With over 15,000 billion Lire exports in the year 2000, Treviso ranks in a top position in the place-list related to the value of goods sold abroad, after Milan, Turin, Vicenza and Bergamo.

Taking the early Nineties as a point of reference, Treviso exports have increased threefold over ten years: this data gives the measure of the strong tendency of Treviso economy towards commercial internationalisation; over the past few years there have also been clear signs of a production internationalisation.

IIn terms of balance, equalling 8,366 billion Lire, Treviso ranks first in Veneto and second in Italy, only preceded by Modena. This balance corresponds to 50% of the trade surplus in the region, and is more than three times the surplus of Italy's balance of trade for the year 2000.

The main commodity items on the list of strong points for "made in Treviso" production are: o textile products, clothing, footwear, amounting together to 4,771 billion Lire and corresponding to more than 30% of Treviso exports; specializations known all over the world concern in particular knitwear, sports footwear, active sportswear in general, but also tailor-made products by qualified workshops; o machinery for industry and agriculture, for a value of 3,800 billion Lire, i.e. nearly 25% of all Treviso exports, with an increase of +9,7% if compared to 1999, and with demand currently sustained by 5 countries in particular (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Spain and United States),but also increasingly from industrializing countries; o the third important commodity sector is wood and furniture: kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms, office furniture, rush furniture items, for a value of 2,000 billion Lire and +16,8% growth with respect to 1999. Over the past few years, this sector has been acquiring a substantial market share, not only within the European Union, but also in the United States where, from 1998 to 2000, the value of exported products has nearly doubled from 88 to 168 billion Lire.

Stronger import dynamics in the same period 1998/2000 by country of origin (excluding product flows under 50 billion Lire) draw an accurate picture of Treviso's strategic position in an economy characterized by global interdependence: the ever increasing business relations with China stand out, as well as the increased work outsourcing at international level, especially towards Eastern Europe (to Romania and other countries); Vietnam appears on the scene as an emerging partner among the old "Asian tigers"; Morocco and Turkey draw the attention to the Mediterranean area, characterized by an ancient and now renewed commercial and productive exchange.