Foreign trade and import prices

Istat presents data on Italy’s foreign trade as well as unit value and volume indices (base year 2015=100) referring to July 2018.

• In July 2018 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to June 2018, decreased for outgoing flows (-2.6%) and increased for incoming flows and (+2.4%). Exports fell for both non EU and EU countries (-5.5% and -0.4% respectively). Imports raised for non EU countries (+3.6%) and for EU countries (+1.5%). Over the last three months, seasonally-adjusted data, compared to the three months earlier, showed an increase for exports (+1.2%) and for imports (+3.0%).
• In July 2018, compared with the same month of the previous year, both exports (+6.8%) and import (+10.8%) increased. Outgoing flows raised by 8.5% for EU countries and for 4.8% for non EU countries. Incoming flows increased by 17.8% for non EU area and by 6.2% for EU area. The trade balance in July 2018 amounted to +5,676 million Euros (+2,999 million Euros for non EU area and +2,677 million Euros for EU countries).