Itália Balança Comercial

Italy's trade surplus widened slightly to EUR 2.580 billion in September 2024 from EUR 2.393 billion last year, broadly in line with market expectations of EUR 2.55 billion. Imports fell 3.2% from the previous year to EUR 47.929 billion, primarily due to capital goods (-2.1%) and energy (-34.6%). Purchases fell from France (-0.4%), the US (-17%), and Switzerland (-17.9) but rose from China (17.4%). At the same time, exports went down by 2.2% to EUR 50.508 billion, due to lower sales of capital goods (-6.7%), intermediate goods (-0.6%) and energy (-44.4%). Sales declined to Germany (-4.6%), France (-1.1%) and the US (-13.4%).