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Italy has a major advanced[206] capitalist mixed economy, ranking as the third-largest in the Eurozone and the eighth-largest in the world.[207] A founding member of the G7, the Eurozone and the OECD, it is regarded as one of the world's most industrialised nations and a leading country in world trade and exports.[208][209][210] It is a highly developed country, with the world's 8th highest quality of life in 2005[30] and the 26th Human Development Index. The country is well known for its creative and innovative business,[211] a large and competitive agricultural sector[212] (with the world's largest wine production),[213] and for its influential and high-quality automobile, machinery, food, design and fashion industry.[214][215][216] A Ferrari F8 Tributo. Italy maintains a large automotive industry,[217] and is the world's seventh largest exporter of goods.[218] Italy is the world's sixth largest manufacturing country,[219] characterised by a smaller number of global multinational corporations than other economies of comparable size and many dynamic small and medium-sized enterprises, notoriously clustered in several industrial districts, which are the backbone of the Italian industry. This has produced a manufacturing sector often focused on the export of niche market and luxury products, that if on one side is less capable to compete on the quantity, on the other side is more capable of facing the competition from China emerging Asian economies based on lower labour costs, with higher quality products.[220] Italy was the world's 7th largest exporter in 2016. Its closest trade ties are with the other countries of the European Union, with whom it conducts about 59% of its total trade. Its largest EU trade partners, in order of market share, are Germany (12.9%), France (11.4%), and Spain (7.4%).[221] Italy is part of a monetary union, the Eurozone (dark blue) and of the EU single market. The automotive industry is a significant part of the Italian manufacturing sector, with over 144,000 firms and almost 485,000 employed people in 2015,[222] and a contribution of 8.5% to Italian GDP.[223] Fiat Chrysler Automobiles or FCA is currently the world's seventh-largest auto maker.[224] The country boasts a wide range of acclaimed products, from very compact city cars to luxury supercars such as Maserati, Lamborghini, and Ferrari, which was rated the world's most powerful brand by Brand Finance.[225] Italy is part of the European single market which represents more than 500 million consumers. Several domestic commercial policies are determined by agreements among European Union (EU) members and by EU legislation. Italy introduced the common European currency, the Euro in 2002.[226][227] It is a member of the Eurozone
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