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.

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.

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.

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 ************ euros. Another bank group ranked second, Intesa San Paolo. Enel, an energy company, *** 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.

Key information about Italy Total Exports

• Italy Total Exports recorded 51.7 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with 57.1 USD bn in the previous month
• Italy Total Exports data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1991 to Dec 2024, with an averaged value of 34.2 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 63.8 USD bn in Mar 2023 and a record low of 8.4 USD bn in Aug 1993

CEIC converts monthly Total Exports into USD. Italian National Institute of Statistics provides Total Exports, FOB, in EUR. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.


Further information about Italy Total Exports

• In the latest reports, Italy Total Exports grew 2.9 % YoY in Dec 2024
• Total Imports recorded 45.4 USD bn in Dec 2024, which registered an increase of 1.7 % year on year
• Italy Trade Balance recorded a surplus of 5.4 USD bn in Dec 2024

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.

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 July of 2025.

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 **** 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.

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

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 July of 2025.

Exports: FOB: Italy: Hides, Skins and Dehaired, Exclude Crude data was reported at 17.927 USD mn in Jun 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 16.885 USD mn for May 2019. Exports: FOB: Italy: Hides, Skins and Dehaired, Exclude Crude data is updated monthly, averaging 29.033 USD mn from Dec 1998 (Median) to Jun 2019, with 244 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 67.497 USD mn in Oct 2007 and a record low of 4.008 USD mn in Jul 1999. Exports: FOB: Italy: Hides, Skins and Dehaired, Exclude Crude data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Development, Industry And Trade. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Foreign Trade – Table BR.JAC004: Exports: by Principal Commodities: Italy.

Italy export data: Discover Italy, a major exporting hub renowned for machinery, vehicles, fashion, luxury goods, and food products, contributing to a robust economy.

The statistic shows the estimated main export partners for Italy in 2023. In 2023, Italy's main export partner were Germany and the United States, both accounting for 11 percent of all exports.

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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.

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Italy is among the top five export countries for a wide range of products. In particular, it is the first exporter in the world of **********, holding more than ** percent of the global sunglasses exports share. Moreover, Italy is the leading exporter of cruise ships and pasta worldwide, with about ** percent of the total share, and the second global exporter of wine ahead of France. Italy is the largest exporter of leather in the world. The country's main export partners are Germany, the US, and France.

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