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Some
have jobs, some are looking for one
According to ISTAT data in 1991 there are 139,283
teenagers between 15 and 24: of these 26,8% represent the active population and only 10,2%
have a job. Instead, 2,9% are looking for a new job while 13,8% are looking for their
first employment.The data ISTAT inform us also that 23,2% of teenagers in this age range
represent the unemployed population: 18,5% are students; 23% are housewives; 0,4% are
retired and 2% have other occupations.
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CONDITION |
TOTAL |
% |
| Working
population |
325.102 |
20,2 |
Employed |
217.877 |
13,5 |
| In search of new
employment |
42.972 |
2,7 |
In search of first employment |
64.253 |
4 |
Unemployed population |
478.875 |
29,8 |
School children and students |
155.660 |
9,7 |
Housewives |
95.056 |
5,9 |
Retired |
132.519 |
8,2 |
Others |
95.640 |
5.9 |
TOTAL |
803.977 |
100 |
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| Productive areas of industrial sector
In the province of Lecce many industries in the
fields of food, textile, clothes, leather and wood have a strong economic influence. This
sector holds 68,1% of the total of the industrial activities, the employees are 55,5% of
the total occupied population.
A significant data is that in the textile/clothes/footwear sector the percentage of
employed in Italy is 16%, while in Lecce it is 33,4%.
The area of Lecce is characterized by the prevalent presence of small firms (10-10 and
20-99 employees). The Province of Lecce present levels of industrialization similar to the
average for Puglia and with a felter result compared to Southern and national statistic.
In the period between 1988 and 1995 the flow of exports was greater than that of imports.
The boom in exports is accounted for by the clothing and shoe sector which have
prevalently foreign out lets. |
Value
development of exportations and importation in the Province
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1988 |
1991 |
1995 |
| Lecce
Exportations
Importations |
628.208
271.029 |
573.239
317.223 |
1.396.039
544.081 |
| Southern
Italy Exportations
Importations |
15.121.546
20.777.955 |
18.706.445
28.040.042 |
34.015.651
39.185.914 |
| Italy Exportations
Importations |
167.189.158
180.064.024 |
209.746.502
225.769.788 |
376.785.707
332.409.083 |
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Where do Salentine industrial products go?
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% distribution |
Destination Area |
1995 |
Northern and
central Europe
Developing Europe
Other European Countries
Opec
Mediterranean Area
Usa
Canada
Japan
Nic's
Other European Countries
Other developing European Countries |
63,3
5,5
18,3
2,4
2
5
0,4
0,2
1,1
0,4
1,3 |
| Total |
100 |
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The footwear
sector
The province of Lecce represent one of the most
important for the production of footwear in Italy. In the areas of Casarano and Tricase
are currently present 2 leader firms: Filanto in Casarano and Patù; New Adelchi in
Tricase; Adelchi in Specchia, they are large firms.
Small and middle-size firms have developed around these, producing accessories.
The sector occupies 6.800 employees in all the province and it presents an average size
firm of 58 employees; just one firm occupies over 1.900 employees.
The production of footwear in Casarano and Tricase is geared to the export of 90%:
Germany, France, United Kingdom and countries of the North Europe, with the inclusion also
of the countries of the East: Hong Kong, Usa, Canada and China.
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The
textile/clothes sectors
Are mainly produced in Lecce
Stocking
- hats - shirts - ties
Monteroni - Campi Salentina - Racale - Corsano -
Matino
Maglie - Interested town to
this production - Tuglie
Ruffano - Ugento - Nardò - Casarano - Supersano
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Except some big businesses, the textile production
isn’t realized with own trademarks.
It is based on
· a limited availability of capitals
· a strong request for low cost labour.
The province of Lecce is characterised by a high rate of
unemployment. The textile sectors in Lecce is mainly characterised by Family businesses. |
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Casarano - Gallipoli
Productive sectors:
- shoe industry
- textile/ clothes
- furniture
- mechanical and agro industrial
- flower cultivation
- wood
- metal and mechanical
Important enterprises are:
- Filanto shoe industry sector
- C. Romano e C. furniture sector - Flower Market flower cultivation production
Besides in Racale there is a high number of
specialized workshop for the production of socks and stocking, in fact Racale is the
second area in Italy for this type of production, after Brescia.
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Tricase
The productive sectors:
- shoe industry
- clothes
- agro industrial (bakery products, industrial pastries, oil)
- nautical (boat in fibreglass)
- furniture (modular kitchen)
Important enterprises:
"Adelchi"
shoe industry sector
Corsano, after Como, is an
important centre for the production of ties.
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Nardò
The productive sectors:
- textile/clothing
- foodstuffs and agricultural produce
- flower cultivation
- furnishings
- metallurgical and mechanical industries
The Textile/Clothing sector is the one that
presents the greater employment rate even if it is greatly characterized by work on behalf
of a third party.
Such as the production of mattresses in the area
of Galatone. It is remarkable the production of flowers consented in the district of
Leverano.
In the flower Market of Leverano there are 580
producers and 210 dealers. Finally, in the Foodstuffs and agricultural produce sector the
wine production is remarkable with a lot of cooperatives wine growers associations engaged
in the qualification of local productions national and foreign markets. |
| Maglie – Poggiardo
The productive sectors:
- textile/clothes
- foodstuff and agriculture produce
- extractives activities and manufacturing of the "PIETRA LECCESE".
The foodstuffs and agriculture produce activities
are especially in small many township with a less number of inhabitant with enterprise of
small dimension.
The production foodstuffs and agriculture produce
are specialized especially in the manufacturing of products of horticulture (preserves)
and in the manufacturing of the dives.
The extractive activities and manufacturing of
PIETRA LECCESE is concentrated especially in the township of Lursi, Melpignano, Lorigliano
e Otranto.
In the end, it is necessary notice the presence of
many enterprise of arts and crafts that work the handmade for building industry (shop
windows, metal and wood products). |
Galatina
Productive sectors:
- metal and mechanical
- metallurgic
- plastic transformation
- furniture
- installer
- building materials
- textile/ clothes
- agro industrial
The presence of one of the greatest cement factory
of southern Italy in the area of Galatina is significant. Finally there is a blooming art
and craft production of artistic "terracotta" objects located in the area of
Cutrofiano. |
| Lecce
The productive sectors:
- metal and mechanical businesses
- clothing
- chemical industries
- plastic industries
- food industries
- computer science
The biggest factory in the area of Lecce is FIAT
HITACHI which produces tractors.
Its presence in the area has favoured the growth
of mechanical businesses.
It is important the presence of businesses in the
field of production of sot ware and telematics. |
| Class I A E.R.I.C.A. Class II A E.R.I.C.A. |
year 1999-2000 |
| Class III A E.R.I.C.A. Class V A E.R.I.C.A.
Class V B E.R.I.C.A. |
year 2000-2001 |
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