In the first half of 2026, Italy\u2019s exports increased \u2013 compared with the same period in 2025 \u2013 in value (+4.5 per cent) and in volume (+0.7 per cent), reaching EUR 337.2 billion. Exports rose significantly to both European Union markets (+4.6 per cent) and non-EU countries (+4.4 per cent).<\/p>\n
The figures were particularly positive for two countries at the heart of the Action Plan for exports to high-potential non-EU markets, such as China (+19 per cent), where in April Minister Tajani led a mission with stops in Beijing and Shanghai to revitalise bilateral political and economic dialogue, and India (+4.2 per cent), with which three major trade partnership events have been organised over the past year and a half, involving hundreds of Italian companies.<\/p>\n
Of particular note are the results achieved with Germany (+1.8 per cent) and France (+3.8 per cent) \u2013 respectively the first and third most important markets for Italian exports \u2013 to which the Italy \u2013 Germany Business Forum, held on 23 January in Rome, and the France\u2013Italy Business Forum, attended by Ministers Tajani and Barrot, on 25 June 2026 in Le Cannet.<\/p>\n
The United States is also in positive territory \u2013 despite the tariffs \u2013 up 2 per cent. It is a priority market, and significant resources are being channelled there to support businesses, such as SIMEST \u2018USA Measure\u2019 under its subsidised finance scheme (EUR 200 million).<\/p>\n
Since the start of the year, the Facilitation Committee, chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has met eight times and has approved 2,192 concessional loans, drawn from the resources of the Fund 394\/81, totalling EUR 1.15 billion. Compared with the same period in 2025, the figures show an increase of +64 per cent in the number of transactions approved and +112 per cent in funding volumes. With regard to export support under Fund 295\/73, since January 2026, 59 transactions have been approved, representing a total value of supported contracts of approximately EUR 4.9 billion, an increase of 7 per cent in terms of the number of approvals and 15 per cent in terms of volume.<\/p>\n
The commitment to \u2018Made in Italy\u2019 and to businesses expanding into international markets remains a priority. In the first few months of this year, dozens of initiatives have already been carried out, including the recent Business Forums with Japan, the Republic of Korea and Norway, as well as meetings with Kenya, Germany, Finland and China \u2013 partners of particular importance for the development of Italy\u2019s presence in the most innovative and strategic sectors. From September, new trade missions and economic forums are planned, starting with Egypt, Brazil, Argentina, the Netherlands, Canada and Turkey; whilst on 6 October, all businesses in central Italy will be invited to the \u2018Export Objective\u2019 conference, to learn about the tools and opportunities made available by the \u2018Sistema Paese\u2019 to boost internationalisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the first half of 2026, Italy\u2019s exports increased \u2013 compared with the same period in 2025 \u2013 in value (+4.5 per cent) and in volume (+0.7 per cent), reaching EUR 337.2 billion. Exports rose significantly to both European Union markets (+4.6 per cent) and non-EU countries (+4.4 per cent). The figures were particularly positive […]","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":184588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-202166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-diplomazia-economica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202166","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\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202168,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202166\/revisions\/202168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}