1998年，中意两国贸易额达到48.5亿美元，其中中国从意大利进口22.8亿美元，意大利是中国在欧盟国家中的第五大贸易伙伴。

• In 1998,China and Italy realized a total bilateral trade of US%244.85 billion,including US%242.57 billion of Chinese exports to and US%242.28 billion of Chinese imports from Italy. Today,Italy is China's 5th largest trading partner in the EU.