Italian exports up 10.7% in April in year-on-year terms

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 14 - Istat said Friday that Italian exports were up by 10.7% in April with respect to the same month last year, while imports rose by 1.4%.
    The national statistics agency said the year-on-year growth regarded "almost all the main trade partner countries", both EU and non-EU ones, including Germany, with the rise in exports there ending "a year of uninterrupted decline".
    It said Italian exports grew by 2.3% in April compared to March and imports fell by 1.1% in month-on-month terms "In April 2024, the trade balance registered a surplus of +4,807 million euros (-228 million Euros deficit for EU countries and +5,036 million euros surplus for non-EU countries)," Istat said.
    "Excluding energy, the trade balance surplus was equal to +8,595 million euros". (ANSA).