"Romania is a country of great interest for the Italian companies"

Bucharest, February 7, 2012: His Excellency Mr. Mihail M. Vlasov, President of the National Chamber together with Mr. Sorin Petre Dumitriu, Vice-president of the National Chamber and President of Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry, received the visit of His Excellency Mr. Ferruccio Dardanello, President of Unioncamere Italy, accompanied by Mr. Gugliermo Frinzi, President of Italian Chamber of Commerce Romania (CCIpR) and Adrian Dimache, Secretary General, CCIpR.

The President of the National Chamber made a presentation of the Romanian Chamber System. Sorin Petre Dumitriu pointed out that in the current situation, when financing represents the main problem, the Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry is involved in a large number of European projects.

The President of Unioncamere presented the Italian Chamber System with 105 Chamber of Commerce, a National Union, 19 Regional Unions, 16 Companies of the System, 66 Arbitration Chambers, 103 Conciliation Chambers, 21 laboratories and chemical sectors, 38 Scholarships Stock Exchanges, 146 branches providing services throughout the country, 144 promotion agencies, 607 actions with other public and private infrastructure, 9 foreign trade centers, 65 Euro Info Centers, 74 Italian Chambers of Commerce abroad, 32 Bilateral Italian Chambers of Commerce. His Excellency reiterated the priorities of Unioncamere: internationalization, training, tourism, SME financing, credit guarantee consortia, lobbying and promoting the brand "Made in Italy".

The President of Unioncamere expressed the belief that "the intensification of relations between the two Chambers is very important, given that Romania is a country of great interest for the Italian companies, as currently there are about 30,000 operating in Romania".