Italy's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$674.87 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Italy's main export partners were: Germany, the United States and France. The top three export commodities were: Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers; Pharmaceutical products and Vehicles other than railway, tramway. Total Imports were valued at US$615.60 Billion. In 2024, Italy had a trade surplus of US$59.27 Billion.

Exports in Italy decreased to 52908 EUR Million in April from 57411 EUR Million in March of 2025. This dataset provides - Italy Exports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Most of the leading export companies from Italy were bank or energy groups in 2019. UniCredit Group was the leading export company from Italy in terms of assets value. The bank group had assets worth almost one trillion euros. Another bank group ranked second, Intesa San Paolo. Enel, an energy company, 190 billion euros in assets and was Italy's third-largest export company. Italy's main export partners are countries within the European Union. Overall, Germany is the main Italian trade partner.

The main area of destination of Italian exports is by far the European Union. In 2023, 52 percent of all export value originated from countries of the European Union. With 14.2 percent, other European non-EU countries were the second-largest export partners, followed by North America.

Italy Exports to United States was US$70.16 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Italy Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2025.

Historical chart and dataset showing Italy exports by year from 1970 to 2023.

Rice and cereals were the leading agri-food export products by export value in Italy in 2023, with an export market value of over 10 billion euros, followed by wine and must which had an export value of approximately 7.8 billion euros.

Most of the leading export companies from Italy are bank or energy groups. Enel, an energy company, is the leading export company from Italy in terms of sales value. The company registered sales of 86.6 billion euros as of 2020. Another energy group, Eni, ranks second. Italy's main export partners are countries within the European Union. Overall, Germany is the main Italian trade partner.

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United States Exports to Italy was US$32.4 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Exports to Italy - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2025.

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Imports in Italy decreased to 50426 EUR Million in April from 53754 EUR Million in March of 2025. This dataset provides - Italy Imports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2023, the United States was the main destination country for Italy’s wine exports. In that year, the value of wine exported from Italy to the U.S. reached roughly 1.8 billion euros, according to the data. Germany and the United Kingdom were the second and the third major destination countries for Italian wine exports. However, the British were fonder of bubbles than the Germans. Indeed, for sparkling wine, the UK surpassed Germany in the ranking.

The COVID-19 impact on wine exports

The United States thus spend a great amount of money on importing wine from Italy. In April 2020 alone, the value of wine sold by Italian companies to the U.S. reached over 135 million euros. However, the value of wine exports from Italy to the U.S. dropped by 7.5 percent when compared to April 2019. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Italian wine producers also saw the value of their exports to China halved.

An export-oriented business

The majority of leading Italian wine producers get most of their revenues from exports. About half of these revenues come from exports to the Western European market. Another 30 percent is generated in NAFTA countries, with the United States accounting for a large part of this figure.

Germany, the United States, and France are Italy's main export partners. In 2023, Germany accounted for 74.6 billion euros of exports from Italy and twelve percent of all export value. The United States and France followed with 67 billion euros and 63 billion euros, respectively. Overall, the European Union is Italy's main trading partner, regarding both imports and exports.

Between 2016 and 2018, France was the main destination country for Italy’s exports of clothing products. According to the data provided by Prometeia, in 2018, the value of clothing products exported from Italy to France reached 1,680.7 million euros, a slight decrease compared to 2017, yet a significant increase likened to 2016. Germany and Switzerland were the second and the third major destination countries for Italy’s clothing product exports, respectively.

Between 2017 and 2019, Germany, the UK, and France were the main markets for fruit and vegetables products exported from Italy, based on import value. According to the data provided by Prometeia, in 2019, the value of products obtained from fruit and vegetables processing, which were traded by Italy in Germany reached 681 million euros. The UK and France followed with 461 and 463 million euros, respectively.

Between 2017 and 2019, Germany was the leading destination country for Italy’s export of flat and technical glass. Data provided by Prometeia show that the value of Italian exports of flat and technical glass to Germany amounted to 244 million euros in 2019. The other main destinations were France and the UK, with Italy’s exports of flat and technical glass amounting to 191 and 70 million euros in 2019, respectively.

Between 2017 and 2019, Germany was the main destination country for Italy’s exports of fish products. According to the data provided by Prometeia in 2019, the value of fish products exported from Italy to Germany reached 62 million euros, a slight decrease compared to the previous year. Spain and Greece were the second and the third major suppliers for Italy’s fish product imports, respectively.

Between 2016 and 2018, Germany was the main destination country of agriculture, forestry and fishing products products for Italy, based on export value. According to the data provided by Prometeia the value of this whole category of products exported by Italy to Germany reached 1.7 billion euros in 2018. The other major suppliers were France and Austria.

This graph shows the leading destination countries for Italy's exports of steel tubes from 2017 to 2019, broken down by export value. Data provided by Prometeia show that the exports to the main destination countries of steel tubes fluctuated in terms of value. Germany was the main buyer of steel tubes manufactured in Italy. In 2019, Italy exported to Germany steel tubes for a value of over one billion euros. France and the United States followed with 567 million euros and 301 million euros, respectively.