Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
 
Friuli Venezia Giulia is a maritime region, lying in the heart of Europe. For this reason, Friuli Venezia Giulia is a "logistic hub", which is less than 400 km away from Italy's main economic centres (Veneto and Lombardy, with the area of Milan), and from where important Central and Eastern European areas can be easily and quickly reached (Bavaria, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland). In particular, the recent EU enlargement eastwards, with the creation of a single market of 450 million people, which took place on May 1st, 2004, has further facilitated the circulation of goods with Slovenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.
 
The completion of  the European unification process (with the accession of Croatia and the other countries of the Balkan area), can give Friuli Venezia Giulia the chance to play the role of barycentre of the European continent, hence giving concrete form to that idea of Euroregion which inspires its political-administrative action. The Adriatic sea is the route which connects Friuli Venezia Giulia to the world, thanks to the opportunities offered by its ports.
 
After overcoming the 2009 world crisis, Friuli Venezia Giulia ports are ready to start full activity again, offering already absolutely competitive operational and economical conditions to the streams of traffic between the Far East and the Central-Eastern European market, in comparison to north European ports. Friuli Venezia Giulia ports, and the Triest port above all, are the easiest and fastest gateway linking Europe and the Far East, through the direct routes that cross the Suez canal, and represent the natural terminal of the "sea motorways" along the Adriatic axis.
 
The region of Friuli Venezia Giulia will also participate in transport logistic China 2010 with their own pavilion.