December 22, 2016
Foreign trade with non-EU countries November 2016
Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in November 2016. The results
of the survey on total foreign trade in November 2016 will be disseminated on coming 17 January.
In November 2016 exports to non-EU countries increased by 5.6% and imports increased by 1.6% compared
with the same month of the previous year. The trade balance showed a surplus of 3,968 million euro
compared with a 3,306 million euro surplus in the same month of 2015.
In November 2016, in seasonally-adjusted terms, exports increased by 3.4% and imports increased by 1.4%
compared with October 2016. Over the last three months, seasonally-adjusted data of outgoing flows
showed a 1.7% increase in outgoing flows and a 0.6% increase in incoming flows in comparison with the
previous three months.
In the period January-November 2016 exports to non-EU countries decreased by 1.7% and imports
decreased by 6.9% compared with the same period of 2015. The trade balance registered a surplus of
34,195 million euro compared to the surplus of 27,335 million euro in the same period of 2015. Excluding
energy, the trade balance presented a surplus of 57,218 million euro (Table 3) compared with a 56,308
million euro surplus in January-November 2015.
TABLE 1. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND TRADE BALANCE WITH NON-EU COUNTRIES. November 2016
NON SEASONALLY-ADJUSTED
SEASONALLY-ADJUSTED Millions of euros Percentage changes
Millions of euros
Percentage changes
Nov.2016
Jan.-Nov.16
Nov.16
Nov.15
Jan.-Nov.16
Jan.-Nov.15
Nov.2016 Nov.16 Oct.16 Sep.-Nov.16 Jun.-Aug.16 Exports 16.180 166.268 5,6 -1,7
15.800 3,4 1,7 Imports 12.212 132.073 1,6 -6,9
12.414 1,4 0,6 Trade balance 3.968 34.195
3.386
TABLE 2. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND TRADE BALANCE WITH NON-EU COUNTRIES. November 2016 COUNTRIES EXPORTS (b) IMPORTS TRADE BALANCE Share (a) Percentage Changes Share (a) Percentage Changes Millions of euros Nov.16 Nov.15 Jan.-Nov.16 Jan.-Nov.15 Nov.16 Nov.15 Jan.-Nov.16 Jan.-Nov.15 Nov.2016 Jan.-Nov.16 European non-EU countries 10,8 3,6 -2,7 10,5 0,4 -10,1 805 7.425 Russian Fed. 1,7 -0,9 -6,5 3,9 -11,2 -28,5 -214 -3.550 Switzerland 4,7 7,5 -0,9 2,9 3,3 -1,6 818 7.693 Turkey 2,4 7,9 -4,6 1,8 17,4 10,8 105 1.981 North Africa 3,2 8,3 -5,1 3,1 35,1 -12,1 -17 1.798 Other African countries 1,4 -3,0 -16,9 2,1 -22,0 -20,8 -123 -1.309 North America 9,6 14,2 1,5 4,2 6,6 -2,7 2.324 22.719 United States 8,7 15,4 1,7 3,8 2,5 -3,1 2.196 20.699 Central and South America 3,3 2,9 -7,6 2,6 -14,2 -7,1 386 3.446 Middle Eastern countries 5,2 -6,1 -7,4 4,1 -3,1 -15,1 544 5.850 Other Asian countries 9,8 6,0 2,4 14,3 2,9 -0,4 -494 -11.450 China 2,5 12,9 5,0 7,6 -5,5 -3,2 -1.036 -15.310 Japan 1,3 14,2 9,9 0,8 19,2 28,7 164 1.746 India 0,8 -0,3 -3,4 1,1 18,9 5,8 -108 -1.048 Oceania and other territories 1,8 10,1 9,2 0,5 -0,2 -2,7 544 5.716 OPEC 5,5 4,5 -8,3 4,9 10,8 -2,9 125 2.107 MERCOSUR 1,4 5,3 -16,4 1,3 -4,5 -0,1 9 -122 ASEAN 1,7 -0,5 2,3 2,1 6,1 2,3 21 -831 TOTAL 45,2 5,6 -1,7 41,3 1,6 -6,9 3.968 34.195
(a) Calculated on 2015 total foreign trade.
TABLE 3. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND TRADE BALANCE BY MAIN INDUSTRIAL GROUPINGS. November 2016 MIGS EXPORTS IMPORTS TRADE BALANCE
Share
(a)
Percentage Changes
Share (a) Percentage Changes Millions of euros Nov.16 Nov.15 Jan.-Nov.16 Jan.-Nov.15 Nov.16 Nov.15 Jan.-Nov.16 Jan.-Nov.15 Nov.2016 Jan.-Nov.16 Consumer goods 13,6 6,8 2,1 11,6 4,6 -0,5 1.627 12.746
- consumer durables 3,1 -3,6 -4,9 1,4 0,6 -1,4 674 6.343
- consumer non durables 10,5 10,0 4,2 10,1 5,1 -0,4 953 6.403 Capital goods 17,6 7,3 -1,0 7,2 6,4 4,9 3.952 39.077 Intermediate goods 11,9 3,6 -1,4 11,8 -2,1 -5,2 654 5.395 Energy 2,1 -7,4 -33,2 10,8 -1,1 -23,3 -2.265 -23.023 Total (except energy) 43,1 6,1 -0,1 30,6 2,4 -1,1 6.233 57.218 TOTAL 45,2 5,6 -1,7 41,3 1,6 -6,9 3.968 34.195
(a) Calculated on 2015 total foreign trade.
For more detailed information please refer to the Italian version Date of previous release: November 24th 2016 Date of next release: January 25th 2017
Further information and detailed data related to external trade statistics are available on line at www.coeweb.istat.it
Contact persons: Mariagloria Narilli ([email protected]) Business statistics directorate Istat – Italian National Institute of Statistics Via Tuscolana,1788 - 00173 Rome - Italy phone: +39 06 4673 6671