Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in February 2016. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in February 2016 will be disseminated on coming 15 April.
In February 2016 exports to non-EU countries decreased by 2.8% and imports decreased by 2.1% compared with the same month of the previous year. The trade balance showed a surplus of 2,616 million euro (Table 1) compared with a 2,787 million euro surplus in the same month of 2015.
In February 2016, in seasonally-adjusted terms, exports increased by 3.3% and imports increased by 0.1% compared with January 2016. Over the last three months, seasonally-adjusted data showed a 0.6% decrease in outgoing flows and a 4.9% decrease in incoming flows in comparison with the previous three months.
In the period January-February 2016 exports to non-EU countries decreased by 5.1% and imports decreased by 4.4% compared with the same period of 2015. The trade balance registered a surplus of 2,129 million euro compared to the surplus of 2,443 million euro in the same period of 2015. Excluding energy, the trade balance presented a surplus of 5,655 million euro (Table 3) compared with a 7,397 million euro surplus in January-February 2015.
Date of next release: April 26 2016
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