Foreign trade and import prices - October 2021

In October 2021 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to September 2021, increased by +1.5% for outgoing flows and by +2.8% for incoming flows. Exports raised by +1.4% for EU countries and by +1.6% for non EU countries. Imports grew by +2.5% for EU countries and by +3.3% for non EU countries.

Over the last three months, seasonally-adjusted data, compared to the previous three months, increased by +2.4% for exports and by +6.6% for imports.

In October 2021, compared with the same month of the previous year, both exports and imports grew (+7.4% and +19.4% respectively). Outgoing flows increased by +10.6% for EU countries and by +4.0% for non EU countries. Incoming flows rose by +12.3% for EU area and by +30.1% for non EU area. The trade balance in October 2021 amounted to +3,888 million Euros (291 million Euros for EU countries and +3,597 million Euros for non EU countries).

In October 2021, import prices increased by 2.8% on monthly basis (+0.5% for the euro zone, +4.9% for the non-euro zone). Over the last three months, compared to the previous three months, import prices increased by 3.8% (+1.9% for the euro zone, +5.7% for the non-euro zone).

Import prices, compared to the same month a year ago, increased by 15.3% in October 2021 (+8.7% for the euro zone and +22.1% for the non-euro zone).