Foreign trade

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base year 2010=100) referring to June 2016. The results of the flash estimates on extra-EU trade for June 2016 have been disseminated on June 22^nd.

• In June 2016 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to May 2016, decreased by 0.4% for outgoing flows and are stationary for incoming flows. Exports grew by 0.3% for non EU countries and fell by 0.9% for EU countries. Imports increased by 0.4% for EU countries and decreased by 0.5% for non EU countries. During the second quarter 2016, seasonally-adjusted data, in comparison with the previous quarter, increased by 2.4% for exports and by 1.8% for imports.
• In June 2016, compared with the same month of the previous year, exports decreased by 0.5% and imports by 6.1%. Outgoing flows increased by 1.3% for EU countries while decreased by 2.8% for non EU countries. Incoming flows fell by 1.1 for EU area and by 13.0% for non EU area. The trade balance in June amounted to +4,7 billion Euros (+1,2 billion Euros for EU area and +3,5 billion Euros for non EU countries).