da seta. La città di Como copre da sola il
78% della produzione. La sua produzione attuale è di 3.200
tonnellate di seta (suddiviso in materiale per abiti, tappezzeria, industrie di decorazione, sciarpe, cravatte e scialli). In
termini economici, Como esporta per il valore di all'incirca
1000 milioni di Euro
ogni anno, rendendolo il
secondo al mondo in termini di volume totale di
esportazioni ed il leader
indiscusso nel mercato.
Riguardo allo specifico
delle industrie della seta,
l'Italia è al terzo posto
con il 18% dopo l'India
e la Cina, che fatturano
rispettivamente il 30% e
il 27% del mercato internazionale. Negli ultimi
anni l'Unione Europea
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e la Cina hanno stretto
un accordo che limita la
The tailoring of silk by Italian fashion designers
crescita dell'esportazione
remain without rivals. Italian silk is of extraordinary
cinese di tessuti e di
quality and craftsmanship.
abbigliamento nella UE
fino alla fine del 2008, sviando l'imposizione di quote che
avrebbero potuto inasprire il commercio delle cravatte.
Nel presente, il destino dei manufatti di seta italiani hanno
due possibilità:i disegnatori di abiti cinesi stanno attivamente
cooperando con le loro controparti italiane per aumentare il
loro volume d'affari e per migliorare il loro design, la tecnica e
le capacità. In aggiunta, molti stilisti italiani vogliono lavorare
con le loro controparti cinesi per espandere il commercio
dell'abbigliamento e dei macchinari professionali e per organizzare i canali distributivi in Cina.
Un'altra alternativa: gli esportatori di prodotti di alta qualità, per
la maggior parte con industrie a conduzione familiare, si stanno
unendo, organizzandosi in maniera più efficiente e razionale
per fare fronte più velocemente ai cambiamenti dei gusti del
consumatore. I più importanti produttori di seta nella città di
Como, per esempio, si sono uniti per creare un nuovo marchio
chiamato Seri.Co, usato per garantire standards qualitativi per
quanto riguarda la seta e per penetrare il mercato del haute
couture e di altre linee di abbigliamento.
Le nuove partnership sono parte degli sforzi congiunti dei due
paesi per promuovere l'abbattimento delle barriere tra Italia e
Cina e riaccendere lo spirito dell'antica Via della Seta.
CONEXUS – SPRING 2006 REGIONAL FOCUS
Artist’s rendering of the new
Fairview Container Terminal.
CLEARING THE PORT
CLOG
The Port of Prince Rupert
Over the past 15 years, the markets of East Asia have been
the fastest growing in the world. Canada’s West Coast has the
advantage of greater proximity to these major markets more
than any other industrialized region of North America. The
dynamic economies served by ports like Shanghai, Busan and
Singapore are closer to Vancouver by about two days’ sailing
time by container ship than they are to the US Asian gateway
of Long Beach/Los Angeles in California. They are almost a day
closer still to the northern B.C. port of Prince Rupert.
Increasing congestion at West Coast ports is spurring global
supply chain planners to pursue alternative routings. In 2004,
gridlock at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach forced
more than 100 ships with $4 billion in cargo to be diverted to
other ports. Companies sourcing in China required a better
balance of transportation options to meet the demands of the
North American market. In response, the Canadian government has approved the conversion of British Columbia’s Prince
Rupert Fairview Terminal into an ultra-modern high capacity container-handling facility, and the Prince Rupert Port
Authority is proceeding with the construction. The imminent
Prince Rupert port will offer an alternative route which adds
tremendous flexibility to the China supply chain.
Prince Rupert is gaining fame due to this $170 million container port expected to open in 2007. The Prince Rupert port
will be the closest North American port for imports originating
from China, since ships normally take a northern route across
the Pacific Ocean. Cargo can then be sent on Canada National
Railway networks to Chicago, Memphis and other key distribution points in the American Midwest.
“As Canada’s only Pacific province, we have the potential
to almost double our share of West Coast container traffic
and create up to 45,000 new maritime jobs over the next 15
years — and the expansion of the Port of Prince Rupert will play
a critical role in that,” said Premier Gordon Campbell. “The
10 CONEXUS – SPRING 2006
federal government’s planned investment of $30 million to this
project shows that Ottawa recognizes its importance not just to
B.C., but to the national economy as well.”
The new facility will have an annual capacity of 500,000 TEU (a
“TEU” is a standard “Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit” steel ocean
shipping container) and will be capable of handling large postpanamax* container ships. Future plans feature the expansion
of the terminal to reach an annual capacity of 2 million TEU.
The marine portion of the conversion consists of extending the
current dock face out into deep water through the construction
of a new berth that will eventually be 400 metres long. This new
wharf will extend 20 metres into the channel to a minimum
water depth of 17 metres – sufficient to accommodate the next
generation of super post-panamax ships.
The new wharf and upgrades to the existing substructure will
support the installation of three super post-panamax container
cranes. The terminal construction is estimated to cost $110
million. The wharf contract represents roughly one-third of the
construction budget.
“This is something we’ve been waiting for a long, long
time,” says Prince George-North MLA Pat Bell, adding that the
new container terminal in Prince Rupert is a development the
Liberal’s northern caucus has listed as its number-one priority
for all of Northern British Columbia since 2001.
The port is expected to be a major boom to resource companies,
farmers and value added manufacturers in northern B.C. and the
prairie provinces, giving them access to the Asia Pacific market.
“It is going to transform the economy of northern B.C,” said Don
Krusel, president and CEO of Prince Rupert’s port. “This is an
investment by government not in transportation infrastructure,
but transformational infrastructure, because it really is going to
transform the economy of northern B.C. and into Alberta.”
The emergence of China as a global trading partner is realigning patterns of trade and investment internationally, shifting
global supply chains and framing the pursuit of competitiveness
and prosperity around the globe. China is currently Canada’s
fourth largest export market. According to International Trade
Canada, our exports to China grew by 90%, from $3.5 billion
to $6.7 billion, between 1995 and 2004. During the same
period, Canada’s imports from China grew by more than 400%,
from $4.6 billion to $24.1 billion. And China’s recent dramatic
growth is expected to continue. While it is currently the world’s
seventh largest economy, it is predicted to be the second largest
by 2020, and the largest by 2041.
Although the Port won’t open until 2007, Chinese manufacturers and shipping companies are very anxious for it to
happen. “If we had cranes there today, we’d be unloading ships
already,” said James Foote, Executive Vice President of Sales
and Marketing for Canadian National Railway, which is contributing $30 million to the first phase of the project. “Business
leaders are very keen. The number one question I get in China
is, ‘Can it open sooner?’”
*Ships classified as Panamax are of the maximum dimensions
that will fit through the locks of the Panama Canal.
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REGIONAL FOCUS
THE NEW
MARCO POLOS
ICCC PRESIDENTS SHARE CHINA CONNECTION
By Donna Horbay-Petronio
Today China replaces Japan as B.C.’s second
largest trade partner and is now Canada’s
fourth largest export market. B.C.’s Italian
Chamber of Commerce president Lucio
Sacchetti and past president Luciano Zago
have beaten the well worn path that B.C.
entrepreneurs have taken to China in recent
years. These two trail blazers share their
experiences and insights of doing business in
China since 1994.
Luciano an architect, and Lucio an engineer, have made significant contributions to China’s economy and trade through their
expertise by raising the level of technology to facilitate rapid
industrialization and growth in the 21st Century.
The Asia Pacific Foundation reports that China has become
B.C.’s second largest trading partner with a total value of 8.9
billion dollars, topping other Canadian provinces. Chinese
imports are up 23 percent from last year, totaling 7.5 billion
dollars. B.C.’s exports rose 9% to 1.4 billion dollars. In comparison, the United States is the “number one” trading partner
with total trade worth of 36 billion dollars.
China’s demand for B.C.’s commodities and natural resources
continues to grow rapidly due to the country’s robust economy
and growth in manufacturing. B.C. provides pulp and paper,
wood, coal, copper and minerals, comprising 20.9 per cent
of Canadian exports to China. B.C.’s demand for electronic
equipment, machinery and computers has risen significantly
during the past years as well as consumer goods such as sporting
equipment, toys, games, resulting to 25.4% of China’s export
to Canada. Mr. Sacchetti and Mr. Zago predict these figures will
continue to grow with the enhanced technology.
Lucio Sacchetti is the president and CEO of CMC Engineering
Group. He was born in the small village of Castelli (Abruzzi).
As a child he lived in different European countries, acquiring
the knowledge of several languages. He returned to Italy for his
secondary studies at the age of fifteen and received his education as an engineer. In the late sixties he immigrated to Canada
and in three short months picked up the English language and
landed his first engineering job with CD Howe.
He worked with the company until it was sold in 1990 and
started CMC, his own company, in Vancouver B.C. His business
formula dictates: “establishing and maintaining a good reputation, being the best you can be, stay focused and serve your
customers’ needs and above all be honest.” CMC is employee
owned, at times employing up to 80 engineers. His hard and
intense work is not without personal sacrifice as he admits
his life is his work and he lives to work. His work drives him
passionately, not for financial reasons but for the challenges
that inspire him to solve problems, pursue his curiosity and
in turn transform his blueprints into art. He admitted that
working in China was not easy or simple. It requires a great deal
more time and energy than working on comparative projects in
North America, with less financial remuneration. He concedes
that he continued to work in China for personal satisfaction
and enrichment. He is very proud that he was able to contribute
positively to the standard of living in China.
Luciano Zago was born in Hamilton, Ontario and attended the
Universities of Waterloo and UBC where he graduated with a
The Dalian project was developed with a
holistic approach based on careful analysis
of all aspects of urban design, natural setting, history and culture.
degree in architecture. He worked in Boston before settling
in Vancouver for the past eighteen years. He is married with
two sons. Luciano is employed as a director for Bing Thom
Architects (BTA) and has been in that position for the past 12
years. BTA employs 40 professionals and is a well respected
firm that works internationally having worked on many high
profile projects such as: the competition winning entry for
the new town of Dalian, China; competition finalist for the
Shanghai Expo 2010; completion of the master plan for the
city of Yuxi, China; competition finalist for the Royal Ontario
Museum, Toronto; the Trinity Uptown Master plan for Fort
Worth Texas; the Channels project for Tulsa Oklahoma; the Area
Stage Theater Complex in Washington D.C.; the new Aberdeen
Center, Richmond B.C.; the Central City project, Surrey, B.C.
and numerous other commercial and residential award winning
projects. Luciano identified the new town for Dalian project as
one of his most rewarding and exciting achievements with the
aide of his highly skilled team of internationally experienced
specialists of landscape architects, urban designers, transportation designers, civil engineers, regional planners, Chinese
historians and scholars. The team accomplished an international first in completing a plan that “embodied a contemporary
expression of the lost Chinese art of making valuable habitation
for people in dialogue with nature and history.” A new standard
was adopted with open consultation that was developed with
a “holistic approach based on careful analysis of all aspects of
urban design, natural setting, history, culture.” This plan has set
the benchmark for future plans and growth incorporating the
highest land value and the optimum use of finite resources.
Luciano said it was rewarding to witness the incorporation of
environmental standards and seeing the improvement of air
quality and the rehabilitation of waterways.
Both Lucio and Luciano first started projects in China in the
early 1990’s. The call for work came as a result of their stellar
international reputation. On his first trip, Lucio accompanied
the Prime Minister of Canada on a trade mission in 1992. From
that trip he undertook a feasibility study to reconstruct the infrastructure of the food management, storage and distribution.
The intent was to change the methodology of gathering, storing
and shipping food. Luciano’s first project in China started with
the planning of the new port city of Dalian. The old port city of
Dalian had similarities to Vancouver’s port in Delta, but needed
to expand its capacity due to the increasing boom in the economy
and the need for a sizeable port to handle the increasing volume
in traffic. Both men noted similar challenges in their business
dealings. Language was notably the biggest challenge and both
entrepreneurs came equipped with their own interpreters.
They also emphasized the need to have a Chinese partner, as
work cannot be done without a known established, respected
local who can “open the doors and cut through the bureaucracy.” Lucio noted that initially, consultants or outside experts
were met by resistance. “The business community in China is
not used to paying for services, they want something concrete.
Monies for consulting are not budgeted for and there is no
seen value for negotiating contracts.” Luciano’s experience was
different, as from the onset he was linked to a Design Institute
that enthusiastically welcomed the new western “Design Team”
in anticipation of a long-awaited change. Previously there
was only the Russian influence that left a legacy that was not
functional or efficient. As higher standards were developed
over the years, the design institutes have now reached a level
where they are more anxious to pursue “their newly acquired
skills” so they are in much fiercer competition with the international communities and less accommodating to newcomers.
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ADRIVING
VISION
Walking around the halls of their Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
high school, childhood pals Dylan Liley and Wolf Hatheway
knew they wanted to start a business together. At age 22, their
dreams came to fruition when they started selling vintage
Vespa scooters alongside Christmas trees at an empty lot in
Edmonton. The young men knew they were onto something
as they watched their customers not only gaze in wonder at the
machines, but also bought them on the spot.
Whistler, British Columbia
The successful venture soon led to the birth of Top Gear Scooters
and the business flourished, soon selling European scooter and
accessory brands such as Piaggio, Vespa, Derbi, Belstaff and
Momo Design. Since opening in 2003, Top Gear has sold over
75% of all scooters sold in Alberta. Incredibly, after only three
years in business together, Top Gear was awarded Dealer of
the Year by Canadian Scooter Corporation, the Toronto based
company with the exclusive rights to import and distribute new
Vespa Scooters.
The Vespa is recognized as the epitome of Italian design
and with its elegant lines and classic aesthetics, there is a
dramatic increase in the number of urban commuters who
have purchased new or restored Vespas. Although some may be
surprised at the thriving interest in Edmonton, Hatheway was
not. “The difficulties with parking, the cost of gasoline are two
fundamental motivators for this upswing in Vespa popularity”
he explains. “Scooters have become every bit as stylish as they
are triumphs of engineering. Each and every detail has been
showered with innovation and quality.”
In January of this year the business moved to its new 12,000
square foot facility that houses the largest selection of scooters
in North America. Although the two friends are elated with
their achievements, they still have aspirations. Liley explains
that the goal of Top Gear is to educate people to change the way
they live. “Scooters are the answer to the transportation, social
and environmental ills in our communities.” Liley explained.
“You achieve long-term success step by step. We try to achieve
our goals one at a time, looking at each day as a chance to move
one notch above yesterday.”
The life long friends have triumphed together from their high
school days until the present, measuring their success not on
what they have accomplished, instead measuring it on how
much they have left to do.
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Both Lucio and Luciano emphasized that to do business in
China, you should have:
ü A Chinese partner who knows the ropes and connections on
the ground level (a financial investor helps a lot)
ü An experienced translator that knows your business (this is
more complicated than it sounds)
ü A sound ground work in research of proposed endeavor
ü A lot of extra time and money
Chinese people have an admiration and respect for Canadians,
who have established a golden reputation. Luciano and Lucio
recognize the Italian connection while doing business in China.
Business partnerships look for common ground, values and
familiarity.
In many ways the Chinese culture parallels the Italian culture:
both respect family values, strong work ethic, artistic and
cultural accomplishments in the long standing history. They
both also love food and to do business around food. The
international recognition for Italy’s excellence in products,
particularly in clothing, furnishings, architecture, food, wine,
machinery and automobiles is very evident in China. Both men
emphasize that the opportunities for the Italian-Canadian
business community has never been greater. With the connection of the Torino Olympics, upcoming Olympics in Beijing,
the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, the common interests have
opened a dialogue and communication between our countries
bonding the unique links.
The ICCC has been co-coordinating a series of international
marketing activities to showcase western products to capitalize
trade opportunities. A foundation has been built to showcase the
cutting edge technology and the competency of our products.
Comparing his work in China with the other 64 countries he
has worked in, Lucio summarized that sometimes it can be a
“courtship with no pleasure.” Luciano commented that his firm
has never completed a building, only plans, as the Chinese have
their way of doing things and building structures. It should not
be forgotten that the Chinese state remains deeply entrenched
in the economy and politics and “is part of doing business”.
Local business draws its support from the technocrats, the
military, the police and the new social elites. The government
accounts for 38% of the country’s GDP that employs 85 million
people or one third of the urban work force.
Given these challenges, doing business in China may not be as
smooth as silk, but Lucio and Luciano have proven that it can
be done. The work that BTA and CMC have accomplished has
allowed the companies to grow and prosper in terms of skills
and experience. It was noted that in some ways the Chinese
are more open to new ideas than North Americans. As China
prospers there continues to be a growing market for quality
Italian and Canadian goods and services awaiting the innovative
entrepreneur.
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Pining away for a trip to Italy? Centini Restaurant and Lounge
on 8th Avenue in Calgary may satisfy your desires. This modern
Italian restaurant offers four areas (the main dining room, the
lounge, the private function room and the theatre kitchen) to
enjoy exquisite dining. Owner/Chef Fabio Centini has combined his love of food, wine and his Italian heritage to bring
patrons both creativity and innovation. Chef Centini savours
the freedom to create and experiment and yet not lose the
traditional taste and identity of his cuisine.
The restaurant’s two storey wine cellar features several hundred
offerings that are all available on the wine list. The selections from every region in Italy are astonishing. Tuscany and
Piemonte are especially strong and Chef Centini has done his
homework, as he concentrates on smaller estates, often from
lesser known, but highly respected wine districts. There are
also several carefully chosen wines available by the half bottle.
Centini is a classically trained Italian chef whose first stint
was as a kitchen apprentice, learning trade secrets from many
well-known and skilled chefs along the Italian countryside.
He worked his way through the different kitchens of several
restaurants and international chain hotels, eventually settling
in Montreal where he was the executive chef at Le Latini for 18
years. While in Montreal, Chef Centini was also the Canadian
chef for the Grand Prix Ferrari team and hosted many exclusive
food and wine events for the major Italian wine producers.
His culinary career has taken him around the Mediterranean
regions, thus learning from Italian, French and Spanish influences. In view of this, diners to Centini Restaurant are treated
to a fresh burst of varied tastes and aromas. The menu at Centini
incorporates family secrets of traditional Italian dishes with a
current twist, delivering an extraordinary dining gift to visitors.
His passion for fish dishes ensures there are always daily fish
creations on the menu; in particular he enjoys creating with
tuna and sea bass.
There are many wonderful menu choices each displaying the
creativity and imagination of Chef Centini. If you can’t make it
to Ancona for dinner, Centini is the closest thing this side of the
Mediterranean.
Celebrating Vancouver’s Italian Culture
Joe Finamore, President, Italian Cultural Centre
The Italian Cultural Centre is a Vancouver
landmark complex that for 29 years has
been operated by the Italian Cultural
Centre Society: a non-profit organization with over 1,000 individual members
and 38 Italian-Canadian Association
members.
Centre. Guests are drawn to a variety of
cultural activities such as art exhibits,
seminars, concerts and performances as
well as the many banquets and large celebrations including weddings and other
special occasions, as well as corporate
events for clients or staff.
Situated in east Vancouver, the Centre is
well known for its ability to accommodate small gatherings of 5 to large groups
of 700 for meetings, conferences, trade
shows and social events.
The Society prides itself on the tremendous value, expertise and unique
experience that it provides its guests.
Clients have the ability to create memorable events with the expert assistance
of Catering Manager, Fabio Rasotto, and
Chef Lindsay Mork, who have made a
routine of catering to 500 guests while
accommodating the varying tastes and
schedules of a myriad of clients.
Throughout the year all manner of activities, educational programs and events
are held here. In 2005, over 100,000
people took part in these functions and
thousands more made casual visits to the
A delicious Italian dinner is always
memorable and has allowed the reputation of the Italian Cultural Centre’s
catering service to grow with each year.
The location, only 10 minutes from
downtown Vancouver, along with ample
free parking (250-stall lot) makes every
visit convenient.
However, what is sure to make an experience at the Italian Cultural Centre truly
irresistible is the newly renovated main
banquet hall. With an elegant, completely
new interior, every guest’s experience
will reach a new level of enjoyment which
will not only include a fine meal but also
beautiful surroundings and state of the
art audio and visual features.
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Essential Home Selling Preparations
Selling your home should be a positive
experience that leaves you with feelings
of satisfaction and gratification. Every
bit of prep work you do helps you get the
most return from your investment.
further and have an appraisal done by a
licensed professional.
Before you even decide to sell the house,
get pre-approved for a home loan by a
lender you trust. After that, research the
housing market in the area where you
wish to live to have a good idea how much
it will cost to buy a replacement.
Often home owners forget to calculate
the expenses involved in buying a new
home and selling their current one.
When buying, include moving expenses,
loan costs, the down payment, home
inspections and title work and policy.
The lender should give you a disclosure
of estimated costs when you apply for
loan pre-approval.
Next, determine your home’s fair market value. Real estate agents will almost
always help you establish value as a courtesy, but you may choose to take it a step
Costs to sell will include the real estate
commission, attorney, and other professional fees. There is also excise tax for the
sale, and prorated costs for your share
of annual expenses, (such as property
taxes). Most realtors can give you a very
close estimate of seller closing costs.
A good realtor should keep you advised of
offers received, provide regular progress
reports and negotiate on your behalf.
A lot of work needs to be done in preparing to sell your home, but the time is
worth it when you consider the value
of what you are selling. This effort will
more then pay for itself when you arrive
at the ideal outcome.
The real estate market is diversified and constantly changing.
It is to your benefit to choose
experienced professionals.
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“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.”
– Cary Grant
WellDressedMan
Whether you work in a business formal or
business casual office, most men like to
look sharp and stylish. Of course, vanity
and personal taste aside, what you wear
to work should also complement a stylish
professional image—even in the most casual
of offices.
“In 30 seconds, people make judgments
about you based on how you look,” says
Charmaine McClarie, president of Image
Design, an executive development and
communications consulting firm in San
Francisco. Gay Derk, of Derks Menswear,
with stores in both Edmonton and Calgary,
suggests, “Observe how your colleagues
dress, not only in your company but in
your industry. Ask yourself, what does a
leader look like? Then study those leaders
at networking events and in business and
industry publications.”
Derk also recommends going for quality, not quantity. Those who have been in
senior-level positions for years can spot
it immediately. Natural fibres such as cotton, wool, silk and blends of these fabrics
last longer and wear better. Fit is also
essential. Few people can buy something
off-the-rack that fits perfectly. When
you purchase a suit make sure you have it
altered accordingly. It makes a subtle yet
powerful difference.
Whether you get help from professionals
or do it on your own, be open to change.
Each season, assess what’s in your closet
and determine if it’s representative of your
position as well as your goals. The easiest
way to upgrade your office look instantly is
to add a suit that isn’t corporate gray. For
example try a pinstriped suit from Versace
or a slim fitting Zegna suit in dark blue.
A little wardrobe building, updating or
upgrading, will do a lot for your career and
your personal life.
Derks
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BEST PRACTICE
Building a Strategic
Partnership
By George Lian, President of Canada China Business Association
With headquarters in Vancouver, the Canada-China Business
Association (CCBA) is a non-profit and non-political membership society established in 1997 for Canadian business people
conducting business with China, particularly for ChineseCanadian entrepreneurs conducting business in Canada.
CCBA intends to bring Chinese-Canadian entrepreneurs
together and make full use of their competitive edges and
comparative advantages, by assisting them in developing their
business in Canada and bridging a link for businesses between
Canada and China to increase their cooperation and create
more business opportunities for all members.
During his visit to British Columbia in 2005, Chinese President
Hu Jintao provided a major endorsement to Canada’s multibillion-dollar dream of the BC gateway to the Asia-Pacific.
In addition, the Canadian government has introduced the
important strategy of building a pacific gateway, mapping out
the plan for developing a trade, investment and transportation
CCBA signs agreement with the government of Shandong
Province to promote business, culture and trade between
Canada and Shandong province.
hub oriented toward the Asia-Pacific region, especially China.
It is exciting for us to see that business opportunities between
the two countries will now grow to a new level
As Chinese-Canadians, CCBA members are very pleased to
know that it is an agreement that both countries have the
determination and a common interest to develop.
If you would like to have more information about CCBA please
contact us at (604) 821-2966 or email [email protected].
Our web site is www.ccba.bc.ca.
THE YEAR
OF ITALY IN
CHINA
Since the days of Marco Polo, Italy and China have shared a strong
cultural bond and this year it continues to be strengthened as China
embraces ‘The Year of Italy in China’. A series of events has been
designed to inaugurate the year-long programme that will celebrate
Italy’s historic ties to China and stimulate the future development of
cultural and economic exchanges between the two ancient countries.
The programme includes events in the areas of culture and the arts,
economy and business, the environment, health, education and
research. “The cultural event is designed to open wide a window
for the Chinese people to look into the Italian people’s life and
thoughts in the modern times, thus promoting the bilateral ties and
mutual understanding between the peoples,” said Rocco Buttiglione,
Minister of Cultural Heritage.
BEST PRACTICE
THE RENEWAL OF TIME: A project by Valerio Festi for the
Opening of the Year of Italy in China 2006.
“The exhibition offers a unique opportunity to see so many elite Renaissance
works at one time,” said Wang Limei, the
museum’s director.
With 80 pieces of priceless Renaissance
art collected from 12 museums in
Florence, the momentous exhibition
at the newly opened Beijing World Art
Museum, is the biggest exhibition China
has so far staged to feature Renaissance
work from the 13th to 18th centuries.
It is also one of the most important
exhibitions that the Italian Government
has allowed outside of Italy, including
paintings, sculptures and tapestries
by Da Vinci, Raphael, Titian and other
iconic Italian artists, for four months’
of public display.
Despite disagreements in Italy about
whether or not they should send so many
precious works overseas at one time, the
Italian Cultural Heritage Administration
insisted on lending the valuable works
for free in the hope of bettering the
Chinese understanding about what
the Renaissance was. In Beijing, The
Honourable Buttiglione and Shan Jixiang,
director of the Chinese National Relics
Bureau, signed an agreement for a joint
fight against the smuggling of works of
art, as well as an agreement covering
several sectors of bilateral co-operation.
Photos by Cristina Ropolo
Buttiglione explained that the Year of Italy
is being carried out in many Chinese cities
including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou,
Tianjin, Hong Kong, Shenyang, Harbin,
Ningbo, and Suzhou, with many stateof-the-art exhibitions and performances such as the Italian Renaissance art
exhibition, the exhibition of avant-garde
art from Venice Biennale and the performance of the La Scala opera house of
Milan in the Chinese capital of Beijing
and other Chinese cities.
The bold and ambitious exhibit has
garnered instant admiration from 18
directors of some of the world’s most
noted museums who gathered last year
in Beijing for an international museum
seminar. “Even if it were in the United
States, It would be a sensational exhibition,” said Wang.
Moving the valuable, time worn, art
works safely across the world was not
an easy task. The museum was told to
use particular packaging for the precious
exhibits, some of which have never been
shown outside of Italy before. Escorted
by armed guards, the well-wrapped
exhibits in specially made crates were
transported to Rome, where they were
then flown to Beijing in four separate
cargo flights, as requested by the insurer
to reduce the risk of having all the invaluable works lost at once.
Some of the exhibits were too fragile to
be put into the cargo hold of the airplane
that they needed attentive treatment like
VIPs and had a first-class seat. “Each of
the precious works was taken care of by a
particular person who sat in the seat next
to it during the flight and other periods
of transportation,” said Wang.
The museum spent a lot on upgrading
to meet the display demands made by
Italy. Experienced Italian exhibition
designer, Mario Scalini, was invited to
create the display scheme for the exhibition. Within a short time of less than two
months Scalini turned out “a brilliant
design based on the idea of perspective
that would throw people into a modern,
awesome environment so as to better
appreciate the classical works from centuries ago,” praised Wang.
Italian Ambassador to China, Gabriele
Menegatti, explained how cultural cooperation could help boost relations in
other areas. “I show you the Renaissance
so that you will be curious enough to go
to Florence. I bring the New Scarlatti
Orchestra, because once you enjoy the
music, you will be tempted to see an opera
NUOVA ORCHESTRA SCARLATTI: Opening ceremony concert of
the Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti officially launched The Year of
Italy in China at the Forbidden City auditorium, Pechin.
in Italy. I bring you industrial design, not
so you would copy my machine, but so
you could realign with an Italian partner
to develop a pair of shoes or a motorcycle
that are functional and also beautiful.”
In identifying Italian expertise that
China needs, Menegatti picked out areas
of industrial design, environmental
protection, city landscape design and
cultural relics conservation and restoration. According to him, besides educating Chinese leaders on the importance of
quality of life, Italian expertise can also
be adopted in the Chinese Government’s
efforts to restore the harmony between
humans and nature that is being disturbed by a frenzy of development.
The Italian ambassador proudly gave a
brief introduction to a joint programme
between the two countries on mural
repairing in the Chinese city of Xi’an.
Italian experts have been invited to
restore a 2,000-metre mural in the
ancient capital, since Italy is a master
in this field, with 2,000 years of experience developed from the restoration of
Pompeii and Rome.
“As culturally rich countries as China
and Italy, cultural exchanges are taking
place every day even without the Year of
Italy,” Menegatti said. “I hope 2006 will
only serve as a good start and that 2007
and 2008 will be as rich as 2006.”
The cultural, diplomatic and commercial
relations between Italy and China are
old and deeply rooted. The Year of Italy
in China aims at further strengthening
these ties, stimulating mutual understanding between the Chinese and the
Italian people, while moving forward
together into the future.
The Mirror of the Ages
With 80 pieces of priceless Renaissance
art collected from 12 museums in
Florence, the momentous exhibition at
the newly opened Beijing World Art
Museum, is the biggest exhibition China
has so far staged to feature Renaissance
work from the 13th to 18th centuries. It
is also one of the most important exhibitions that the Italian Government
has allowed outside of Italy, including
paintings, sculptures and tapestries
by Da Vinci, Raphael, Titian and other
iconic Italian artists.
GUEST FEATURE
The prospects for
economic and trade
cooperation
Tian Chunyan, Consul General of the
People’s Republic of China in Vancouver
China and Canada economic and trade
cooperation at present
The economic and trade relations between China and Canada
have been gaining a good momentum of fast and healthy development. Ways of cooperation between our two countries vary
from merchandise trade to trade in services, human and capital
flows and technical cooperation.
Canadian statistics show the two-way trade in 2005 reached 36.5
billion Canadian dollars, an increase of 18.8% over the same
period of last year. During the same time, Canada exported 7.1
billion dollars to China, up 6%, while imported 29.5 billion
dollars from China, up 29.5%. China is now the second largest
trading partner to Canada, and Canada is the tenth largest trading country to China.
In terms of two-way investment, Canada’s FDI into China
started in early 1980s.Up to September 2005, Canada had about
700 projects in China with an accumulated investment of 4.85
billion US dollars. At the same time, China invested 0.46 billion US dollars for 173 projects in Canada.
Prospects for the future
The two governments of China and Canada agreed in 2005
to upgrade the relationship between our two countries to a
comprehensive strategic level. By 2010, the two-way trade
will double the present level. To reach the goals ahead, we face
challenges, but more opportunities. China’s fast economic
growth and enormous market potentials provide great opportunities for all countries including Canada. Canada’s “Pacific
Gateway Strategy” and 2010 winter Olympic game also generate
Chinese entrepreneurs’ enthusiasm of doing business with
their Canadian counterparts.
The economic and trade relations between China and Canada are
greatly complementary. For example, Canada has well developed
industries of resources exploration, agro-business, tertiary and
services and high technologies, while China enjoys advantages to
provide low cost manufacturing products of all kinds.
From my own perspective, the future of economic and trade
cooperation will focus on the following areas:
Energy
Canada is not only recognized as the country enriched in energy
and mineral resource but also enjoys high reputation in energy
saving technology and developing new alternative energies.
The cooperation between our two countries in energy sector is
tremendous.
High and new technology
Canadian R&D institutions and enterprises that have environment friendly high-end technologies in sectors of bio-pharmacy, fuel cell and information technology are encouraged to
set up subsidiaries in China to promote personnel exchange
and collaborative research.
Agro-business and forestry
As from 2004, China has become the net importer of grain
products, and in that year alone, China’s deficit in food trade
stood at 5.5 billion US dollars. Canada is a large producer of
agriculture and wood products and also well developed in
different sorts of agro-businesses. Not only China will import
more wheat and lumber from Canada but also introduce high
quality of propagation varieties from Canada into China.
Tertiary industry
Trade in services between our two countries will expand in full
areas in the future. These include finance, insurance, transportation, telecommunication, education, tourism and etc.
Mutual investment
We will further encourage investment from Canada to China,
and Chinese enterprises going to Canada.
While in their efforts to diversify markets worldwide, Canadian
business communities are well advised not to ignore attention
to China—the emerging biggest market in the world.
We welcome the business communities from both Canada and
other countries to develop business activities with China. We
also hope the business promoting organizations world wide to
play a growing role to expand economic and trade relationship
with China.
Università italiane, ma anche tra l’UBC e il sistema Scientifico e
Tecnologico italiano. Penso ad esempio al “Sistema Trieste”.
Uberto Vanni D’Archirafi
Console Generale d’Italia
Un messaggio dal Console Generale d’Italia
L’elevato sviluppo economico e l’eccezionale livello di
benessere della British Columbia è un fatto corroborato da ben
note statistiche come quelle elaborate dall’Economist, che ha
recentemente confermato il primato di Vancouver quale città
con la più alta qualità di vita al mondo.
La presenza di una capacità imprenditoriale di altissimo profilo, unitamente ad una saggia quanto lungimirante politica di
sostegno all’imprenditoria hanno permesso di creare in questa
peculiare e splendida provincia dell’ovest canadese uno straordinario humus per lo sviluppo di iniziative che si sono rivelate
di grande successo, specie nel campo connesso alle tecnologie
di punta e alla ricerca scientifica e tecnologica.
Ed è proprio dall’unione fra capacità imprenditoriale e sviluppo
della scienza e tecnologia che nascono e si sviluppano le basi
per la crescita di un Paese.
Anche in Italia, come in British Columbia, scienza e tecnologia costituiscono un elemento essenziale per lo sviluppo
economico e sociale del paese. Questa analogia di situazioni
(sviluppo scientifico e tecnologico e diffusa presenza di capacità imprenditoriali, soprattutto di piccola e media dimensione)
ci indica la strada da seguire nell’individuazione di aree e
forme di collaborazione che potrebbero rivelarsi assai utili
per l’economia di entrambi i Paesi. Penso ad esempio alla
biotecnologia, alla nanotecnologia, alle “fuel cells” ma anche
ad altri settori quali quello del legno, dell’arredamento, del
design, della nautica e dell’enogastronomia, dove la collaborazione puo facilmente estendersi nel campo produttivo e non
solo del mero commercio, anche in presenza delle importanti
agevolazioni che provengono dall’appartenenza del Canada al
NAFTA ed all’accesso facilitato al mercato asiatico.
Nella consapevolezza che il rapporto fra imprenditorialità
da un lato e Scienza e Tecnologia dall’altro costituisce uno
dei presupposti fondamentali per lo sviluppo e la crescita
economica e sociale dei nostri Paesi e nella certezza che esso
possa alimentarsi dal contatto e dalle intese fra istituzioni
universitarie dei due Paesi, ho fortemente sostenuto la visita
in Italia di un alto rappresentante istituzionale dell’Università
della British Columbia. Da tale visita ci attendiamo importanti
risultati in termini di collaborazione fra la stessa UBC e alcune
Grazie anche alla rinnovata collocazione geografica, al centro
dell’Europa dopo l’ultimo processo di allargamento (da 15 a 25
paesi), Trieste costituisce un centro essenziale di riferimento
per la Scienza e la Tecnologia in Europa, ma anche un punto
di riferimento a livello planetario. Ogni anno piu’ di 8.600
ricercatori provenienti da ogni parte del mondo – in particolare
dai paesi in via di sviluppo – si recano presso le istituzioni scientifiche della citta’ di Trieste per periodi di studio e
ricerca, con l’obbligo di rientrare, al termine del loro periodo
formativo, nei Paesi di origine e trasmettere loro quanto hanno
appreso a Trieste.
Ma Trieste non è l’unico centro di ricerca scientifica e tecnologica in Italia. Basti pensare al network di laboratori di ricerca
specializzati in meccanismi di alta precisione nato nella regione
dell’Emilia Romagna intorno alle citta’ di Bologna e Modena,
oppure al centro di ricerca aerospaziale che si è sviluppato nella
regione Lazio. Assolutamente all’avanguardia il neonato distretto tecnologico della Regione Liguria, specializzato in attivita’ di
ricerca nel settore dell’ambiente, qualita’ della vita e sicurezza o
la “Fondazione Torino Wireless”, creata nel 2002 quale sostegno
alla ricerca ed allo sviluppo del settore ICT. A questo punto non
posso non citare – seppur velocemente - il distretto tecnologico
della Regione Campania (Technological district on Polymeric
and Composite Materials Engineering and Structures -IMAST),
il distretto tecnologico della Regione Lombardia, per la ricerca e
lo sviluppo nel settore dell’ICT e delle biotecnologie, il distretto
tecnologico della Regione Veneto, specializzato nella ricerca nel
settore delle nanotecnologie.
Questi sono solo alcuni dei centri di ricerca e sviluppo scientifico e tecnologico che operano in Italia – la maggior parte dei
quali nati intorno alle Università – molti dei quali proiettati
verso i paesi in via di sviluppo sia in termini di formazione di
studenti e nuovi ricercatori, sia in termini di scambio culturale
e di know-how: un patrimonio questo che l’Italia vuole condividere con i suoi Partner ed in particolare con quelli che, come
il Canada e la British Columbia, in particolare, hanno fatto
della Scienza e Tecnologia il loro punto di forza per una crescita
economica e sociale equilibrata e armoniosa.
Una importante occasione per avviare in concreto forme di
collaborazione tra la BC e le nostre Regioni è tra l’altro rappresentato dal Globe 2006, manifestazione internazionale nel
settore delle tecnologie e dei servizi ambientali che si terra’
a Vancouver dal 29 al 31marzo prossimi. L’evento internazionale a cadenza biennale rappresenta un qualificato punto di
incontro in Nord America per gli operatori del settore e per
le istituzione pubbliche che si confrontano su temi di attualità
quali la pianificazione urbana, nuove tecnologie, ambiente e
sviluppo sostenible.
Sono convinto che da un più stretto rapporto di collaborazione
in questo campo possano nascere nuove frontiere di sviluppo
fra alcune delle nostre Regioni e la British Columbia e che da
questo positivo connubio possano trarre vantaggio le future
generazioni, quelle che sono destinate un giorno a sostituirci e
a protrarre i valori di civiltà, democrazia e tolleranza che sono
proprie delle nostre democrazie.
GUEST FEATURE
CHINA: ImplicationsandOpportunitiesfor
CanadianImportersandExporters
ContributedbyTroyWilson,SeniorManager,GlobalTrade,RBCFinancialGroup
Canada’s economy is significantly influenced
by global economic trends because of its
openness and its dependency on trade. The rise
of China as a manufacturing giant has already
had a profound effect on world markets and
will continue to do so as the country’s 1.3
billion people are further integrated into
the global economy. If Canadian businesses
wish to realize the opportunities this brings
while mitigating the risks, they will need to
understand the effect that China is expected
to have on trade and foreign investment.
China’s Impact on Major Economies
Although world economic growth has been strong over the past
several years, China’s rise has contributed to global imbalances.
The US current account deficit has soared to unprecedented
levels and represented 6.4% of GDP in 20051. The current
account represents the balance of trade in goods and services
and investment income with the rest of the world. Meanwhile,
Asian countries are running large current account surpluses
and accumulating huge foreign currency reserves. One of the
drivers of this imbalance is the closely managed exchange rate
regimes under which China and some other Asian countries
operate. Many economists agree that the Chinese currency
is undervalued. However, currency valuations are not
expected to move
enough in the
near future to
change the
terms of
trade.
China is experiencing a rapid urbanization. The country has
53 metropolitan regions anchored around cities over 1 million
people2, and these cities have a huge appetite for raw materials.
China’s effect on demand has driven world commodity prices
higher, which has directly benefited the resource-based sectors
of Canada’s economy and contributed to the rapid appreciation
of the Canadian dollar since 2002.
China’s Trade with the World
China’s foreign trade reached USD $1.42 trillion in 2005, up
23% from 2004, with a USD $102 billion trade surplus. Exports
were up 28% and imports up 18%.3 China is the world leader
in production of eight key consumer items, including TVs, DVD
players, personal computers, car stereos and wireless phones.
Chinese companies now produce more than 50% of the world’s
cameras, 30% of its televisions and up to one-half of many
home appliances. China is the world’s largest consumer of
aluminum, steel, coal and the second largest consumer of oil.
China – Canada Trade
Canada’s exports to China totalled CDN $7 billion in 2005,
concentrated in resource-based products. Canada imported
CDN $29 billion from China in 2005, mostly from electronics, textiles and other manufactured goods. Since 2001, both
Canadian exports to and imports from China have increased
substantially, but the rate of import growth has been almost 4
times faster. In 2005, 8% of total Canadian imports came from
China, compared to 1% in 1990. 4
Trends in China’s Exports
The mix of China’s exports has been moving up the value chain.
China’s exports in the 1980s and early 1990s were concentrated in clothing, footwear and other lower-value goods. More
recently, China has increased its market share in nearly all
categories, with rapid growth in areas such as office machinery
and telecommunications, furniture, textiles, travel goods and
industrial supplies. The increasing sophistication of Chinese
exports means growing competition for Canadian produced
products, both at home and in world markets. 5
Implications and Opportunities
On the whole, Canada could be a net winner from the rise of China,
but not all sectors of the Canadian economy will benefit equally.
Companies in the commodities and resource sectors should
benefit from favourable prices for the foreseeable future.
Canadian suppliers of skill-intensive goods and services, where
Canada has a comparative advantage, may see increased opportunities and Canadian consumers could benefit from lower
prices on imported goods and services. However, those poised
to benefit the most are companies that realize the consumer
market potential offered by China and look beyond Canada’s
traditional trade focus and more towards viewing China as a
platform for in-country production to supply both the Chinese
domestic market and world markets.
With increased competition from Asia for labour-intensive
Canadian products, this sub-segment of Canada’s manufacturing sector could see lower growth rates. As prices for commodities rise relative to other goods, Canada will likely see a
rebalancing of resources towards the resource sector and away
from manufacturing.
It is difficult to predict how the global economic imbalances
discussed earlier will be resolved. Sustainable trade balances
may require some combination of higher US savings, increased
domestic demand from developing and emerging economies
and more flexible exchange rates in key Asian economies. The
long-term solution could depend upon international policy
action, the outcome of which could determine the extent to
which Canada will benefit.
Off-Shore Production
Canadian companies are seeking the best quality and price for
all parts of their supply chain. Due to low labour costs, efficiencies and economies of scale, an increasing number of Canadian
companies have moved or are planning to move some of their
production to China and other Asian countries.
For exporters, extending the supply chain across international
borders is typically an evolutionary process. It may begin by
importing key inputs that are incorporated into finished goods
as part of a value-added process. This may evolve into direct
foreign investment whereby the Canadian company engages
in offshore manufacturing, either through direct ownership
or joint venturing with a company in the offshore jurisdiction.
Once a Canadian company has mastered offshore sourcing it
can enjoy the benefits of low cost supply and eliminate some of
the obstacles to becoming a global trader.
(Endnotes)
1 Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
2 Source: Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade,
Speech by Jim Peterson, Minister Of International Trade, January 20, 2005.
3 Source: PRC General Administration of Customs, China’s Customs Statistics
4 Source: Industry Canada, Trade Data Online
5 Source: Bank of Canada, Speech by Paul Jenkins, Senior Deputy Governor of
the Bank of Canada, February 1, 2006.
Jinmao Tower, 420-metre-high
building in the business centre
of Shanghai, China.
Challenges
and Risks
Given the role that
China is expected to
play in shaping the
world economy over
the next decade, the
greatest risk to the
competitiveness of
Canadian companies
may be to ignore the
indisputable signs
and to not engage with China. For those companies that look to
China for opportunities, there are very real challenges and risks.
With the pace of change in China, access to up-to-date information to guide business and investment decisions is an ongoing
challenge, particularly for those companies without the benefit
of an on-the-ground presence in China.
There are a number of general challenges to operating in
China. These include: a complex legal/regulatory environment,
potentially higher taxes on foreign businesses, concerns about
repatriating income and investments, foreign exchange controls, evolving banking systems, low levels of transparency and
disclosure and inadequate protection of intellectual property
rights.
When it comes to commercial transactions, it is important for
companies to assess the financial or performance risk posed
by foreign counter parties. Foreign companies in China may
find local governments increasingly involved as purchasers,
co-investors, or guarantors. Exporters or potential investors in
China would be well advised to consult their trade finance provider for guidance on the most suitable payment mechanisms.
Offshore production can often present working capital challenges. Companies accustomed to 30 to 60 days trade credit
in North America may be faced with issuing Import Letters
of Credit to Chinese suppliers or paying a portion in cash in
advance. These forms of payment can put pressure on operating credit facilities, as they replace open account financing by
domestic suppliers. A strong financial services partner can
provide advice and counsel on ways to structure transactions to
minimize the impact on working capital.
The Bottom Line
China is expected to continue to play a major role in the
global economy over the next decade and this presents potential opportunities and challenges for Canadian businesses.
Canadian companies that can leverage Canada’s standing as a
leading trading nation for traditional exports and also invest
in China as a source of lower-cost supply, are likely to benefit
most from China’s rise as a global economic power.
The views expressed are the personal views of the writer and not
necessarily those of RBC Financial Group.
CHAMBER NEWS
Lucio Sacchetti
Elizabeth Iachelli
President,
Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada −
Vancouver Edmonton Calgary
[email protected]
Executive Director,
Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada −
Vancouver Edmonton Calgary
[email protected]
Accettare le sfide del presente per farle diventare punti di forza nel
futuro: con questo messaggio vogliamo presentare il nuovo numero
di Conexus che conterrà una parte speciale riguardante la Cina.
This issue’s focus on China arose from the network of linkages
and connections that are an inevitable and positive outcome
of Western Canada’s multicultural population. Today about 10
percent of British Columbia’s population is ethnic Chinese;
in Alberta the figure is 4 percent. The Chinese community is
a heterogeneous, vibrant group blessed with diverse cultural,
professional and social backgrounds. Our Chamber reflects the
Canada-Italy-China trade dynamic with members from the local
Chinese business community as well as members based in China
all of whom are generally involved in trade with Italy. We are
fortunate to have current and past directors from China whose
distinct perspective and connections have proved invaluable.
Questa nazione opera una concorrenza legale ma fortemente
asimmetrica, basata su sue condizioni interne qualitativamente
e dimensionalmente tali da avvantaggiarla nettamente rispetto
agli altri competitori.
In Italia, il dibattito sul pericolo Cina, ha assunto connotati quasi
ideologici, con una dura contrapposizione tra neoprotezionisti, liberoscambisti, nazionalisti, mondialisti, che poco giova al
nostro paese, che dovrebbe invece rispondere con una strategia
di sistema, concordata con gli altri partner europei e nel rispetto
delle regole del WTO.
Si potrebbe pensare a questo punto che sia necessario, quasi
indispensabile, trovare delle misure per contrastare l’avanzata
cinese nei mercati internazionali.
In realtà, almeno per l’Italia, non puo’o deve essere cosi’. Le
imprese che si preoccupano della concorrenza proveniente dall’Est
asiatico sono imprese che non hanno fiducia nel loro potenziale e
nei propri prodotti. Se è vero che la concorrenza cinese è fortemente sbilanciata favore della Cina a causa di condizioni socioeconomiche interne, è vero pure che le imprese italiane possono
puntare sulla qualità, usabilità, stile, eleganza, design ed esclusività
dei loro prodotti per contrastare il gigante asiatico.
L’Italia è la patria di questi concetti, è il posto dove le idee più
brillanti e creative si trasfomano in prodotti eccezionali, senza
paragoni in qualunque angolo del mondo.
E’ sbagliato e controproducente cercare di attaccare il mercato
asiatico in maniera aggressiva, utilizzando misure protezionistiche o tentando una guerra sui prezzi dalla quale usciremmo
senza dubbio sconfitti. Risulterebbe molto più produttivo invece
tentare di conquistarlo con il fascino che caratterizza i prodotti
“Made in Italy”.
Il mercato di massa vuole tanti prodotti a costi contenuti, il
mercato d’elite (in crescita in Cina ) richiede prodotti sofisticati e
di qualità, esclusivi per quanto possibile e poco importa il costo di
queste realizzazioni se in cambio si potrà comprare il fascino di una
cultura che da sempre si è elevata al di sopra degli stili comuni.
On some levels, there seems to be a natural affinity between Italy
and China: a rich cultural history, similar aesthetic and family
values, strong traditions of business and commerce; but it is also
undeniable that Italy is fighting an economic duel with China,
the significance of which transcends national boundaries.
The backbone of the Italian economy, the 4.5 million small
and medium-sized companies that formerly had an enviable
competitive edge in their flexibility and dynamism, are now
struggling to deal with the challenges of globalization which
accelerates change as never before. Many lack the scale, the
capitalization and the commercial know-how to become global
players. Their products exemplify craftsmanship, quality and
design but they are not particularly difficult to copy. North
America, where most consumers appreciate an Italian “look”
but ultimately prefer the price tag of a Chinese replica, has
become the battleground for market share. If consumers here
need to be better informed about the uniqueness of the genuine
“Made in Italy” product, Italian entrepreneurs are being forced
to reinvent themselves through innovation and their trademark
ingenuity, creating an up-market niche which would allow
Italian and Chinese companies to coexist and flourish, with each
building on its respective strengths.
Midway between Asia and Europe, Western Canada offers neutral territory for experimenting new forms of coexistence and
for forging new partnerships. This current issue of Conexus
reflects the ever-increasing complexity of trade relationships
brought about by globalization and its exploration of issues at the
microcosmic level should generate interesting debate on the way
we will do business in the future.
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Chamber Calendar
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
THE BANFF CENTRE
PRIVATE RECEPTION WITH
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
09/06
Calgary
PITTI IMMAGINE FILATI
Firenze
02/07 — 07/07
Textile preview showing of
the yarn collections for the
knitting industry
HERITAGE FESTIVAL
Edmonton
5/08 — 7/08
SPRUCE MEADOWS
MASTERS
Equi-Fair /
BP Festival Of Nations
6/09-10/09
MARMOMACC
Verona
05/10 — 08/10
International Exhibition
of Marble, Stone and
Technology
MIWINE
Milano
12/06 — 14/06
Wine & Spirits
CALGARY STAMPEDE
Calgary
06/07 — 16/07
FESTIVAL VANCOUVER
www.festivalvancouver.ca
music and musicians of Italy
07/07 — 19/08
BIJOUX
Milano
08/09 — 11/09
Jewellery
GLOBAL PETROLEUM
SHOW
Calgary
13/06 15/06
CAPITAL-EX EXHIBITION
Edmonton
20/07 — 29/07
FOIRE D’ÉTÉ
Aosta
12/08 — 16/08
Traditional handicrafts from
Valle d’Aosta
OIL AND SANDS
TRADE SHOW
Alberta
12/09 — 13/09
FIERA DELLA CASA
Napoli
17/06 — 02/07
Furniture, electrical
appliances, handicrafts
THE 27TH ANNUAL
BANFF MIDSUMMER BALL
WEEKEND
28/07 — 30/07
PITTI IMMAGINE UOMO
Firenze
21/06 — 24/06
Men’s Fashion
MOSTRA CONCORSO
DELL’ARTIGIANATO Aosta
29/07 — 06/08
Articraft
Traditional handicrafts from
Valle d’Aosta exhibitioncontest
FRINGE FESTIVAL
Edmonton
17/08 — 27/08
CALGARY HOME &
INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW
Calgary
21/09 — 24/09
JAZZ CITY
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC
FESTIVAL
Edmonton
23/06 — 02/07
OLYMPIC CONNECTIONS
Conference on
Torino Games and
Vancouver Games
DEADLINE
to advertise in the
Fall issue of Conexus
ABITARE IL TEMPO
Verona
21/09 — 25/09
Furniture and interior
design
Celebration of Edmonton’s
office third anniversary
COLE INTERNATIONAL
RECEPTION
Preferred Business
Partnership Event
MERCEDES-BENZ CANADA
Preferred Business
Partnership Event
NETWORKING EVENT
Leonardos Last Supper
Presentation by David
Bershad
PIEMONTE MISSION
from Italy
MILANO UNICA
Milano
12/09 — 15/09
International textile fair
FLAVOURS OF ITALY
Wine & Food tasting
Calgary
SALONE NAUTICO
INTERNAZIONALE
Genova
07/10 — 15/10
International boat show
SAIE
Bologna
25/10 — 29/10
International Construction
Exhibition
EDMONTON HOME AND
INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW
Edmonton
26/10 — 29/10
NOV.
DEC.
RESTAURA
Venezia
01/12 — 03/12
Dedicated to restoration
and conservation of art
CANADIAN FINALS
RODEO
Edmonton
8/11 — 12/11
SPRUCE MEADOWS
International
Christmas Market
Calgary
17/11 19/11
FIERACAVALLI
Verona
09/11 — 12/11
International Horse Fair and
Exhibition of Equestrian
Activities and Equipment
SALONE DEL MOBILE
Bergamo
18/11 — 26/11
Furniture and interior
design exhibition
MODAPRIMA
Milano
26/11 — 28/11
International fashion and
accessories show
FLAVOURS OF ITALY
Wine & Food tasting
Edmonton
MILANO VENDE MODA
Milano
22/09 — 25/09
Fashion
VITRARIA
Venezia
02/12 — 04/12
Artistic, historic, industrial
glass exhibition
MOTOR SHOW
Bologna
07/12 — 17/12
International car and
motorcycle exhibition
CHRISTMAS
OPEN HOUSE
Event
ICCC
BUON NATALE
VANCOUVER ICCC
Christmas Ball
Vancouver
DEADLINE
to advertise in the
Fall issue of Conexus
FLAVOURS OF ITALY
Wines & Foods of
Southern Italy
Vancouver & Calgary
EDMONTON HOME
SHOW 2006
Edmonton
29/09 — 1/10
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The Best of the West:
Seizing the Olympic Spirit
Not unlike the sighting of Halley’s Comet, there are occasions
when events, places, circumstances and people come together
in a unique, serendipitous conjuncture which offers opportunities to be seized or regretted over a lifetime.
Such an opportunity arose with the 2006 Winter Olympics
in Torino with the BC Ministry of Economic Development’s
decision to build British Columbia-Canada Place in Piazza
Valdo Fusi in the heart of Torino, in order to create significant
economic, cultural, social and sports legacies for the successive
Games to be held in Vancouver in 2010.
The Ministry of Economic Development described BC-Canada
Place as, “a marketing and exhibition space with a difference, showcasing British Columbian and Canadian businesses,
communities and people for the world’s Olympic audience.
BC-Canada Place provides an environment for visitors to
experience B.C. as one of the best places on earth to live, visit,
work and invest.”
The Olympic twinning of Vancouver and Torino through the
exclusive membership in this Olympic family of the “Fellowship
of the Rings” (as the organizations representing the economic
legacies of Vancouver, Beijing, London, Sydney and Torino is
referred to) has echoes of the linkages with Torino initiated
by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada soon after it
opened its first office in 1992.
ICCC’s partnership with organizations in Piemonte and Torino
goes back further, and has been more productive, than with any
other area of Italy. With the election of our first President, Paolo
Rosazza Pela, an entrepreneur born in Piemonte, our Chamber
established a privileged relationship with the Chamber of
Commerce of Torino and the Foreign Trade Centre of the
Piemonte Chambers. This connection led to missions, workshops, exchanges and projects culminating in the multi-stakeholder, Olympic Mission which took place in March, 2004.
B.C. residents originally from Piemonte are more likely to
have emigrated to Canada under the business and investor
programmes than under other categories, bringing a wealth of
professional expertise and experience to their adopted country.
Our Chamber has been fortunate to have recruited many of
these people as members and board members. Apart from
Mr. Pela, directors and former directors with strong ties to
Piemonte include Franco Anglesio, former President of Coast
Hotels & Resorts; Gerardo Dutto, a renowned scientist with
Triumf; Renato Enria, a developer now based in Torino; Franco
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Oboni of Oboni & Associates, a risk management specialist
actively involved in the Turin Olympics; Oberto Oberti, architect and businessman.
Moreover, over many years ICCC has developed a multifaceted relationship with government agencies, organizations and
companies in Torino and Piemonte. Several joint projects have
placed it in a unique, privileged position to ideate and execute
the month long promotion “Best of the West” in Torino during
the Winter 2006 Olympics.
To be able to bring the 2006 Torino experience to the forefront
for the benefit of BC/AB companies and the wider community
further solidifies the Chamber’s relationship with its principal
stakeholders. This project capitalizes on the unique linkages
that can develop between two areas involved in putting on the
Winter Olympic Games. Each is in a position to foster a public
sense of economic momentum, which in turn fosters new
investment and growth. Our Chamber’s task was to facilitate
synergies between the two by means of an articulated programme of activities and events in the “Best of the West”.
The “Best of the West” comprised a series of international
marketing activities to showcase western Canadian products
and capitalize on trade opportunities during the 2006 Winter
Olympics. As one of the most committed stakeholders in the
Torino/BC Olympic connection, ICCC brought a great deal of
zeal and dedication to the execution of “Best of the West”.
This project capitalized on the international recognition of
Vancouver as a world class city, the glorious natural settings of
British Columbia and Alberta as well as introducing relatively
unknown attributes of the Western Provinces such as their
dynamic, multicultural business communities; the first class
technologies; and the vibrant cultural and tourism activities.
The calendar of events was diverse and exciting, showcasing the
wealth of resources, ingenuity and entrepreneurship that western Canada has to offer the world. Events spread out through the
month of February centred on Aboriginal Export and Aboriginal
Community Development; Energy and Environment; Mountain
Resort Promotion in the Comox Valley; Olympic Procurement
and Investment Opportunities; BC Wood Sector Promotion and
Business Development; Sport Hosting with the City of Prince
George; BC Fashion Day with a tradeshow and spectacular
runway show.
prince George Sport Hosting Event
“For several years, Prince George has been successful in hosting
many regional, provincial, national and international sporting
events”, said Mayer Colin Kinsley.
“We are excited to have this unique opportunity to showcase
Prince George to the rest of the world.”
BC Wood Specialties Event
British Columbia is known around the world for its forests and wood
products. In Torino, B.C.’s industry reached out to its European
counterparts to grow markets and seek new partnerships.
The day-long event at British Columbia-Canada Place was hosted
by BC Wood, an international marketing association focused on
marketing value-added wood products around the world.
BC Wood’s European-based marketing representative worked
with the Italian Chamber of Commerce and the Consulate in
Milan to identify European participants for the event. More
than 100 companies from B.C. and Europe participated in
presentations and workshops throughout the day.
Olympic procurement Event
Key business people from the Torino area came to British
Columbia-Canada Place to share their experiences around the
2006 Winter Games and learn more about the opportunities
B.C. has to offer as the focus turns to Vancouver for 2010.
“We organized the event to strengthen our relationships with the
Clockwise from top left: delegation from
Comox Valley Economic Development Society;
Brian Krieger , Director 2010 Commerce
Centre; BC-Canada Place in Torino.
Torino business community,” explained Brian Krieger, Director
of the BC Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Secretariat’s
2010 Commerce Centre. “Among other things, we wanted to
talk about partnership opportunities where Games-experienced
companies here in Italy could work with British Columbia companies to provide goods and services for the 2010 Winter Games.”
Krieger worked with the Italian Chamber of Commerce to target
the 25 participants, whose companies ranged from graphic design
to lighting systems, to construction to real estate development.
“The fact that the participants were so diverse reflects the wide
variety of opportunities that result from hosting the Games,”
Krieger explained.
Leading Edge BC Events
Some of B.C.’s top alternative energy and environment technologies companies spent two days establishing contacts,
building relationships and exploring opportunities in Europe
at a business networking event at British Columbia-Canada
Place on February 6 and 7.
According to Art Aylesworth, CEO of Victoria’s Carmanah
Technologies Inc., the meetings were well worth the trip.
“There was a high level of organization and a high level of interest from the European companies,” Aylesworth said. “These
were high quality companies and Italy provides a great opportunity for us to gain a strong foothold on the continent.”
Brian Richardson, CFO at Dynamotive in Vancouver, saw the
meetings as an important first step. “Italy and Europe is further
advanced in terms of environmental technologies, so this was a
chance to make them more aware of what B.C. has to offer.”
Mark Damm, CEO of Trilogics Technologies, said there was
another benefit — time spent with other B.C. companies. “We
never get together like this, and it was great. We spent time at
dinner brainstorming about ways to collaborate among ourselves and widening the view of what we might do together.”
The event was organized by Leading Edge BC, the Italian
Chamber of Commerce in Vancouver, the Canadian Consulate
General in Milan and Rome, the Torino Chamber of Commerce
and the Piemonte Chamber of Commerce.
With thanks to the BC Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Secretariat.
CHAMBER NEWS
British Columbia
Fashion Day in Torino
The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada—Vancouver,
Edmonton, Calgary with the support of the Ministry of Economic
Development and of Western Economic Diversification, organized a fashion event on February 27th, 2006, at BC Canada Place
in Torino with twelve B.C. companies showing their designs for
the first time in Italy.
BC Fashion Day started with a trade-only event to showcase the
Canadian designers and to present them to potential business
partners such as importers, distributors and agents.
In the evening, Canadian prét-à-porter introduced itself in
Europe with new ideas and new styles: from the glamour and
elegance of gowns by Zonda Nellis and Catherine Regehr, to
the sophistication and eye for details of Cheri Milaney and the
youthful panache of Chloe Angus.
The aboriginal designers proved to be of particular interest
to the audience. Dorothy Grant’s collection featured Haida
aboriginal traditions and craftsmanship which sent a message
of the spiritual significance of native culture that was extremely
well received in Torino. Other aboriginal designers in the show
were Artifaax and Life Crest Designs.
Evening gowns by Catherine Regehr
stunned the crowd (left). Fashions by
Zonda Nellis drew loud applause (above).
Dorinha Wear, Mala Kuja and Tension Clothing showed trendy
casual clothing and Kootenay Knitting Company offered cosy,
handmade wool sweaters with matching hats and scarves that
conjured up visions of the great Canadian outdoors. Finally,
Jacques Cartier’s collection of garments made of “Qiviuk”, a high
quality yarn from muskox which is superior in quality to cashmere, was a showstopper in terms of elegance and uniqueness.
Attended by more than 250 representatives of the Italian
fashion industry, media and VIPs, the Fashion Show garnered attention and accolades from all who were present.
The business connections created during BC Fashion Day will
hopefully create new opportunities in Italy and in Europe for
the participating companies.
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I shall become a member of the Italian Chamber of Commerce
in Canada as I was truly satisfied with the services that they provided me in Italy. I am thankful for the experience and the great
support from staff at the BC-Canada House. I also appreciated
help from Aboriginal Business Canada for travel support. I fell
in love with Italy again, it was a once in a lifetime experience to
be there and I look forward to going back.
Haida ceremonial garment by
Dorothy Grant (above). Evening
gown by Qiviuk (right).
Testimonials
from the Best
of the West
Dorothy Grant
My Best of the West, Torino experience was fantastic. My only
complaint was that my time there was too short! The trade show
at the BC House was small enough to meet some key people in
the fashion world in Italy among whom was a distributor who
saw huge potential for my work with the uniqueness of Haida
art and culture on skiwear as a very marketable and high-end
type of product that he wanted to sell. This looks like a full-scale
business plan in another direction for Dorothy Grant Ltd. Very
exciting and doable, Dorothy Grant Ltd must grow outside its
comfortable boundaries of Canada!
The company that executed the fashion show did an excellent
job. It was very nice to be a designer participant who could
just stand on sidelines and watch. Normally I am in the back
dressing, my assistant Connie Watts looked after that for me,
For once I saw the whole show. The choreography was extremely
well done, and very sensitive to our native culture esthetics,
while having a very trendy, contemporary feel. The red carpet
throughout BC House and the long stage runway, and the music
was a perfect 10 from my point of view. I was number 9 in the
set of 11 designers, with Zonda Nellis and Catherine Regehr
after me. There was a man beside me who was even brought to
tears by my set. There was such a feeling of pride there, it was
tremendous!
It was said by an Italian friend from Torino, that in Italy that the
Italians are not generally giving of compliments, unless they
really like something, and when they do they are most passionate and genuine about it. This is the most amazing compliment
to me, as they loved my line, and said they would wear it, so it
was encouraging for me to see this and believe that my line of
art on clothing would go very well in Italy.
Directly after the fashion show, I had several people come to
me and congratulate me. I was very pleased and so honored by
their comments. This was very revealing to me during this “Best
of the West” show in Torino Italy. I believe it is just a start, and
a good open door to go back and establish some concrete business relationships with some of the people that I met in Lake
Como, and Torino, in February 2006.
Anton Kuipers, Vp Leading Edge BC
I would like to thank the Italian Chamber for working with leading Edge British Columbia in organizing an excellent business
to business matching event that directly introduced British
Columbia companies to Italian (Torino) based companies.
The work by Alex Martyniak was excellent and his last minute
interventions ensured that all the companies had solid business
to business meetings. From our industry survey all companies
has at least 4 sound meetings and are expecting follow-up
discussions with the Italian companies. I also express my
appreciation of the connection the Italian Chamber has with
the Chamber of Commerce in Torino which again underscored
the success of connecting the BC technology companies to
Piemonte companies. The combination of local contacts as well
as the direct cooperation between our respective organizations
was certainly appreciated by the participants in the Torino
mission, and was reflected by the comments we received from
Industry. Indeed getting comments back from industry that the
mission was well organized and successful and we expect to get
business from this mission is encouraging when furthering an
Italian-Canada-Italian connection.
Indeed some of the companies such as Sacre Davey and Nuvera
are working together in integrating their respective technologies and expertise on a project in North Vancouver as an
example of the success of this mission, where this connection
can be used to further the bilateral opportunities.
I am looking forward to further work with the Chamber on
collaborative projects in the future.
john Watson, president, Comox Valley
Economic Development Society
I was very impressed with the level of meetings and the schedule
created by The Italian Chamber of Commerce for us. The schedule was tight but manageable, the provision of logistic support
was well done and most appreciated and the quality of our
interpreters/drivers very high. We were given access to many
people and places that otherwise would have been impossible
and it was the itinerary provided in Canada that convinced me
of the value to attend in Torino. This was a very well organized
trip with only a few travel glitches that were beyond the control
of anyone to anticipate (train strikes and so on) Well done, and
very much appreciated by the Comox Valley delegation.
CHAMBER NEWS
British Columbia
RBC Event
January 19th, 2006
On January 19, 2006, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in
Canada welcomed the Chamber’s first Premium Member, RBC
Royal Bank. This new level of membership has been established to create partnerships with leading businesses in various selected sectors from Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary.
The Chamber has put into place a referral system with RBC that
allows members direct access to key contacts and incentives,
saving its members time and money when they wish to start up
a new business, expand on an existing one, or when needing
personal financial services. This will make RBC a one-stop
service provider for all your financial requirements. Guests
also heard an inspiring Olympic journey from RBC sponsored
Canadian Olympian, Lauren Barwick. ICCC Annual General Meeting
March 23rd, 2006
The annual general meeting took place on March 23rd at the
offices of Borden Ladner Gervais. During the AGM members
passed two special resolutions. The first special resolution
implemented changes to the bylaws including an increase
of total board members to 15, as well as restructuring of
term lengths of board members. The second special resolution accepted an operating line of credit from our financial Premium Member RBC. We would like to welcome our
new and returning Board Members: Rita Bellano, Bellano
Ceramic Tiles; Al Botteselle, Galloway Botteselle & Co.; Franco
Mammarella TRIUMF; Lucio Sacchetti CMC Engineering; Paul
Stocco Brownlee LLP; Ron Bozzer, Borden Ladner Gervais;
Linda Green, Kensington Riverside Inn; Jim Murray, Westlink
Innovation Network Ltd.; Oberto Oberti, Oberto Oberti Inc.;
Dianne Jing, Sharplong (Canada) Investments; Assunta
Marozzi, Fantasia Gelati; Armand Petronio, Hawthorne Piggot
& Co.; Pino Storelli, Storelli Smith Financial; and Luciano
Zago, Bing Thom Architects.
Made in Italy Design Tour
March 27th-April 9th, 2006
ICCC launched an exciting initiative this spring; the first
ever “Made in Italy Design Tour.” In partnership with Italian
companies and Chambers of Commerce, 20 British Columbian
interior designers experienced the trip of a lifetime. The tour
began in Florence, travelled through the cities and surrounding areas of Perugia, Bologna, Venice, Vicenza, Verona, Milan,
ending in Turin. The tour was informative and enjoyable, with
stops at the Italian Institute of Design and the famed Milan
Furniture Show, as well as a tour of a Murano glass factory and
an olive oil factory. Thank you to all the participants and to our
partners in Italy for making this tour a success.
RBC PREMIER MEMBER EVENT: Chamber guests and RBC
representatives fête RBC sponsored Canadian Olympian, Lauren
Barwick, after her inspiring presentation.
Alberta
Quench Your Senses
Fashion Show
February 25th 2006
The Edmonton office of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in
Canada, with the support of the Consulate of Italy, organized
a fashion show event on February 25th in the new futuristic
building of the Edmonton BMW.
The sold-out event was attended by the Consul of Italy Dr.
Arnaldo Minuti, His Worship Mayor Stephen Mandel and
Councillor David Thiele. Guests were greeted with an excellent Italian prosecco, elegantly chilled and stored inside a
vintage Vespa scooter seat. As they proceeded upstairs, guests
were able to quench and delight their senses with exquisite
Italian wines, delicious finger foods, Italian gelato, espressos
and chocolate hand massages. Fashion importers, Gnuda and
Derks together showcased nearly 50 outfits of Spring/Summer
2006 collections in a modern, upbeat atmosphere. Posh
brands like Versace, Cornegliani, Ermenegildo Zegna made
their appearance on the busy runway, accompanied by photo
flashes and lights.
The evening ended with two grand gift baskets and three door
prizes presented by Master of Ceremonies Jennifer Martin and
Mayor Stephen Mandel.
VINITALY: Vinitaly offers trade operators
the opportunity to get to know the best wine
production, take part in tastings and attend
update courses and seminars dealing with
wines from all over the world.
MADE IN ITALY: Contemporary design boardroom at
Bisazza and artistic glass washbasins by Vetrocolor (top).
Made in Italy Design Tour participants at the Formula 1
drivers favorite restaurant in Maranello (bottom).
QUENCH YOUR SENSES: Jonathan Butterworth, Mayor
Stephen Mandel, Jennifer Martin of City TV and ICCC
Vice President Paul Stocco (top). The models looked great
in outfits provided by Gnuda (bottom).
EuroMed & Food 2006
Outgoing Economic Mission
VinItaly 2006
march 23rd-march 26th
Every year, thousands of companies involved in the wine industry travel to Italy to the romantic city of Verona to participate in
the world-renowned wine exhibition, VinItaly. First planned
and inaugurated in 1966, this year the exhibition celebrated its
40th anniversary, taking place between the 7th and the 10th of
April. The Chamber organized a mission of 5 qualified buyers
from Alberta and British Columbia to attend VinItaly.
The Italian Chamber of Commerce organized a successful
mission of Western Canadian food and wine importers to one
of the most important food shows in southern Italy, EuroMed
& Food 2006. The town of Foggia, in the region of Puglia, was
home to more than 180 exhibitors and 80 buyers from all over
the world from March 23-26. Foggia has been chosen to host
this fair because of the excellence of its products, processed
preserves and organic products, including bottled specialties
(oil and wine) as well as a qualified selection of typical foods
(the latest being the olives from the Cerignola zone); but also
highly regarded pasta and oven-baked products.
Six Western Canadian food importers, Falesca Importing,
Italian Center Shop, National Importers, Osteria, Valoroso
Foods, Saccomanno Brothers Ltd., spent several days sampling
some of the most delicious southern Italian food and wine
products. As a result of this trip we hope that you will be able
to try some of these products at your favourite grocery stores in
the near future!
April 7th- 10th
The companies received a special hospitality package offered
by Veronafiere, which included 4 nights’ free accommodation
at the Gardaland Hotel Resort just beside the lake and complimentary passes for the exhibit. The accommodation package
also featured wonderful Gala dinners featuring authentic typical dishes and fine wines from the Veneto Region.
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MILANO, IT
39-328-357-9695
www.tuscancooking.it
Restaurant
THE COAST EDMONTON
PLAZA HOTEL
SHERATON VANCOUVER
WALL CENTRE HOTEL
SINCLAIR DENTAL
COMPANY LTD.
JOE TOSO
INDIVIDUAL Member
SURREY, BC
604-531-5518
www.trimetalfans.com
Engineering
JAKE WEIBE
CORPORATE Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-669-2511
www.ronleal.com
Fashion & Clothing
SELECT WINES MERCHANT
INDIVIDUAL Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-434-6154
Automotive
TRI-METAL FABRICATORS LTD
TAG THE APPAREL GROUP LTD
SEA SUN ITALIA
STEPHEN GREENHAM
SUSTAINING Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-739-0555
www.trafalgars.com
ALAN HILGARTNER
CORPORATE Member
WETASKIWIN, AB
780.352.9228
www.oldfashionfaucets.com
Bathroom
SUTTON PLACE HOTEL
SDV LOGISTICS CANADA INC
TRAFALGARS BISTRO
TRANS ATLANTIC
IMPORT CO. INC
PINO STORELLI
INDIVIDUAL Member
BURNABY, BC
604-294-5451
Financial
SCIUE
DOMINIC TASSONE
CORPORATE Member
KELOWNA, BC
250-870-7683
NEW MEMBER
NEW MEMBER
FRANK SACCOMANNO
SUSTAINING Member
EDMONTON, AB
780-478-2381
Food
STONGS MARKET LTD.
CORI BONINA
CORPORATE Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-266-5191
www.stongs.com
Food
VINCORP MARKETING
CONSULTANTS LTD.
VICTOR MONTAGLIANI
CORPORATE Member
BURNABY, BC
604-293-1481
www.tos.ca
Insurance
NEW MEMBER
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
LLP
SACCOMANNO BROS LTD
NEW MEMBER
ROBERT GIARDINO
CORPORATE Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-841-3216
www.thepassionategourmet.com
Food
NEW MEMBER
ROYAL PARK REALTY
GIOVANNI ALFIERI
INDIVIDUAL Member
EDMONTON, AB
780-423-7590
www.royalparkrealty.com
Real estate
TOS INSURANCE SERVICES LTD
CARMINE D’ONOFRIO JR
CORPORATE Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-255-2518
Wine
NEW MEMBER
CHRIS STEWART
SUSTAINING Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-683-6912
www.parksiderestaurant.ca
STILE WINES
INDIVIDUAL Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-873-4302
Language service & education
PARKSIDE RESTAURANT
PASSIONATE GOURMET LTD
(LILIKOI SPECIALTY FOODS)
NEW MEMBER
ROSANNA FRASSON
KENNETH IACI
SUSTAINING Member
RICHMOND, BC
604-275-8355
NEW MEMBER
PAPI’S RISTORANTE
NEW MEMBER
NEW MEMBER
NEW MEMBER
CHAMBER MEMBERS
PIA G. POOLE
CORPORATE Member
WHITE ROCK, BC
604-683-1149
www.vancouverhomestay.com
Hospitality
VILLA DEL LUPO
NIKOLAS MANOUSSAKIS
SUSTAINING Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-688-7436
www.villadellupo.com
CYNTHIA OPSAL
CORPORATE Member
CALGARY, AB
403-244-2569
Wine
BARBARA GIACOMIN
CORPORATE Member
EDMONTON, AB
780-488-4372
Wine
GEORGE BAUGH
CORPORATE Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-682-4879
Hospitality
WINES & SPIRITS
WAREHOUSE - COST PLUS
GURVINDER S. BHATIA
CORPORATE Member
EDMONTON, AB
780-448-7973
www.vinomaniawines.com
Wine
WORLDWIDE FOODS
TONY JAMES
CORPORATE Member
CALGARY, AB
403-255-6262
Food Importers
YALETOWN GELATO
SALVATORE GALLO
CORPORATE Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-689-8531
Gelato
YGARTUA ORIGINAL ART
PAUL YGARTUA
INDIVIDUAL Member
VANCOUVER, BC
604-685-5632
www.ygartua.com
Art
ITALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN CANADA
vancouver edmonton calgary
The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada – Vancouver Edmonton Calgary is a non-profit, membership based
organization with a mandate of facilitating trade and investment between Italy and Canada with a special focus on
British Columbia and Alberta.
PRESIDENT
Lucio Sacchetti
CMC Engineering &
Management Ltd.
VICEPRESIDENTS
Paul Stocco
(Alberta)
Brownlee LLP
Franco Mammarella
(British Columbia)
TRIUMF
TREASURER
Al Botteselle
Galloway Botteselle
and Co.
DIRECTORS
Rita Bellano
Bellano Ceramic Tile Co. Ltd.
Ron Bozzer
Borden Ladner Gervais
Russ Fox
Royal Bank Financial Group
Linda Green
Kensington Riverside Inn
Diane Jing
Sharplong (Canada)
Investments
Assunta Marozzi
Fantasia Gelati
DIRECTORS
Jim Murray
Westlink Innovation
Network Ltd.
Oberto Oberti
Oberto Oberti Inc.
Armand Petronio
Hawthorne, Piggot & Company
Pino Storelli
Storelli Smith Financial Services
Luciano Zago
Bing Thom Architects
Get Connected
Advertise with Conexus and get connected for as little $475.
604.682.1410
STAFF
Elizabeth Iachelli
Executive Director
Alex Martyniak
Business Development
Director
Joe Ganci
Membership Services
Director
Avril Camozzi
Special Events
Coordinator, Office
Administrator
Tommaso Zamperini
Commercial Officer
Antonia Butti
Commercial Officer
STAFF
Dusan Rnjak
Regional Director
Alberta
Jonathan
Butterworth
Edmonton Office
Manager
Giovanni Varano
Trade Analyst
Virgilio Mazzardo
Trade Analyst
Chantal Soppelsa
Trade Analyst
Elisa Guarnaccia
Trade Analyst
Salvatore Spagnulo
Trade Analyst

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