Export of Italian regions

In the fourth quarter of 2018, exports increased in seasonally-adjusted terms, compared with the previous period for the Centre (+3.9%) and for the North-East (+2.5%) while decreased for the North-West (-0.4%) and the South and Islands (-5.7%).

In 2018, compared with the previous year, exports increased for all macro-regions : +12.2% in the Islands, +4.3% in the North-East, +3.4% in the North-West, +2.5% in the South and +1.0% in the Centre.

In the same period, more relevant increases, according to their contribution to the total export increase, were recorded in Lombardia (+5.2%), Emilia-Romagna (+5.7%), Veneto (+2.8%) and Sicilia (+15.3%), while relevant decreases were recorded in Lazio (-4.3%) and Liguria (-6.7%).