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Italy Trade Surplus Narrows Less than Expected in July
Italy's trade surplus narrowed to EUR 6.56 billion in July 2017 from EUR 7.80 billion in the same month of the previous year but better than market expectations of EUR 3.89 billion.
Published on 2017-09-18

Italy Trade Surplus Above Expectations in June
Italy's trade surplus narrowed to EUR 4.50 billion in June 2017 from EUR 4.66 billion in the same month of the previous year but better than market expectations of EUR 3.87 billion. Exports rose 8.2 percent from the previous year to EUR 39.54 billion, driven by sales of vehicles and coke and refined petroleum products. Imports advanced at a faster 9.9 percent to EUR 35.04 billion, as purchases of natural gas and pharmaceuticals rose the most.
Published on 2017-08-10

Italy Trade Surplus Shrank In May As Imports Jump
Italy's trade surplus narrowed to EUR 4.34 billion in May 2017 from EUR 5 billion in the same month of the previous year but better than market expectations of EUR 2.43 billion. Exports rose 13.1 percent to EUR 40.9 billion, driven by sales of base metals and metal products; machinery and equipment and textiles. Imports advanced at a faster 17.5 percent to EUR 36.6 billion, the biggest gain since May of 2011, boosted by purchases of natural gas; coke and refined petroleum products; metals and food. With the European Union countries, the trade surplus decreased to EUR 1.69 billion from EUR 1.78 billion in May 2016.
Published on 2017-07-14

Italy Trade Surplus Narrows In April As Exports Fall
Italy's trade surplus narrowed to EUR 3.60 billion in April 2017 from EUR 4.51 billion in the same month of the previous year but better than market expectations of EUR 3.41 billion. Exports fell 2.8 percent to EUR 34.0 billion, led by lower sales of transport equipment, other products of the processing of non-metallic minerals, and textiles; while imports dropped at a slower 0.2 percent to EUR 30.41 billion, as purchases of transport equipment, clothing and vehicles declined the most.
Published on 2017-06-16

Italy Trade Surplus Widens In March
taly's trade surplus rose to €5.4 billion in March 2017 from €5.2 billion surplus in the same month of the previous year while market expected €1.97 billion surplus. Exports increased by 14.5 percent to €42.39 billion, led by higher purchases of coke and refined petroleum products and vehicles; while imports grew by 16.3 percent to €36.97 billion, as purchases of crude oil and coke and refined petroleum products rose the most. With EU countries, Italy registered a trade surplus of €1.25 billion and with non-EU ones - €4.2 billion.
Published on 2017-05-17

Italy Trade Surplus Narrows In February
Italy's trade surplus declined to €1.84 billion in February 2017 from €3.9 billion in the same month of the previous year while market expected €2.24 billion surplus. Exports increased by 2.3 percent to €34.9 billion, led by higher purchases of coke and refined petroleum products and vehicles; while imports grew by 9.1 percent to €33 billion, as purchases of crude oil and coke and refined petroleum products rose the most. With EU countries, Italy registered a trade surplus of €0.2 billion and with non-EU ones - €1.7 billion.
Published on 2017-05-17

Italy Posts Largest Trade Gap In 4 Years
Italy's trade balance shifted to €0.57 billion deficit in January 2017 from €0.03 billion in the same month of the previous year while market expected €3.45 billion surplus. It was the first trade gap since January of 2015 and the biggest since January of 2013. Exports increased by 13.3 percent to €31.7 billion, led by higher purchases of coke and refined petroleum products and vehicles; while imports grew by 15.5 percent to €32.3 billion, as purchases of crude oil and coke and refined petroleum products rose the most. With EU countries, Italy registered a trade surplus of €0.3 billion while with non-EU ones a trade gap of €0.9 billion.
Published on 2017-03-17

Italy Trade Surplus Widens In December
Italy's trade surplus rose to €5.80 billion in December 2016 from €5.59 billion in the same month of the previous year and better than market expectations of €4.0 billion. Exports increased by 5.7 percent to €36.2 billion, led by higher purchases of coke and refined petroleum products and vehicles; while imports grew by 6.1 percent to €30.4 billion, as purchases of vehicles and machinery and equipment rose the most.
Published on 2017-02-16

Italy Trade Surplus Widens In November
The trade surplus in Italy increased 6.2 percent year-on-year to EUR 4.2 billion in November of 2016, above market expectations of a EUR 3.84 billion surplus. Exports jumped 5.7 percent, following a 2.2 percent drop in October and imports increased at a slightly slower 5.6 percent, recovering from a 1.6 percent fall in October.
Published on 2017-01-17

Italy Trade Surplus Narrows In October
Italy's trade surplus decreased to €4.3 billion in October 2016 from €4.6 billion in the same month of the previous year and slightly higher market expectations of €4.21 billion surplus. Exports fell 2.2 percent, dragged down by lower sales of refined petroleum products (-14.3 percent) and computer, electronic and optical equipment (-10 percent). Imports declined 1.6 percent, led by a fall in purchases of natural gas (-27.7 percent) and base metals (-9.5 percent). With European Union countries, Italy registered a trade surplus of €0.5 billion.
Published on 2016-12-16

Italy Trade Surplus Above Expectations in September
Italy's trade surplus rose to €3.67 billion in September 2016 from €2.19 billion in the same month of the previous year and better than market expectations of €2.85 billion surplus. Exports rose 3.1 percent while imports declined 2.7 percent. With European Union countries, Italy registered a trade surplus of €0.78 billion, compared with a surplus of €0.41 billion euros in September 2015.
Published on 2016-11-17

Italy Trade Surplus Widens 39% YoY in August
Italian trade surplus increased to €2.5 billion in August 2016 compared with a surplus of €1.8 billion in the same month of 2015. Exports went up 11.4 percent, driven by higher sales of motor vehicles and electrical equipment. Imports rose 9.4 percent, led by purchases of vehicles; machinery and equipment and chemical and pharmaceutical products. With European Union countries, Italy registered a trade surplus of €0.39 billion, compared with a surplus of €0.46 billion euros in August 2015.
Published on 2016-10-17

Italy Trade Surplus Narrows 3.4% YoY in July
Italy recorded a trade surplus of €7.80 billion in July 2016 compared with a surplus of €8.07 billion in the same month of 2015. Exports fell 7.3 percent, dragged by lower sales of coke and refined petroleum products; and imports declined 8.3 percent, as purchases of natural gas and crude oil fell by the most. With European Union countries, Italy registered a trade surplus of €2.91 billion, compared with a surplus of €3.05 billion euros in July 2015.
Published on 2016-09-16

Italy Trade Surplus Widens in June
Italy trade surplus increased to EUR 4.66 billion in June of 2016, from a EUR 2.77 billion surplus a year earlier. Exports fell 0.5 percent, dragged down by refined petroleum products. Imports declined by a faster 6.1 percent, mainly due to lower energy purchases.
Published on 2016-08-11

Italy Trade Surplus Widens 22% in May
Italy trade surplus increased 22 percent year-on-year to EUR 5.03 billion in May of 2016, from a EUR 4.11 billion surplus a year earlier. It was the highest value for a May month since at least 1991 as exports increased 2.4 percent while imports fell 0.2 percent.
Published on 2016-07-15

Italy Trade Surplus Widens 29% in March
Italian trade surplus increased to EUR 4.52 billion in April of 2016, from a EUR 3.51 billion surplus a year earlier. Imports went down by 4.3 percent due to lower purchases of crude oil and natural gas and exports declined 1 percent as outbound shipments of refined petroleum, pharmaceuticals and chemicals fell.
Published on 2016-06-17

Italy Trade Surplus Widens 40% in March
Italian trade surplus increased to €5.36 billion in March of 2016, from a €3.8 billion surplus a year earlier and above market expectations of €4.2 billion. Exports went down 1.1 percent, led by lower sales of refined petroleum products and metals. Imports declined 5.9 percent, as purchases of crude oil and natural gas decreased sharply.
Published on 2016-05-17

Italian Trade Surplus Widens in February
Italian trade surplus increased to €3.86 billion in February of 2016, from a €3.5 billion surplus a year earlier and well above market expectations of €2.3 billion. Exports went up 3.3 percent, mainly due to higher sales of medical, pharmaceutical and chemical products, computers, electronic and optical products, rubber and plastic products. Imports grew 2.4 percent, as purchases of motor vehicles and medical, pharmaceutical and chemical products rose while imports of crude oil and natural gas fell sharply.
Published on 2016-04-15

Italy Trade Surplus at 3-Year Low
Italian trade surplus decreased to €0.04 billion in January of 2016, down from a €0.13 billion surplus a year earlier and staying way below market expectations of €4.33 billion. It was the smallest trade surplus since January of 2013, when the trade balance recorded a €1.85 billion deficit, as exports decreased 3.5 percent, mainly due to lower sales of refined petroleum products and base metals, while imports went down at a slower 3.2 percent, as purchases of crude oil and natural gas led the fall.
Published on 2016-03-17

Italy Trade Surplus Widens 5% in December
Italian trade surplus increased to €6.02 billion in December of 2015, up from a €5.72 billion surplus a year earlier and beating market expectations of €3.87 billion, as exports increased 3 percent while imports rose at a slower 2.6 percent. Considering full 2015, the country posted a €45.19 billion surplus.
Published on 2016-02-16

Italian Trade Surplus Widens 29% in November
Italian trade surplus increased to €4.41 billion in November of 2015, up from a €3.42 billion surplus a year earlier, as exports increased 6.4 percent while imports rose at a slower 3.8 percent.
Published on 2016-01-18

Italian Trade Surplus Narrows in October
Italy recorded a €4.18 billion trade surplus in October of 2015, down from a €5.4 billion surplus a year earlier, as exports decreased while imports were stable.
Published on 2015-12-17

Italian Trade Surplus Widens 8% in September
Italy recorded a €2.19 billion trade surplus in September of 2015, up from a €2.02 billion surplus a year earlier, as exports increased at a faster pace than imports.
Published on 2015-11-17

Italy Trade Surplus at 2-1/2-Year Low
Italy recorded a €1.8 billion trade surplus in August of 2015, narrowing from a downwardly revised €8.07 billion surplus in the previous month and the lowest since February of 2013. Imports increased more than exports as lower prices dragged energy sales down.
Published on 2015-10-16

Italian Trade Surplus Widens to Record High in July
Italy recorded a €8.03 billion trade surplus in July of 2015, up from a €6.92 billion surplus a year earlier. It was the highest value ever recorded, as exports reached an all time high while imports rose at a slower pace.
Published on 2015-09-17

Italy Trade Surplus Narrows in June
Italy recorded a €2.81 billion trade surplus in June of 2015, down from a €3.24 billion surplus a year earlier as exports rose at a slower pace than imports.
Published on 2015-08-12

Italy Trade Surplus Widens in May
Italy recorded a €4.18 billion trade surplus in May of 2015, up from a €3.72 billion surplus a year earlier as exports rose at a faster pace than imports.
Published on 2015-07-16

Italy Trade Surplus Widens in April
Italy recorded a €3.74 billion trade surplus in April of 2015, up from a €3.52 billion surplus a year earlier as both exports and imports rose.
Published on 2015-06-17

Italy Trade Surplus Widens in March
Italy recorded a €4.06 billion trade surplus in March of 2015, up from a €3.8 billion surplus a year earlier as exports rose 9.2 percent.
Published on 2015-05-18

Italy Trade Surplus Widens in February
Italy recorded a € 3.54 billion trade surplus in February of 2015, up 33.5 percent from last year’s € 2.65 billion surplus, as imports slowed due to low energy prices.
Published on 2015-04-16

Italy Trade Surplus at 2-Year Low in January
Italy recorded a €219 million trade surplus in the first month of 2015, down from a €251 million a year earlier as exports and imports declined.
Published on 2015-03-18

Italian Trade Surplus Highest in 5-Months
Italian trade surplus increased to €5.76 billion in December of 2014 from €3.61 billion a year earlier, as exports rose and imports declined.
Published on 2015-02-17

Italy Posts €3.5B Trade Surplus in November
The Italian trade surplus widened slightly to €3.5 billion in November of 2014 from €3 billion a year earlier, due to lower energy imports and higher exports.
Published on 2015-01-20

Italy Trade Surplus Widens 40% in October
Italian trade surplus widened to € 5.39 billion in October of 2014 from a € 3.85 billion a year earlier, as imports fell and exports surged.
Published on 2014-12-16

Italy Trade Surplus Widens in September
The Italian trade surplus increased to € 2.014 billion in September of 2014 from € 0.68 billion a year earlier. Exports posted the highest annual gain since January of 2013.
Published on 2014-11-17

Italy Trade Surplus Widens in August on Falling Imports
The Italian trade surplus increased 91.4 percent year-on-year to €2.056 billion in August of 2014. While exports recorded the first annual drop in nine months, imports shrank the most in a year, due to lower energy purchases.
Published on 2014-10-16

Italy Posts Highest Trade Surplus on Record
Italian trade surplus widened to € 6.85 billion in July of 2014 from € 5.98 billion a year earlier. It is the highest trade surplus ever, driven by sales to the United States and the Euro Area.
Published on 2014-09-17

Italy Trade Surplus Narrows Slightly in May
The Italian trade surplus decreased to €3.67 billion in May of 2014, compared with a €3.89 billion a year earlier, boosted by higher imports.
Published on 2014-07-16

Italy Trade Surplus Widens 75% in April
Italian trade surplus increased to € 3.5 billion in April of 2014, from a € 2 billion surplus a year earlier, as imports fell and exports surged.
Published on 2014-06-17

Italy Trade Surplus Widens in March
Italian trade surplus increased 25.7 percent to € 3.87 billion in March of 2014, from a € 3 billion surplus a year earlier, as a rise in exports offset a decline in imports. In February, the surplus was € 2.6 billion.
Published on 2014-05-16

Italian Trade Surplus Widens in February
The trade surplus increased to EUR 2.6 billion in February of 2014, from a revised EUR 0.36 billion in the previous month, as exports increased at a faster pace than imports. Compared with a year earlier, the trade surplus more than doubled from EUR 1.05 billion.
Published on 2014-04-16

Italy Posts Trade Surplus in January
Italy’s trade balance turned into a € 365 million surplus in January of 2014 compared with a € 1810 million deficit in the same period last year, as imports fell and exports rose slightly. Compared with the previous month, the trade surplus narrowed 89 percent.
Published on 2014-03-18

Italy 2013 Trade Surplus Widens to 17-Year High
In 2013, Italian trade surplus increased to € 30.4 billion, the highest since 1996 and up from € 9.9 billion recorded a year earlier. Excluding energy, the surplus amounted to nearly € 85 billion.
Published on 2014-02-18

Italian Trade Surplus Widens in November Over a Year Earlier
In November of 2013, Italian trade surplus rose to € 3.09 billon, up from € 2.05 billion a year earlier, as imports shrank at a faster pace than exports. Compared with the previous month, the trade surplus narrowed 23.8 percent.
Published on 2014-01-16

Italian Trade Surplus Widens in October
In October, Italy's trade surplus widened to €4.1 billion from a revised €0.8 billion in September and €2.3 billion in October of 2012. The rise is mainly driven by trade with countries outside the European Union.
Published on 2013-12-16

Italy’s Trade Surplus Widens in September
In September, Italian trade surplus amounted to €794 million, up from €409.69 million a year earlier, but down from €1074 million in the previous month.
Published on 2013-11-15

Italy Posts Trade Surplus in August
In August, Italy's trade balance registered a surplus of €958 million, up from a deficit of €483 million in the same month of 2012. Exports fell 4.4 percent, which was offset by a sharp drop in imports of 9.8 percent.
Published on 2013-10-16

Italian Trade Surplus Widens Again in July
In July, Italy's trade surplus widened to €5.95 billion from a surplus of €4.73 billion registered in the same month of 2012. Exports rose 3.0 percent and imports were slightly down by 0.3 percent.
Published on 2013-09-16

Italy Trade Surplus Widens in June
In June, Italy's trade surplus widened to €3.62 billion from a surplus of €2.78 billion registered in the same month of 2012. This was due to weaker domestic demand as imports fell at a faster pace than exports.
Published on 2013-08-09

Italian Trade Surplus Widens in May
In May, Italy's trade surplus with the rest of the world reached €3.90 billion compared with a surplus of €867 million in the same month of 2012, mostly due to plunging imports. Purchases fell 10.3 percent in May compared to the same month in 2012, while exports were down 1.5 percent.
Published on 2013-07-16

Italy Posts Trade Surplus as Exports Rise in April
In April, Italy posted a trade surplus of € 1.91 billion, compared with a deficit of € 250 million in April of 2012, as exports recovered and imports shrank. Total exports rose 4.4 percent yoy and imports declined 2.6 percent.
Published on 2013-06-17

Italy's Trade Surplus Widens in March
Italy posted a trade surplus of € 3.237 billion in March, compared with a surplus of € 1.792 billion in the same month of 2012. With European Union countries, Italy registered a March trade surplus of € 607 million, compared to a surplus of € 1.3 billion in March 2012.
Published on 2013-05-16

Italy Posts Trade Surplus in February
Italy posted a trade surplus with the rest of the world of €1.086 billion in February, from a deficit of €1.195 billion a year earlier due to a drop in imports. With European Union countries, Italy registered a February trade surplus of €380 million, compared with a surplus of €295 million in February 2012.
Published on 2013-04-16

Italy Trade Deficit Narrows Year-on-Year in January
Italy posted a trade deficit with the rest of the world of 1.619 billion euros in January, from a deficit of 4.574 billion euros in the same month of 2012 due to rising exports and falling imports, according to a release from the national statistics office.
Published on 2013-03-18

Italy Trade Surplus Widens in December From a Year Earlier
Italy posted a trade surplus with the rest of the world of 2.162 billion euros in December, compared with a surplus of 1.407 billion euros in the same month of 2011. With European Union countries, Italy registered a December trade deficit of 1.155 billion euros, compared with a deficit of 762 million euros in December 2011, according to the national statistics office.
Published on 2013-02-15

Italy Posts Trade Surplus in November
In November 2012, Italy posted a trade surplus equivalent to €2.36 billion from €2.42 billion in October of 2012 and a €1.58 billion deficit in November of 2011.
Published on 2013-01-16

Italy Trade Surplus Widens in October
In October 2012, Italy posted a trade surplus equivalent to €2.45 billion from €0.41 billion in September 2012 and a €1.11 billion deficit in October of 2011.
Published on 2012-12-17

Italy Reports Trade Surplus in September
Italy reported a trade surplus in September due to a sharp decline in imports, according to a release from the National Statistics Institute.
Published on 2012-12-13