[ Italiano ]
Press release

Foreign trade

  • Ascolta questa pagina usando ReadSpeaker
  • Condividi
  • Lascia un feedback

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base year 2005=100) referring to November 2012. The results of the flash estimates on extra-EU trade for November 2012 were disseminated on December 20th.

  • Compared to the previous month, the percentage change of export in November is 0,4% reflecting an increase in sales for non-European markets (+0.9%) and a decrease for European markets (-0.1%). The decrease in imports (-2.2%) is due to the reduction in purchases by non-European countries (-3.7%). In the quarter (September-November 2012), exports decline (-0.1%) is due to the decrease in sales to EU countries (-0.7%). The drop in import (-1.9%) is mainly due to the decrease of purchases of goods from EU countries (-2.1%).
  • In November 2012, compared with the same month of the previous year, export increased by 3.6% and was due to a rise in purchases for non-EU markets (+10.9%). The fall of imports (-8.2%) is due to both countries: non EU (-9.2%) and EU (-7,4%). In November, trade balance amounted to +2.4 billion euros: +0.5 billion for EU countries and +1.9 billion for non-EU countries. Net of energy products, the balance was 7.0 billion euros.

Reference period: November 2012

Date of Issue: 16 January 2013

Downloads

Contacts

FOR INTERVIEWS, STATEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO THE MEDIA
Media relations office
Hours 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
ph. +39 06 4673.2243-4
media contact centre
ufficiostampa@istat.it

FOR DATA SUPPLY AND PROCESSING
Contact centre
ph. +39 06 4673.3102
contact centre

FOR TECHNICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Laura Esposito
ph. +39 06 4673.6668-3177
laesposi@istat.it

Lorenzo Soriani
ph. +39 06 4673.2670
soriani@istat.it


Since March 17, 2016 data on foreign trade have been published in the press release Foreign trade and industrial import prices