Exports down 0.4% in Nov on Oct - ISTAT

(ANSA) - Rome, January 17 - ISTAT said Thursday that Italy's exports dropped 0.4% in November with respect to October.
    But the statistics agency added that exports were up 1% with respect to November 2017, driven by higher sales to the United States (up 15.8%), Spain (5.1%), Austria (7.6%), the Netherlands (4.9%) and China (3.3%).
    Imports were down 2.2% in November on October but up 3.4% with respect to the same month in 2017. ISTAT said Italy's trade surplus amounted to 3.843 billion euros in November, down from 4.668 billion 12 months before.