Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in September 2011. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in September 2011 will be disseminated on coming 15 November.

In September 2011, exports to non-EU countries increased by 18.7% and imports by 3.9% compared with the same month of the previous year. The trade balance showed a deficit of 1,455 million euro (Table 1) compared with a 3,083 million euro deficit in the same month of 2010.

In September 2011, in seasonally-adjusted terms, exports increased by 4.9% and imports decreased by 2.8% compared with August 2011. Over the last three months, seasonally-adjusted data showed a 2.9% increase in outgoing flows and a 2.8% decrease in incoming flows in comparison with the previous three months.

In the period January-September 2011 exports to non-EU countries increased by 16.8% and imports by 18,7% compared with the same period of 2010. The trade balance registered a deficit of 21,976 million euro compared to the deficit of 16,791 million euro in the same period of 2010. Excluding energy, the trade balance presented a surplus of 23,023 million euro (Table 3) compared with a 21,239 million euro surplus in January- September 2010.