Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in February 2013. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in February 2013 will be disseminated on coming 16 April.

In February 2013, exports to non-EU countries increased by 2.1% and imports decreased by 12.4% compared with the same month of the previous year. The trade balance showed a surplus of 704 million euro (Table 1) compared with a 1,490 million euro deficit in the same month of 2012.

In February 2013, in seasonally-adjusted terms, exports decreased by 5.7% and imports decreased by 3.4% compared with January 2013. Over the last three months, seasonally-adjusted data showed a 0.9% increase in outgoing flows and a 3.4% decrease in incoming flows in comparison with the previous three months.

In the period January-February 2013 exports to non-EU countries increased by 9.1% and imports decreased by 8.9% compared with the same period of 2012. The trade balance registered a deficit of 1,578 million euro compared to the deficit of 6,681 million euro in the same period of 2012. Excluding energy, the trade balance presented a surplus of 7,895 million euro (Table 3) compared with a 4,947 million euro surplus in January-February 2012.