意大利东北部的乌都内市(udine)及其周边地区是世界最大的椅子生产地区,现在年产4400万把椅子,70%用于出口。在新的世纪,意大利的椅子出口面临着新的挑战。意大利椅子出口的传统市场是德国及其它西欧国家、美国和日本等。但是,新世纪伊始,美国经济面临着新一轮衰退,德国及其它西欧国家的经济也处于疲软的状态,日本的 The Udine and its surrounding areas in northeastern Italy are the world’s largest chair-producing regions. They now produce 44 million chairs a year and 70% of them are exported. In the new century, Italy’s chair exports face new challenges. The traditional markets for Italian chair exports are Germany and other Western European countries, the United States, and Japan. However, at the beginning of the new century, the U.S. economy is facing a new round of recession, and the economies of Germany and other Western European countries are also in a weak state.