Italian exports increased by
7.4% in value terms and 3.1% in volume terms in 2017 with
respect to the previous year, ISTAT said on Thursday.
It said exports to other EU countries were up 6.7%, while
those to non-EU countries rose 8.2%.
The national statistics agency said imports were up too last
year - 9% in value terms and 2.6% in volume.
It said Italy's trade surplus was 47.5 billion euros - 81
billion net of energy trade.
The 7.4% rise in value terms in Italian exports in 2017 is
the biggest since the 11.4% increase registered in 2011, ISTAT
said.
The agency added that the trade surplus of 47.5 billion euros
was the second highest since the start of the statistical series
in 1991, behind only the 49.6 billion surplus of 2016.
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