Extra EU Foreign Trade May 2011

22/6/2011 00:00:00

According to ISTAT, in May, has widened the trade deficit with countries outside the EU, which reaches -1.8 billion, compared with -1.5 billion in May 2010. Preliminary estimates indicate that both trade flows recorded a downturn, more pronounced for imports (-2.2%) than exports (-0.9%). In the last quarter, however, growth in imports (+3.6%) is more sustained than exports (+3%). The trend growth rate remains high and very similar in imports (+20.6%) and exports (+20.9%).

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