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==Economy== The GDP per capita in Campania is rank 18 from 20 Italian regions, surpassing only [[Sicily]] and [[Calabria]].<ref name="ec.europa.eu">{{cite press release |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10474907/1-05032020-AP-EN.pdf/81807e19-e4c8-2e53-c98a-933f5bf30f58 |title=Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018 |publisher=ec.europa.eu |access-date=1 September 2020 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10474907/1-05032020-AP-EN.pdf/81807e19-e4c8-2e53-c98a-933f5bf30f58 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is only 66.7% of the Italian average. It has been speculated that a factor could be the failure to connect the region's economy with the rest of Italy, while another factor could be its peripheral position with respect to the developed central areas of Europe.<ref>{{cite web|last1="Campania", Microsoft Encarta 2008|title=Econimia della Campania|url=http://www.voyagesphotosmanu.com/economia_della_campania.html|website=www.voyagesphotosmanu.com|publisher=Financial Times|access-date=30 May 2017|archive-date=9 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609164344/http://www.voyagesphotosmanu.com/economia_della_campania.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Overall, Campania appears to be a region with great economic potential, which is partly held back by [[organized crime]] ([[Camorra]]) and the resulting corruption.<ref>[http://www.censis.it/10?resource_50=4721&relational_resource_51=4721&relational_resource_385=4721&relational_resource_52=4721&relational_resource_381=4721&relational_resource_382=4721&relational_resource_383=4721&relational_resource_384=4721 Senza la mafia il Sud raggiunge il Nord, CENSIS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709053550/http://www.censis.it/10?resource_50=4721&relational_resource_51=4721&relational_resource_385=4721&relational_resource_52=4721&relational_resource_381=4721&relational_resource_382=4721&relational_resource_383=4721&relational_resource_384=4721 |archive-date=9 July 2014 }}</ref> The economy of Campania is one of the most affected nationwide by the economic and financial crisis that began in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmattino.it/inchieste/campania_la_crisi_non_ferma_la_nascita_di_nuove_imprese-197713.html|title=Campania, imprese vitali nonostante la crisi|date=3 June 2013|access-date=17 January 2018|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181004/https://www.ilmattino.it/inchieste/campania_la_crisi_non_ferma_la_nascita_di_nuove_imprese-197713.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but between 2015 and 2016 it came out of the recession and began to recover due to, above all, industry, but also tourism and tertiary.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/11/07/news/rapporto_svimez_segnali_di_ripresa_per_l_economia_campana-180464908/|title=Rapporto Svimez, segnali di ripresa per l'economia campana|access-date=17 January 2018|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118064909/http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/11/07/news/rapporto_svimez_segnali_di_ripresa_per_l_economia_campana-180464908/|url-status=live}}</ref> === Tourism === [[File:Forum in Pompeii 2.jpg|thumb|The [[Forum (Roman)|Forum]] of [[Pompeii]] with [[Vesuvius]] in the distance]] Tourism is supported by the abundant presence of artistic and naturalistic beauty which attract millions of people from all over the world every year. Precisely in this sector the region finds its strong point (through which it was able to react to the recession in 2015), in fact, according to 2018 studies done by [[Eurostat]], Campania is in the top 20 of the most visited regions in Europe and fifth in Italy after [[Lombardy]], [[Lazio]], [[Veneto]] and [[Tuscany]] (in order), as well as first among the southern regions.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dario Raffaele|url=http://www.qds.it/index.php?sez=articolo&skip_interstitial=true&id=6823|title=Turismo: Sicilia fuori dalla top 20 europea|access-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331190022/http://www.qds.it/index.php?id=6823&sez=articolo&skip_interstitial=true|archive-date=31 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The tourist flow sees more than half of the Italian and foreign tourists of the entire region gather in the [[Metropolitan City of Naples]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Regioni/Campania/?id=3.1.3302191356|title=Turismo, a Napoli e in provincia +8,5% visitatori nel 2011|access-date=15 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408040103/http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Regioni/Campania/?id=3.1.3302191356|archive-date=8 April 2014}}</ref> Of all the locations, [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]] stand out, two of the most visited archaeological sites in Italy and among the most visited in the world where there is an average of four million tourists a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patrimoniosos.it/rsol.php?op=getarticle&id=19849|title=Pompei, niente bagni in fuga dagli scavi|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-date=6 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206112304/http://www.patrimoniosos.it/rsol.php?op=getarticle&id=19849}}</ref> Then there are the [[Campanian Archipelago]] ([[Capri]], [[Ischia]] and [[Procida]], the latter named Italian capital of culture in 2022), [[Vesuvius]] and the [[Sorrento]] coast; a notable growth in the cruise sector was observed in the [[Port of Naples]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crociereonline.net/previsioni_crociere_2007.htm|title=Seatrade di Napoli: Crociere +22% nel 2007|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120061531/http://www.crociereonline.net/previsioni_crociere_2007.htm|archive-date=20 November 2012|url-status=dead}}.</ref> Tourist data on other sites in Campania show important records that the region holds nationally and worldwide. Among these above all the data relating to Capri (which is the most visited minor island in Italy and among the most sought-after in the world),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capri-welcome.net/|title=Turismo di Capri|access-date=5 June 2011|archive-date=27 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427012707/http://www.capri-welcome.net/|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Amalfi Coast]] (which is among the most visited sites in Italy)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.costiera-amalfitana.com/|title=CostieraAmalfitana.it|access-date=5 June 2011|archive-date=3 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903051009/http://www.costiera-amalfitana.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> and finally Vesuvius (the most visited and well-known volcano in the world).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comune.sommavesuviana.na.it/parco.htm|title=comune sommavesuviana|access-date=5 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103043734/http://www.comune.sommavesuviana.na.it/parco.htm|archive-date=3 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mondo-viaggio.com/risorse-di-viaggio/guide-viaggio/vulcano-in-islanda-i-vulcani-del-mondo/|title=mondoviaggio.com|access-date=5 June 2011|archive-date=20 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120185759/http://www.mondo-viaggio.com/risorse-di-viaggio/guide-viaggio/vulcano-in-islanda-i-vulcani-del-mondo/}}</ref> There is also a growing influx of tourists to [[Cilento]] ([[Paestum]] and [[Certosa di Padula]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/arte_e_cultura/2011/2-maggio-2011/certosa-padula-boom-visite-190551140830.shtml|title=corrieredelmezzogiorno|access-date=5 June 2011|archive-date=10 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310024042/http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/arte_e_cultura/2011/2-maggio-2011/certosa-padula-boom-visite-190551140830.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Campania has many small and picturesque villages, 11 of them have been selected by {{lang|it|[[I Borghi più belli d'Italia]]}} ({{langx|en|The most beautiful Villages of Italy}}),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/campania/|title=Campania|date=10 January 2017|access-date=1 August 2023|language=it|archive-date=1 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801205857/https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/campania/|url-status=live}}</ref> a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/viaggi/2023/01/16/news/borghi_piu_belli_italia_14_nuovi_2023-383794441/|title=Borghi più belli d'Italia. Le 14 novità 2023, dal Trentino alla Calabria|date=16 January 2023|access-date=28 July 2023|language=it|archive-date=28 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128130709/https://www.repubblica.it/viaggi/2023/01/16/news/borghi_piu_belli_italia_14_nuovi_2023-383794441/|url-status=live}}</ref> that was founded on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National Association of Italian Municipalities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/|title=I Borghi più belli d'Italia, la guida online ai piccoli centri dell'Italia nascosta|access-date=3 May 2018|language=it|archive-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225095744/http://www.borghipiubelliditalia.it/index.php|url-status=live}}</ref> === Decline of heavy industry === [[File:Napoli Bagnoli derelict steelworks (31011880362).jpg|thumb|right|220px|Bagnoli derelict steelworks (2016)]] Campania is traditionally the most industrialized region of southern Italy, particularly the Neapolitan territory was one of the most industrialized areas of Italy until the beginning of the 20th century, preceded only by the provinces of the so-called "industrial triangle" ([[Milan]], [[Turin]] and [[Genoa]]).<ref>[http://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/pubsto/quastoeco/quadsto_04 aspetti provinciali della crescita industriale nell'Italia postunitaria] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009093210/http://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/pubsto/quastoeco/quadsto_04 |archive-date=9 October 2010}}</ref> In recent decades, the gap with respect to other regions is no longer as significant as it used to be, given that southern regions such as [[Apulia]] and [[Abruzzo]] have grown considerably economically, while Campania has paradoxically undergone a constant process of de-industrialisation. The symbol of this phenomenon is the reclamation process of the area in [[Bagnoli]] where the former [[Italsider]] and [[Eternit]] operated promoted by the region.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bagnolifutura.it/ |title=Bagnolifutura|access-date=20 May 2011 |archive-date=7 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164104/http://www.bagnolifutura.it/}}</ref> === Food and agriculture === Campania mainly produces fruit and vegetables, but has also expanded its production of flowers grown in greenhouses, becoming one of the leading regions of the sector in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agricoltura.regione.campania.it/floricoltura/floricoltura_home.htm|title=Floricoltura in Campania|access-date=16 March 2023|language=it|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404113714/http://www.agricoltura.regione.campania.it/floricoltura/floricoltura_home.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021 the [[value added]] of this sector represents around 2.34% of the total value added of the region, equalling €2.2 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.terrainnova.it/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/REPORT-FINALE_LAgricoltura-italiana-in-numeri-1.pdf|title=L'AGRICOLTURA ITALIANA IN NUMERI|page=28|access-date=16 March 2023|language=it|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930060545/https://www.terrainnova.it/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/REPORT-FINALE_LAgricoltura-italiana-in-numeri-1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Campania produces over 50% of Italy's nuts and is also the leader in the production of tomatoes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agricoltura.regione.campania.it/comunicati/comunicato_15-03-21.html|title=Pubblicata sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale la proposta di riconoscimento della IGP "Pomodoro pelato di Napoli"|access-date=16 March 2023|language=it|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918215728/http://www.agricoltura.regione.campania.it/comunicati/comunicato_15-03-21.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Typical products are: <gallery> Melannurca_Campana.jpg|Apple "[[Annurca]]" with distinctive ripening process Crisommole_del_Vesuvio.jpg|Vesuvian [[apricot]] Percoca.jpg|Neapolitan [[peach]] Limone_di_Sorrento.jpg|Huge lemon of [[Sorrento]] and [[Amalfi Coast]] Arance_spremuta.jpg|[[Sorrento]] orange Fig_of_Cilento_%28Italy%29.jpg|White fig of [[Cilento]] TomateSanMarzano.jpg|[[San Marzano tomato|San Marzano]] tomato Carciofi_mazzo_%28cynara_scolymus%29.jpg|[[Artichoke]] of [[Paestum]] Faella_Spaghetti.jpg|Pasta of [[Gragnano]] Mozzarella_di_bufala2.jpg|''[[Buffalo mozzarella|Mozzarella di bufala]]'' Capri_-_7189.jpg|Liqueur "[[Limoncello]]" Anchoas_salaz%C3%B3n-Espa%C3%B1a.jpg|[[Anchovy]] </gallery> A distinctive point of regional agriculture in the breeding of [[Italian Mediterranean buffalo|buffalos]]. The milk is used to produce [[Buffalo mozzarella|mozzarella di bufala]]. [[Olive|Olive trees]], mainly of the varieties Carpellese [[Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union#Protected designation of origin (PDO)|(PDO designated)]],<ref>[https://www.oliveoilandbeyond.com/Carpelleses-Reserve-Extra-Virgin-Olive-Oil-DOP-p/2818.htm Carpellese olive oil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808021753/https://www.oliveoilandbeyond.com/Carpelleses-Reserve-Extra-Virgin-Olive-Oil-DOP-p/2818.htm |date=8 August 2020 }}- Retrieved 13 July 2018</ref> Cornia (Val di Cornia DOC), [[Frantoio]], [[Leccino]], Ogliarola Barese, Olivella, Ortice, Pisciottana (Also Ogliastrina or Olivo dell'Ascea),<ref>[https://www.frantoio-bo.it/cultivar.aspx?id=62 Pisciottana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704011808/https://www.frantoio-bo.it/cultivar.aspx?id=62 |date=4 July 2018 }}- Retrieved 3 July 2018</ref> Ravece (also known as Rotondello),<ref>[https://www.oliveoilandbeyond.com/Ravece-Italy-Extra-Virgin-Olive-Oil-p/2585.htm Ravece olive oil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812084449/https://www.oliveoilandbeyond.com/Ravece-Italy-Extra-Virgin-Olive-Oil-p/2585.htm |date=12 August 2020 }}- Retrieved 3 July 2018</ref> and Salella,<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151102230120/http://oliveoilsindia.com/Italian-Olives.htm Italian olives]}}- Retrieved 3 July 2018</ref> covers over {{Convert|74,604|ha}}. Vineyards cover 41,129 ha, but only ca. 5,100 ha using to produce quality wine of [[Denominazione di origine controllata|DOC]] and [[Denominazione di origine controllata#Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG)|DOCG]] types. There are 4 DOCG wines: Aglianico del Taburno (red and rose), Fiano di Avellino (white), Greco di Tufo (white and sparkling) and Taurasi (red). Wine production has increased as well as the quality of the wine.<ref name="regportraits2">{{cite web |url=http://circa.europa.eu/irc/dsis/regportraits/info/data/en/itf3_eco.htm |title=Eurostat |publisher=Circa.europa.eu |access-date=5 May 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805181930/http://www.circa.europa.eu/irc/dsis/regportraits/info/data/en/itf3_eco.htm |archive-date=5 August 2007 }}</ref> There is a problem with [[Illegal dumping|illegal toxic waste dump]] in the [[Triangle of death (Italy)|Triangle of death]] north of [[Naples]] between [[Acerra]], [[Nola]] and [[Marigliano]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/16/italy-discovers-biggest-illegal-waste-dump-in-europe|title=Italy discovers biggest illegal waste dump in Europe|date=16 June 2015|work=Euronews|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524222236/http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/16/italy-discovers-biggest-illegal-waste-dump-in-europe|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="independent.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/europes-largest-illegal-toxic-dumping-site-discovered-in-southern-italy-an-area-with-cancer-rates-80-10327157.html|last=Day|first=Michael|title=Europe's largest illegal toxic dumping site discovered in southern Italy – an area with cancer rates 80% higher than national average|date=17 June 2015|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524225139/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/europes-largest-illegal-toxic-dumping-site-discovered-in-southern-italy-an-area-with-cancer-rates-80-10327157.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the region, over 12,000 cattle, river buffaloes and sheep had been [[culled]] before 2006.<ref name=Perucatti>{{cite journal |last1=Perucatti |first1=A.|last2=Di Meo|first2=G.P.|last3 = Albarella|first3 =S.|last4= Ciotola|first4=F.|last5= Incarnato|first5=D.|last6= Jambrenghi|first6=A.C.|last7= Peretti|first7=V.|last8= Vonghia|first8=G.|last9= Iannuzzi|first9=L.|date=2006|title=Increased frequencies of both chromosome abnormalities and SCEs in two sheep flocks exposed to high dioxin levels during pasturage|journal=Mutagenesis |volume=21 |issue= 1|pages=67–57 |pmid=16434450|doi=10.1093/mutage/gei076|doi-access=free}}</ref> High levels of mortality and abnormal foetuses were also recorded in farms in Acerra linked to elevated levels of dioxin.<ref name=Perucatti/> Local studies have shown higher than permissible levels of [[Lead poisoning|lead]] in vegetables grown in the area.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/mafia-toxic-waste-dumping-poisons-italy-farmlands/article5482964.ece|title=Mafia toxic waste dumping poisons Italy farmlands|date=20 December 2013|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-date=23 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123195503/https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/mafia-toxic-waste-dumping-poisons-italy-farmlands/article5482964.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> The government blames the Mafia's illegal garbage disposal racket.<ref name="The Hindu"/> In samples of milk, which is using to produce [[Buffalo mozzarella|mozzarella di bufala]], found cancerogenic [[Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins|dioxins]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/esteri/08_marzo_26/giappone_mozzarella_619392a0-fb0d-11dc-a46e-00144f486ba6.shtml|title=Mozzarella, limitate positività alla diossina. Il Governo dopo l'alt di Tokyo: no a psicoosi|date=2008-03-26|work=[[Corriere della sera]]|access-date=2008-10-06|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506131729/https://www.corriere.it/esteri/08_marzo_26/giappone_mozzarella_619392a0-fb0d-11dc-a46e-00144f486ba6.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Bagnoli|Naples-Bagnoli]] is an [[asbestos]] contamination from former [[Eternit]] cement plant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osservatorioamianto.com/asbesto-amianto/eternit/|language=it|title=Osservatorio Amianto|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511211924/https://www.osservatorioamianto.com/asbesto-amianto/eternit/|url-status=live}}</ref> Millions of tons of toxic industrial waste has been dumped in Campania, not only in the Triangle of death, a region once celebrated for the fertility of its soil, but now the local population have been exposed to land contaminated with waste. This includes highly dangerous materials such as [[asbestos]], [[zinc]], [[lead]], [[germanium]], [[arsenic]], [[Mercury (element)|mercury]], [[cadmium]], [[chromium]], [[Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins|dioxins]], and [[uranium]]. Blood tests of people living in Campania show alarming levels of dioxins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wp.unil.ch/hecimpact/how-the-camorra-is-cleaning-up-a-grubby-tale-of-entrepreneurial-talent-gone-to-waste/|title=Cammora illegal waste dumping in Campania|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=7 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607123640/https://wp.unil.ch/hecimpact/how-the-camorra-is-cleaning-up-a-grubby-tale-of-entrepreneurial-talent-gone-to-waste/|url-status=dead}}</ref> === Automotive === [[File:2018 Fiat Panda Easy 1.2.jpg|thumbnail|right|Fiat Panda III]] Campania had a massive [[automotive]] industrial production till 2011, focused on [[Alfa Romeo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alvolante.it/news/pomigliano_arco_fiat-516361044|title=Fine di un'epoca|language=it|access-date=4 June 2021|archive-date=4 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604123246/https://www.alvolante.it/news/pomigliano_arco_fiat-516361044|url-status=live}}</ref> Production of [[Alfa Romeo]] was reduced and relocated to a plant in [[Cassino]] near [[Rome]]. Currently only one low-level [[Fiat Panda]] model is produced in facilities located in [[Pomigliano d'Arco]] in the Naples metropolitan area (140,478 units in 2020).<ref name="carprod">{{cite web|url=https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/stellantis-cosa-succedera-agli-stabilimenti-fca-di-torino-pomigliano-e-melfi/|title=Stellantis production report|date=11 January 2021|language=it|access-date=5 June 2021|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111075311/https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/stellantis-cosa-succedera-agli-stabilimenti-fca-di-torino-pomigliano-e-melfi/|url-status=live}}</ref> A FIAT plant manufacturing engines is in [[Pratola Serra]], [[Province of Avellino|Avellino]]. There are also plants for automotive parts suppliers like [[Magneti Marelli]] (exhaust systems) and [[Denso]] (engine cooling and air-conditioners). Buses are produced by Industria Italiana Autobus in [[Flumeri]] (ex-[[Irisbus]]). === Aerospace and rail === There is also a significant [[aerospace industry]]: * A failed [[Mars]] mission named [[ExoMars]] in 2016 had a major part of its technology designed in Naples<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gibney|first1=Elizabeth|title=Mars launch to test collaboration between Europe and Russia|journal=Nature|volume=531|issue=7594|pages=288–289|date=11 March 2016|doi=10.1038/nature.2016.19547|pmid=26983519|bibcode=2016Natur.531..288G|doi-access=free}}</ref> No signal indicating a successful landing was received.<ref name="NYT-20161020">{{cite news |last=Chan |first=Sewell |title=No Signal From Mars Lander, but European Officials Declare Mission a Success |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/science/space/no-signal-from-mars-lander-but-european-officials-declare-mission-a-success.html |date=20 October 2016 |work=The New York Times |access-date=20 October 2016 |archive-date=23 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023154608/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/science/space/no-signal-from-mars-lander-but-european-officials-declare-mission-a-success.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * Also in [[Pomigliano d'Arco]] there are a [[Leonardo S.p.A.|Leonardo]] plant, which produces the fuselage and tail of [[ATR (aircraft manufacturer)|ATR]] planes<ref name="Leo">{{cite web|url=https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/global/europe/italy|title=Leonardo locations in Italy|access-date=5 June 2021|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628055214/https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/global/europe/italy|url-status=dead}}</ref> and an [[Avio|Avio Aero]] plant, which manufactures parts of gas turbines. [[Benevento]] has a [[Leonardo S.p.A.|Leonardo Helicopters]] plant (aluminum and magnesium castings)<ref name="Leo"/> * Radars for military and air traffic control applications and components are produced by two other Leonardo establishments in [[Giugliano in Campania]] and [[Bacoli]]<ref name="Leo"/> * [[Vulcanair]] in [[Casoria]] manufactures light aircraft * [[Infrared homing|Seekers]] for missiles are made in [[Bacoli|Bacoli-Fusaro]] by [[MBDA]] <gallery> F-WWEZ_%28948%29_ATR.72-212A%28500%29_FlyFireFly_TLS_30AUG11_%286097869500%29_%28cropped%29.jpg|[[ATR 72]] Partenavia_P.68_%288857506505%29.jpg|[[Partenavia P.68|Vulcanair P.68]] Convogli_MetroBS.jpg|[[Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro|Driverless Metro Brescia]] Metro_Milano_Meneghino_linea2.JPG|[[AnsaldoBreda Meneghino|Meneghino Metro Milano]] </gallery> [[Hitachi Rail Italy]] has headquarters, manufacturing plant and service facilities in [[Naples]]. Here it produces the metro trains [[AnsaldoBreda Meneghino|Meneghino]] and [[Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro|Driverless Metro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqPBtI3FjU8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/VqPBtI3FjU8| archive-date=2021-10-30|title=Hitachi Rail: Lo stabilimento di Napoli| website=[[YouTube]]| date=24 February 2016|language=it}}{{cbignore}}</ref> === Fashion === Luxury brands like [[Kiton]], [[Cesare Attolini]], [[Isaia]], [[Rubinacci]], [[Harmont & Blaine]], [[E. Marinella]] are also located in Campania. All of them are relative small-sized with annual sales of less than 100 million euros each. === Other industrial districts === There are other industrial districts in Campania: [[File: Magazzino di pelli finite new.gif|thumb|right|220px|Leather Shop]] * [[Jewelry]] in [[Marcianise]], one of the four located in Italy. It has 350 companies with ca. 2500 employees, and the annual turnover is 750 million euros. Every two years there is a special fair. * [[Precious coral|Coral]] products, [[Cameo (carving)|cameos]] and [[nacre]] in [[Torre del Greco]]. Since 1989 in Torre del Greco coral fishing is not practised, but the town still remains the most important centre in the world for coral processing, with over 2,000 employees in the sector. * [[Tanning (leather)|Leather tanning]] in [[Solofra]] extends over an area of about 60 km<sup>2</sup> in the south-western area of the province of Avellino, including also [[Montoro, Campania|Montoro]] and [[Serino]]. This area is specialized in the tanning of sheep and goatskins, for a total of about 400 companies operating in the sector including tanneries, subcontractors and garment manufacturers, 4,000–4,500 employees and an average annual turnover of 1,500 million euros. It specializes in the processing of leathers for clothing, shoes and leather goods. * Shoe making in [[Grumo Nevano]], [[Aversa]], [[Trentola Ducenta]] === Transport === [[File:NTV italo AGV 09 (Salerno).jpg|thumbnail|right|220px|[[AGV (train)|Alstom AGV]]]] The region has a dense network of roads and motorways, a system of maritime connections and an international airport ([[Naples Airport]]). The port of Naples connects the region with the [[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean basin]], and brings tourists to the [[archaeological site]]s, the cities of art (Naples and Caserta), to the coastal areas and to the islands. ==== Rail ==== There are high-speed rail lines: * [[Rome–Naples high-speed railway|Rome–Naples]] * [[Naples–Salerno high-speed railway|Naples–Salerno]] There is a maintenance and service centre for high-speed trains [[Alstom AGV]] in [[Nola]]. ==== Maritime ==== [[File:Cantieri navali Castellammare di Stabia 1.jpg|thumbnail|right|220px|Fincantieri shipyard [[Castellammare di Stabia]]]] Sea-based activity accounts for about 3.9% of the economy, which includes port movements of goods and passengers and sea transportation, as well as a sizable seaside tourism economy. In [[Castellammare di Stabia]] there is a big [[Fincantieri]] shipyard. Shipping companies [[Grimaldi Group|Grimaldi]] and [[Tirrenia (company)|Tirrenia]] both headquarter in [[Naples]]. === Service === The services sector makes up for 78% of the region's gross domestic product.<ref name="regportraits2"/> === Unemployment === The unemployment rate stood at 17.4% in 2022 and was one of the highest in Italy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dati.istat.it/index.aspx?queryid=25524 |title=Tasso di disoccupazione : Dati provinciali |access-date=21 April 2021 |archive-date=18 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218171648/http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx?QueryId=25524 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Year !2006 !2007 !2008 !2009 !2010 !2011 !2012 !2013 !2014 !2015 !2016 !2017 !2018 !2019 !2020 !2021 !2022 |- |'''unemployment rate'''<br />(in %) |12.8% |11.2% |12.5% |12.9% |13.9% |15.4% |19.2% |21.5% |21.7% |19.8% |20.4% |20.9% |20.4% |20.0% |17.9% |19.3% |17.4% |}
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