Italy’s foreign trade surplus with Non-Eu countries in June increased from a year ago, figures from the statistical office Istat showed Thursday.
The trade surplus rose to EUR 2.3 billion in June from EUR 2.1 billion in the same month of the previous year. In May, the surplus was EUR 2.9 billion.
Exports grew 9.1 percent annually in June and imports also surged by 9.4 percent.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, exports fell 1.6 percent in June from the previous month, while imports increased by 5.4 percent.
During the first six months of the year, total trade surplus of the country was EUR 13.9 billion versus EUR 9.3 billion in the corresponding period last year. Both exports and imports climbed 6.6 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively.
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