Exports + 0.6%, imports +3.2% mt-on-mt in January - Istat

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 18 - Italian imports in January grew 3.2% compared to exports which recorded a more modest 0. 6% growth in month-on-month terms, Istat said on Tuesday. On an annual basis, instead, exports rose by 2.5% in value but fell by 2.6% in volume, the national statistics bureau reported.
    Imports reported a tendential increase of 8.8% in value and of 4.1% in volume.
    Istat also reported that in January the prices of imports increased by 0.4% on a monthly basis and by 1.4% on an annual basis (compared to +0.1% in December 2024), explaining that such dynamics were due to a rise in energy products, in particular crude oil, and intermediate goods. (ANSA).