Export traders

In 2009 export traders were 189,812. Considering the distribution by export value, 116,228 traders (defined here as “micro-exporters”) recorded foreign sales of less than 75,000 […]

Italian exports at the local level

Istat has published the results of a study in which a methodology was adopted to map national goods exports in relation to local area of […]

Book-reading habits in Italy

Every year the survey on “Aspects of daily life” gathers information about leisure-time book reading. The term ‘readers’ refers to people aged 6 and over […]

Labour force survey

Istat makes available the results of the 2009 average labor force survey. This summary report examines regional data on three key indicators for the analysis […]

Use and abuse of alcohol in Italy

Istat presents data on alcohol consumption in Italy among the population aged 11 and over focusing on certain risk behaviors. The data were collected through […]

Marriages in Italy

Istat has published the main results of the Survey of Marriages celebrated in Italy, based on municipal Registry office records updated as of 2008. The […]

Use of phytosanitary products in wine grape

The series of negative seasonal weather patterns which occurred during the 2009-2010 crop year made several interventions necessary in order to defend wine grapes. In […]

Birth and fertility

In 2008, 576,659 births were registered in municipal population registers, roughly 13,000 more than the previous year (563,933 in 2007). These figures confirm the recovery that […]

Trips and holidays in Italy and abroad

Istat presents provisional estimates of the main aggregates of tourism demand in Italy in 2009, based on the multipurpose survey ‘Trips and holidays’ which has […]

GDP and General Government net borrowing

In March of each year annual estimates of GDP and General Government debt are issued according to the provisions of the Maastricht Treaty on indicators […]