Export of italian regions

Istat presents the breakdown of national exports by Italian Regions for the reference period January- June 2016.

In the second quarter 2016, compared with the previous period January – March 2016, in seasonally-adjusted terms, exports increased for North-East (+4.3%), North-West (+3.4%), South and Islands (+2.8%) and Centre (+1.3%).

In the first semester 2016, compared with the first semester of the previous year, exports increased for South (+11.1%) and North-East (+1.9%) while decreased for Islands (-23.1%), North-West (-1.6%) and Centre (-0.4%).

In the same period more relevant increases, according to their contribution to total export increment, are recorded for Basilicata (+82.7%), Friuli-Venezia Giulia (+10,4%), Abruzzo (+13,6%), Emilia-Romagna (+1,6%) e Lombardia (+0,7%) while relevant decreases were recorded for Piemonte           (-7,4%), Sardegna (-30,5%), Sicilia (-18,6%) and Lazio (-4,2%).