ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The resources mobilized to support the export and internationalization of Italian companies and strategic operations for the country system. In 2025, SACE – the Italian Export Credit Agency participated by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance – has mobilized altogether over 66 billion euros, up +14.3% compared to 2024. This commitment has generated an impact on the Italian economy estimated around 54 billion euros and has contributed to support and maintain more than 700 thousand jobs. A result that confirms SACE as a partner of companies in growth on international markets and strategic leverage to activate investments.
The results are inserted in a complex economic context, marked by increasing fragmentation and recurrent geopolitical shocks: in this scenario the world trade has continued to expand (+4.9%), while the Italian export has grown of +3.3%, reaching 643 billion euros and confirming a key factor of competitiveness for enterprises and a fundamental motor of the national economy.
“We will increasingly send exports to the centre of our commitment, in accordance with our role as Export Credit Agency and with the mandate entrusted to us by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Government, in the conviction that supporting the international projection of Italian companies is essential for the growth and solidity of the country, in a constantly evolving global scenario,” said Guglielmo Picchi, President of SACE. “The results achieved, the result of the commitment of all the Group’s people, are a solid basis for further strengthening SACE’s support for Italian companies and the country system. We will continue to work on three key directors: strengthening the supply chains, diversification of markets and taking risks, to accompany companies in international growth paths,” said Michele Pignotti, CEO of SACE.
In 2025 the SACE Group has mobilised a total of 66 billion euros, of which 54 billion (+15% compared to 2024) through SACE and 12 billion as a contribution of SACE BT, operating in short-term credit insurance, security and cover of the risks of the construction industry, and SACE Fct, active in the factoring market. In detail, SACE’s operations reflect a progressive refocus on support for export and internationalisation of enterprises. Export support instruments, such as Credit Supplier and Credit Purchaser, amount to €20 billion (+2%), while internationalisation and strategic investments – including financial guarantees, political risk coverage and Push Strategy – reach €25 billion (+19%). A dynamic that confirms the growing demand for solutions to support the presence of Italian companies in international markets and their ability to seize new growth opportunities.
On the domestic front, in particular, an increase of the Archimede Guarantee, which reaches 8 billion euros (+73%), consolidating itself as a key tool to support strategic investments for the Country System. The measure supports high-impact projects in infrastructure, industrial and energy sectors, as well as interventions related to technological and digital innovation, sustainable transition and circular economy, helping to strengthen the competitiveness and productivity of the national productive fabric, to the full advantage of the positioning of Italy on foreign markets. The companies of the Group contribute with 12 billion euros total, of which 8 billion euros from the activities of SACE BT, which has recorded a significant increase of the collection premiums (+20%), driven by the synergies between the lines of business Cautions and Engineering and the development of the Credit branch thanks to the expansion of the agency network, and 4 billion euros from the factoring activities of SACE Fct that, together with the 3 billion euros of operating activity carried out in.
Consolidated gross profit amounted to €589.4 million, confirming the Group’s financially soundness. The result was determined by a positive premium collection of €426.1 million and by liquidated cash registers of €258.2 million. The result has also contributed to the other management revenues pairs to 360,7 million euros, management expenses pairs to 118,6 million euros and the management of the investments with a positive return and pairs to 274,1 million euros considering the context of the market characterized by a reduction of the curve of the yield rates. A solidity confirmed also under the patrimonial profile, thanks to the robustness of the provisions, with a equity equal to 5,6 billion euros and technical reserves pairs to 3,2 billion euros.
In 2025, SACE strengthened its commitment to export support through concrete initiatives to facilitate access to markets, create business opportunities and accompany companies in international growth routes. Piano Mattei: strengthened the garrison in high potential markets. In the course of the year SACE has strengthened its commitment in the priority countries of the Mattei Plan for Africa, the strategic initiative of national interest promoted by the Italian Government with the aim of imprinting a paradigm shift in relations with the African Continent, favoring partnerships on a parity basis and generating reciprocal benefits and opportunities.
Overall, from the start of the initiatives related to the Mattei Plan, SACE has supported operations for more than 3.6 billion euros, contributing to the realization of projects for approximately 18,5 billion euros and involving more than 200 Italian companies. A commitment also enhanced through dedicated initiatives, such as the Africa Champion Program, and further strengthened by the recent launch of Task Force Africa, for an even more focused and coordinated action to support Italian companies in the continent. Africa is today a strategic destination for the diversification of Italian exports, even in light of tensions in other geographical areas.
In 2025, SACE strengthened the business of Business Matching, facilitating the meeting between Italian companies and primary international buyers through the SACE Connects program. In the year 50 B2B meetings were organised, involving 1,700 Italian companies and helping to generate new business opportunities on international markets. Since the start of the matchmaking activities, SACE has promoted over 300 initiatives, involving 150 foreign buyers and almost 12,000 companies, active in strategic chains of Made in Italy – from food&beverage to agribusiness, from infrastructure and construction to instrumental mechanics, from energy and renewable to telecommunications, to automotive, real estate, utilities and water treatment. Through these initiatives, SACE accompanies companies in strengthening their position in global supply chains, promoting direct contact with major international buyers, accreditation with procurement teams and entry into vendors lists for participation in projects and orders. An approach that transforms business contact into concrete business opportunities, strengthening the presence of Made in Italy in high potential markets and supporting export growth.
SACE has continued to strengthen its international presence through an export advisor network active in 23 offices in Italy and in high potential markets, offering companies direct support, knowledge of the markets and the territory and operating accompaniment in the processes of internationalization. A presence that allows SACE to be increasingly close to business, intercepting needs and facilitating access to new business opportunities.
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