Central,southern Italy drive export rise

(ANSA) - Rome, September 11 - ISTAT said Wednesday that central and southern Italy have registered impressive increases in exports this year.
    The statistics agency said exports increased in seasonally-adjusted terms by 5% for the Centre and 4% for the South in the second quarter, compared to the previous three months, but they decreased for the North-East and the North-West (-0.6% and -0.4% respectively).
    In the first six months of 2019 exports rose in the Centre by 17.4%, in the South by 2.5% and in the North-East by 1.5%, while dropped in the major islands by 11.9% and in the North-West by 1.1%.