Foreign trade and import prices

In June 2021 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to May 2021, increased by +1.4% for outgoing flows and by +1.9% for incoming flows. Exports raised for both EU countries (+2.5%) and non EU countries (+0.2%). Imports increased by +2.4% for EU countries and by +1.2% for non EU countries.

Over the last three months, seasonally-adjusted data, compared to the previous three months, increased by +5.0% for exports and by +7.3% for imports.

In June 2021, compared with the same month of the previous year, both exports and imports grew (+25.4% and +32.6% respectively). Outgoing flows increased by +27.3% for EU countries and by +23.4% for non EU countries. Incoming flows rose by +33.7% for EU area and by +31.2% for non EU area. The trade balance in June 2021 amounted to +5,681 million Euros (+879 million Euros for EU countries and +4,802 million Euros for non EU countries).

In June 2021, import prices increased by 0.6% on monthly basis (+0.3% for the euro zone, +0.7% for the non-euro zone). Over the last three months, compared to the previous three months, import prices increased by 3.5% (+3.1% for the euro zone, +3.8% for the non-euro zone).

Import prices, compared to the same month a year ago, increased by 9.5% in June 2021 (+6.4% for the euro zone and +12.4% for the non-euro zone).