According to the data published by Istat on Italy\u2019s foreign trade\u2014currently available only for non-EU countries\u2014Italy exported goods worth \u20ac127.7 billion during the first five months of 2025, marking an increase of +0.5% compared to the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n
In the same period, imports from non-EU countries amounted to approximately \u20ac108.8 billion, reflecting an increase of +8.4% compared to the first five months of 2024.<\/p>\n
The trade balance with non-EU countries in the first five months of 2025 was positive, standing at +\u20ac18.9 billion (down from +\u20ac26.6 billion in the same period of 2024). Excluding the energy sector (which recorded a deficit of -\u20ac21.1 billion), the trade surplus stood at +\u20ac40 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: Switzerland (+12.3%), OPEC countries (+11.3%), Middle East (+9.1%), MERCOSUR countries (+7.4%), United States (+7.2%), ASEAN countries (+1%), and Japan (+0.5%). Conversely, exports declined towards: T\u00fcrkiye (-19%), Russia (-17.7%), China (-13.2%), the United Kingdom (-1.5%), and India (-0.5%).<\/p>\n
At the sectoral level\u2014data available only for product groupings\u2014the increase in exports was mainly driven by higher sales of non-durable consumer goods (+10.7%) and intermediate goods (+2.7%).<\/p>\n
NON-EU FOREIGN TRADE PERFORMANCE – MAY 2025<\/p>\n
In May 2025, compared to May 2024, exports to non-EU countries declined for the second consecutive month, recording a drop of -5.2% (following a decrease of -1.4% in April 2025 compared to April 2024). At the sectoral level\u2014data available only for product groupings\u2014the decline in exports to non-EU markets affected all categories except for non-durable consumer goods, which increased by +6.8%. Decreases were recorded in: durable consumer goods (-13%), capital goods (-9.7%), and intermediate goods (-7.2%).\u00a0 At the geographical level\u2014data currently available only for Italy\u2019s main non-EU trading partners\u2014exports saw notable declines towards: T\u00fcrkiye (-22.7%), China (-22.8%), the United Kingdom (-9.6%), and MERCOSUR countries (-6.2%). By contrast, exports increased towards: Switzerland (+9.2%), the United States (+2.5%), ASEAN countries (+4.4%), OPEC countries (+0.4%), and Japan (+0.8%).\u00a0 In May 2025, compared to May 2024, imports also decreased (-3.6%), mainly due to a reduction in energy purchases (-13.3%) and capital goods (-12%). The trade surplus with non-EU countries in May 2025 stood at +\u20ac5.2 billion (compared to +\u20ac5.9 billion in May 2024). Excluding the energy sector (which recorded a deficit of -\u20ac3.7 billion), the trade surplus reached nearly +\u20ac9 billion.<\/p>\n
Compared to the previous month (April 2025), May 2025 recorded a decline in both exports (-3.5%) and, more significantly, imports (-7.6%). The decline in exports was mainly due to reduced sales of intermediate goods (-6%) and capital goods (-3.7%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the data published by Istat on Italy\u2019s foreign trade\u2014currently available only for non-EU countries\u2014Italy exported goods worth \u20ac127.7 billion during the first five months of 2025, marking an increase of +0.5% compared to the same period in 2024. In the same period, imports from non-EU countries amounted to approximately \u20ac108.8 billion, reflecting an […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-139625","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\/139625","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139626,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139625\/revisions\/139626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}