According to data released by Istat on Italy\u2019s foreign trade\u2014currently available only for non-EU countries\u2014Italy exported goods worth \u20ac305.3 billion in 2024, marking a +1.16% increase compared to 2023. This represents the highest value reached by Italian exports to non-EU countries in the last decade.<\/p>\n
In the same year, Italy imported goods worth \u20ac240 billion, recording a -6.2% contraction compared to 2023 (following a -20.3% decline in 2023).<\/p>\n
Italy registered a positive trade balance with non-EU countries in 2024, amounting to +\u20ac65 billion (compared to +\u20ac45.6 billion in 2023). Excluding the energy sector (which recorded a -\u20ac50 billion deficit), the trade surplus stood at +\u20ac115 billion.<\/p>\n
Geographical trends based on currently available data for Italy\u2019s main non-EU trading partners, export growth in value was particularly strong in the following countries\/regions: Turkey (+23.9%); ASEAN countries (+11%); OPEC countries (+6.6%); Middle East (+5.5%); United Kingdom (+5.1%); MERCOSUR countries (+4.6%); Japan (+2.5%) and India (+1%). Conversely, exports declined towards: China (-20%); Russia (-7.6%); United States (-3.6%) and Switzerland (-0.9%).<\/p>\n
NON-EU FOREIGN TRADE PERFORMANCE \u2013 DECEMBER 2024<\/p>\n
Focusing on December 2024, compared to December 2023, Italian exports to non-EU countries increased by +3.9%, mainly driven by higher sales of consumer goods (+16.2%). Italian imports from non-EU countries also increased by +7.5%, due to higher purchases of capital goods (+33.8%) and intermediate goods (+12.5%).<\/p>\n
In December 2024, Italy recorded a positive trade balance with non-EU countries, amounting to +\u20ac7.8 billion (compared to +\u20ac8.1 billion in December 2023). Excluding the energy sector (which registered a -\u20ac4.6 billion deficit), the trade surplus stood at +\u20ac12.4 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to data released by Istat on Italy\u2019s foreign trade\u2014currently available only for non-EU countries\u2014Italy exported goods worth \u20ac305.3 billion in 2024, marking a +1.16% increase compared to 2023. This represents the highest value reached by Italian exports to non-EU countries in the last decade. In the same year, Italy imported goods worth \u20ac240 billion, […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-130835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-diplomazia-economica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130836,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130835\/revisions\/130836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}