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Missouri Connections: Italy

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Imports & Exports

$680M

Missouri's Imports from Italy in 2023
  • Transportation Equipment 28%
  • Machinery, Except Electrical 21%
  • Fabricated Metal Products 12%
  • Chemicals 9%
  • Other 30%

$169M

Missouri's Exports to Italy in 20231
  • Leather & Allied Products 31%
  • Machinery, Except Electrical 25%
  • Chemicals 21%
  • Miscellaneous Manufactures 5%
  • Other 18%

By the Numbers

1,400

Missourians Born in Italy2

4

Educational Institutions with Italian Programs

4,001

Missourians Who Speak Italian 2

196,921

Missourians With Italian Ancestry2

Sister Cities & States

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13 Italian Companies in Missouri

Buzzi Unicem
Enel
Fiocchi Ammunition
Leonardo
Gruppo Generali
Piva Group
Prysmian
Reply
Serioplast

12 Missouri Companies in Italy

Barry Wehmiller
Belden
Build-A-Bear
Bunge
Emerson
Energizer
H&R Block
Leggett & Platt
RGA

Cultural Organizations

The Hill STL

Italian Club of St. Louis

Italia America Bocce Club

Italiano Per Piacere

KC Italians

Il Pensiero (St. Louis) Newspaper

1 International trade administration, 2023

2 Census Bureau 2022, 1-year estimates