(Finance) – In December, exports grew by 1.9% compared to November, with a more marked acceleration in the EU area (+3.5%) compared to non -EU markets (+0 , 3%). On an annual basis, exports to Europe has increased by 1.4%, despite the contraction of Germany. The president of Ice underlined it, Matteo Zoppasregarding ‘commerce with abroad and implass prices – December 2024’, released today by Istat.
“Despite the difficulties of key sectors such as Automotive (-16%) and the recession of Germany -which represents 70 billion of our exports and recorded a drop of -3.7% -Made in Italy has shown an important sealing capacity by closing 2024 with a very slight contraction of 0 , 4% compared to the previous year and slightly recovering the flexion recorded in the first eleven months. In December, in fact, Italian exports to Europe grew by +1.4%, a sign that our companies know how to compensate even within a complex European context and in some cases in braking.
Albeit Europe cto be a fundamental commercial partner, some non-EU markets, such as ASEAN countries (towards which we grow by +10%), prove particularly promising and probably able to give a positive push also in 2025.
Made in Italy is strong on a transversal level and, Thanks to the performance of sectors such as chemistry, food and sporting articles, it has managed to compensate for the slowdown of automotive and transport, which overall weigh for about 100 billion exports.
Without these critical issues, we would have already started the path of approach to the objective set by the government of achieving 700 billion exports by the end of the legislature. A target that is still reachable Continuing to do teamwork to develop that fertile infrastructure to the growth of businesses and Made in Italy in the world “.