Sharp "contraction" in Sardinia's exports, which are worth 6.8 billion euros, but which recorded -24.2%, the worst performance among the Italian regions.
This was revealed by Istat, reeling off the data relating to foreign trade in the fourth quarter of 2023 , with the island preceding, in the "ranking" of the least dynamic regions, Valle d'Aosta (-21.5%), Sicily (-16 .6%), Friuli-Venezia Giulia (-13.6%), Marche (-12.3%) and Lazio (-9.7%).
In 2023, compared to the previous year, Italian exports are however stationary and are, according to Istat, a synthesis of very different territorial dynamics. The increase in exports is in fact marked for the South (+16.9%) and more limited for the North-West (+2.4%), while a decline is recorded for the North-East (-0.8% ) and the Center (-3.1%) and, as mentioned, a clear contraction for the Islands (-19.2%).
Overall in 2023, the most dynamic regions for exports were Campania (+29.2%), Calabria (+22.7%), Molise (+21.0%), Abruzzo (+13.6%).
In 2023, the Institute further underlines, the provinces that contribute most to supporting sales on foreign markets are Naples, Turin, Milan and Siena. Cagliari , Siracusa, Ascoli Piceno, Brescia and Rome are those that, however, contribute in a more negative way.
«Last year – highlights Istat – the increase in exports of pharmaceutical, chemical-medicinal and botanical items from Campania and Tuscany and of motor vehicles from Piedmont and Campania provides a positive impulse (by 1.5 percentage points) to national sales on foreign markets; a further positive contribution of 0.9 points comes from the greater sales of machinery and equipment not classified elsewhere from Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto. On the contrary, the contraction in sales of refined petroleum products from Sicily and Sardinia (by 0.7 percentage points) and of pharmaceutical, chemical-medicinal and botanical items from Marche and Lazio (by 0.6 percentage points) contributes to slowing down the 'national export'.
(Unioneonline/lf)
