Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in October 2015. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in October 2015 will be disseminated on coming 17 December.

In October 2015, exports to non-EU countries decreased by 4.5% and imports decreased by 2.4% compared with the same month of the previous year. The trade balance showed a surplus of 3,529 million euro compared with a 3,978 million euro surplus in the same month of 2014.

In October 2015, in seasonally-adjusted terms, exports decreased by 1.7% and imports decreased by 0.2% compared with September 2015. Over the last three months, seasonally-adjusted data showed a 5.8% decrease in outgoing flows and a 5.5% decrease in incoming flows in comparison with the previous three months.

In the period January-October 2015 exports to non-EU countries increased by 3.7% and imports increased by 0.1% compared with the same period of 2014. The trade balance registered a surplus of 24,442 million euro compared to the surplus of 19,089 million euro in the same period of 2014. Excluding energy, the trade balance presented a surplus of 50,877 million euro compared with a 53,820 million euro surplus in January-October 2014.

Next release: 22 December 2015