June exports +0.5% on month, -6.1% on year - Istat

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 9 - In June 2024, a slight cyclical growth is estimated for exports (+0.5%), which, however, on an annual basis, fell by 6. 1% in monetary terms and 8.6% in volume, Istat said Friday.
    In the second quarter of 2024, compared to the previous quarter, exports were stationary while imports grew by 1.1%.
    The year-on-year decrease particularly affected Germany (-8.7%), France (-8.1%), the USA (-5.4%) and Switzerland (-7.8%).
    Among the sectors contributing most to the Italian year-on-year decline were: motor vehicles (-21.5%), leather goods (-15.5%), sporting goods, games, musical instruments, jewellery, medical instruments (-14%), and refined petroleum products (-19.3%).
    (ANSA).