Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in May 2014. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in May 2014 will be disseminated on coming 16 July.

In May 2014, exports to non-EU countries decreased by 1,9% and imports increased by 1.3% compared with the same month of the previous year. The trade balance showed a surplus of 2,449 million euro compared with a 2,934 million euro surplus in the same month of 2013.

In May 2014, in seasonally-adjusted terms, exports increased by 5.7% and imports increased by 4.8% compared with April 2014. Over the last three months, seasonally-adjusted data showed a 1.4% decrease in outgoing flows and a 2.4% decrease in incoming flows in comparison with the previous three months.

In the period January-May 2014 exports to non-EU countries decreased by 1.9% and imports decreased by 5.1% compared with the same period of 2013. The trade balance registered a surplus of 7,275 million euro compared to the surplus of 5,204 million euro in the same period of 2013. Excluding energy, the trade balance presented a surplus of 24,888 million euro compared with a 26,807 million euro surplus in January-May 2013.