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Third quarter 2022
EXPORT OF ITALIAN REGIONS
n In the third quarter of 2022, exports increased in seasonally-adjusted terms, compared with the previous
period, for the Centre (+3.9%), the North-West (+2.0%) and the North-East (+1.8%) while decreased for
the South and Islands (-0.6%).
n In the first nine months of 2022, compared with the previous year, exports rose in all macro-regions:
+69.2% for the Islands, +23.9% for the Centre, +20.2% for the North-West, +17.7% for the North-East and
+15.3% for the South.
n In the first nine months of 2022, the more relevant increases, according to their contribution to the total
export growth, were recorded in Lombardia (+20.5%), Emilia-Romagna (+16.9%), Veneto (+17.5%),
Marche (+89.4%) and Piemonte (+18.1%). Decreases were recorded only in Molise (-12.9%).
CHART 1. EXPORTS BY MACRO-REGIONS (NUTS LEVEL 1), INDICES
Q1 2010 – Q3 2022 (index, 2015=100)
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CHART 2. CONTRIBUTIONS OF MACRO REGIONS TO QUARTER ON PREVIOUS QUARTER PERCENTAGE CHANGES
OF EXPORTS
Q1 2015 – Q3 2022, seasonally adjusted data
CHART 3. EXPORTS BY MACRO REGION, QUARTER ON SAME QUARTER A YEAR AGO PERCENTAGE CHANGES
Q1 2015 – Q3 2022, non-seasonally adjusted data
TABLE 1. EXPORTS BY MACRO-REGIONS (NUTS LEVEL 1)
January – September 2022, quarter on previous quarter and months on same months a year ago million of euros and percentage changes
SEASONALLY-ADJUSTED NON-SEASONALLY-ADJUSTED
Million Quarter on previous Million Months on same months a
MACRO-REGIONS of euros quarter of euros year ago
Q3 2022 Jan-Sep.22
Q3 2022 Jan-Sep. 2022
Q2 2022 Jan-Sep.21
North-West 59,339 +2.0 171,606 +20.2
North-East 50,864 +1.8 148,631 +17.7
Centre 30,033 +3.9 85,288 +23.9
South 29,914 +15.3
16,945 -0.6
Islands 19,052 +69.2
Not specified provinces 6,174
Italy 460,665 +21.2
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TABLE 2. EXPORTS BY REGION
January – September 2021 and 2022, million of euros and percentage composition, months on same months a year ago percentage
changes
Jan-Sep.22
Jan-Sep. 2021 Jan- Sep. 2022
Jan-Sep.21
REGIONS
Million Million Months on same
% comp. % comp.
of euros of euros months a year ago
NORTH-CENTRE +337,787 88.9 +405,525 +88.0 +20.1
North-West +142,716 37.5 +171,606 +37.3 +20.2
Piemonte +36,316 9.6 +42,881 +9.3 +18.1
Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste +534 0.1 +742 +0.2 +39.0
Liguria +6,059 1.6 +7,705 +1.7 +27.2
Lombardia +99,807 26.3 +120,278 +26.1 +20.5
North-East +126,237 33.2 +148,631 +32.3 +17.7
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol +7,554 2.0 +8,874 +1.9 +17.5
Bolzano/Bozen +4,308 1.1 +5,001 +1.1 +16.1
Trento +3,245 0.9 +3,874 +0.8 +19.4
Veneto +51,702 13.6 +60,726 +13.2 +17.5
Friuli-Venezia Giulia +13,259 3.5 +16,226 +3.5 +22.4
Emilia-Romagna +53,722 14.1 +62,805 +13.6 +16.9
Centre +68,834 18.1 +85,288 +18.5 +23.9
Toscana +35,505 9.3 +39,353 +8.5 +10.8
Umbria +3,405 0.9 +4,418 +1.0 +29.7
Marche +9,017 2.4 +17,074 +3.7 +89.4
Lazio +20,907 5.5 +24,442 +5.3 +16.9
SOUTH AND ISLANDS +37,208 9.8 +48,967 +10.6 +31.6
South +25,945 6.8 +29,914 +6.5 +15.3
Abruzzo +6,587 1.7 +6,612 +1.4 +0.4
Molise +861 0.2 +750 +0.2 -12.9
Campania +9,741 2.6 +12,365 +2.7 +26.9
Puglia +6,368 1.7 +7,566 +1.6 +18.8
Basilicata +1,986 0.5 +2,093 +0.5 +5.4
Calabria +402 0.1 +529 +0.1 +31.6
Islands +11,263 3.0 +19,052 +4.1 +69.2
Sicilia +7,421 2.0 +12,372 +2.7 +66.7
Sardegna +3,842 1.0 +6,681 +1.5 +73.9
Not specified provinces +5,136 1.4 +6,174 +1.3 +20.2
Italy +380,130 100.0 +460,665 +100.0 +21.2
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TABLE 3. TERRITORIAL BREAKDOWN OF EXPORTS FLOWS BY COUNTRY
January – September 2022, months on same months a year ago percentage changes
Macro-regions (NUTS Level 1)
COUNTRIES South Italy
North-west North-east Centre
and Islands
EU27 countries: +20.6 +18.4 +29.2 +24.9 +21.8
EMU: +20.8 +17.3 +29.7 +22.2 +21.5
Austria +19.8 +23.9 +35.4 +3.0 +22.6
Belgium +17.6 +12.3 +68.9 -4.3 +35.3
France +15.7 +16.2 +19.6 +26.5 +18.0
Germany +22.2 +14.9 +16.2 +3.1 +16.9
Netherlands +30.0 +19.2 +29.5 +9.8 +24.1
Spain +24.8 +21.5 +28.4 +26.1 +24.1
Poland +16.7 +21.6 +10.8 +22.0 +17.3
Czech Republic +23.5 +15.2 +24.1 +16.0 +18.7
Romania +14.9 +23.1 +16.1 +7.2 +17.5
Non-EU27 countries: +19.9 +16.9 +18.5 +38.3 +20.5
European non-EU27 countries +15.7 +1.2 +6.5 +45.3 +13.0
United Kingdom +13.3 +15.1 +37.5 +12.3 +18.0
Russian Federation -27.0 -16.8 -17.4 -40.9 -22.0
Switzerland +30.3 -17.2 -11.2 +47.1 +8.2
Turkey +25.2 +27.8 +56.2 +97.1 +41.5
North Africa +16.3 -9.3 +3.3 +92.7 +25.9
Other African countries +18.5 +11.9 -14.3 -11.3 +4.1
North America +28.9 +38.2 +36.6 +25.8 +33.4
United States +29.1 +39.6 +32.7 +25.9 +33.1
Central and South America +21.8 +27.3 +29.3 +54.3 +28.2
Middle Eastern countries +33.4 +47.8 +22.4 +31.0 +35.6
Other Asian countries +11.9 +6.5 +23.4 +13.5 +12.3
China +5.8 +3.7 +2.8 -10.8 +3.9
Japan +16.6 -9.1 +17.7 +15.4 +6.0
India +26.0 +21.9 +29.0 +29.8 +25.1
Oceania and other territories +45.4 +28.0 +21.6 +28.4 +19.5
OPEC +43.7 +22.3 +11.1 +49.7 +31.4
MERCOSUR +12.3 +21.3 +36.8 +0.2 +15.7
ASEAN +23.8 +11.8 +7.1 -4.1 +14.0
Total +20.2 +17.7 +23.9 +31.6 +21.2
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Italian exports in goods statistics at regional level are quarterly compiled through elaboration and estimatation
processes based on Intra-EU and Extra-EU trade data.
Legal framework
Statistics related to trade in goods between Member States (intra-EU trade) and between Italy and third Countries
(extra-EU trade) are based on EU legislation: Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the
Council on European business statistics; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 laying down
technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152; Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2021/1704 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 by further specifying the details for the
statistical information to be provided by tax and customs authorities and amending its Annexes V and VI;
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1225 specifying the arrangements for the data exchanges
pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197, as
regards the Member State of extra-Union export and the obligations of reporting units.
For statistics related to trade in goods between Member States (intra-EU trade), EU Regulations are transposed
into national legislation: Legislative Decree No. 18/2010 (Gazzetta ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 41 of 19-2-
2010), Decree of the Minister of the Economy and Finance of 22/2/2010 (Gazzetta ufficiale della Repubblica
Italiana No. 53 of 5-3-2010) and the Legislative Act of the Customs Agency of 22/2/2010, the Provision of the
Director of the Italian Revenue Agency of 25/09/2017 and the Legislative Act of the Customs Agency n. 493869 of
23/12/2021.
For statistics related to trade in goods between Italy and third Countries (extra-EU trade), EU Regulations are
transposed into national legislation by specific provisions issued by the Customs Agency.
Sources and data collection
Concerning Intra-EU trade statistics, information is gathered by Intrastat declarations both for arrivals and
dispatches of goods and for import and export of services, at both national and regional level. For exports, the
finest territorial detail is defined by the Italian province of origin/shipment of exported goods.
The reference universe consists of all businesses identified on the basis of the VAT number, which appear to have
carried out at least one commercial transaction with the EU countries during the reference period. Under the law
February 27, 2017 n. 19 and the Legislative Act of the Customs Agency n. 493869 of December 23, 2021, starting
from 1 January 2022, the statistical thresholds that determine the mandatory response to the monthly Intrastat
survey are defined as follows:
a) dispatches of goods, operators who have traded, at least in one of the four previous quarters, a total
quarterly amount exceeding 100,000 Euros (same threshold in force from 1 January 2018).
b) arrivals of goods, operators who have traded, at least in one of the four previous quarters, a total quarterly
amount exceeding 350,000 Euros (from January 2018 to December 2021, threshold was equal to 200,000 Euros).
The monthly and quarterly declarations are collected electronically by the Italian Customs Agency.
Starting from January 2022, the thresholds are set in order to meet the minimum Intra-EU trade coverage required
by EU Regulation (97% for dispatches and 91% for arrivals), achieving a significant reduction in burden for
economic operators.
In order to produce an accurate and timely estimate referred to the universe of Intra-UE operators, a register-based
approach for estimating the share of trade flows associated to exempted operators by product and partner country
is adopted, considering both national and territorial domains. For exempted operators, the province of
origin/shipment of exported goods is estimated recovering information from Italian Business Register. During the
annual revision of data in November, latest fiscal and register-based information available will be included in the
estimation procedure to further improve the quality and coverage of the estimates.
Statistics on trade in goods with non-EU countries are based on monthly fiscal-administrative information (Single
Administrative Document – SAD) consistent with statistical definitions and classifications.
Since 2000, in compliance with the EU legislation, import and export with non EU countries below the exclusion
thresholds (commercial transactions value less than 1,000 euros, starting from 2010) are monthly included as
aggregated data.
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Starting from January 2022, in compliance with the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197, for
consignments whose value is less than 1,000 Euros, the reporting units may report the statistical information on the
commodity without breakdown.
Since September 2011, a new approach for the compilation of external trade statistics on natural gas in gaseous
state and electricity has been implemented. Data on physical quantities are monthly collected from reliable sources,
while for the other variables required by EU regulations (total trade in values and breakdown of volumes and values
by partner countries) new estimation procedures have been developed.
The finest territorial detail for exports, is defined by the Italian province of origin/shipment of exported goods
collected by Single Administrative Document and further elaborated exploiting information from the Italian Business
Register.
Classifications system
The main classifications used in foreign trade statistics are based on the elementary information concerning the
type of goods, the statistical partner country and the province of origin of the goods.
In compliance with the EU Regulations, exports in goods are classified according to the country of destination.
Geographical and the geo-economic areas are defined according to the Nomenclature of countries and territories
for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States, known as
Geonomenclature.
The Combined Nomenclature (CN) is the primary nomenclature for traded goods used by the EU Member States,
defined by the European Union and annually updated.
Since January 2009, products aggregations are defined according to the classification of the economic activities
Ateco 2007, adapted to foreign trade (CPA). Ateco 2007 is the national version of the European nomenclature
NACE rev.2 published in the Official Journal on 2 December 2006 (Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 20/12/2006). Ateco 2007 corresponds to Nace rev.2 up to the fourth digit. Data are
released according to an intermediate disaggregation of the sections.
The regional detail follows the administrative and territorial changes yearly published by Istat
(https://www.istat.it/it/territorio-e-cartografia?classificazioni).
Data processing
Both raw and seasonally adjusted trade values are published for Italian macro-regions: North-West, North-East,
Centre, South and Islands. TRAMO-SEATS procedure for Linux (February 2010 version) provides seasonally
adjusted data, quarterly revised.
The TRAMO-SEATS procedure’s specifications used by Istat are made available to users under request.
In order to manage the discontinuities produced by the Covid-19 crisis on time series, a revision of the seasonal
adjustment models was carried out, following Eurostat guidelines available in the web page Covid-19: Support for
statisticians.
From March 2020 onwards, the extraordinary dynamics in exports were taken into account by adding additional
regressors in the seasonal adjustment models, where statistically significant. With the release of the data for the
third quarter 2022, the revision of the seasonal adjustment models was carried out.
Output
Data monthly released include monetary values and year-on-year and month-on-month changes of exports in
goods. Collected or estimated monetary statistical values (Fob) in current prices are reported.
Confidentiality
Starting from 2000, Istat has defined new procedures for processing and dissemination of confidential data related
to foreign trade in goods statistics, according to the current national regulatory framework (Law No. 675/96,
Legislative Decrees N. 322/89, 281/99 and 196/03).
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In particular, the new procedures bring to a significant reduction of the risk of indirect and accidental identification of
confidential data, limiting, at the same time, the loss of information available for external users.
In addition to the protection of confidential information according to the principle of passive confidentiality, Istat
provides a specific dissemination plan for international trade of goods at national and territorial level, designed in
such a way to reduce the risk of indirect identification of confidential trade. Further information on the protection of