The balance is €878 million, 42.6% more than November 2015.
During the first eleven months of 2016, Italian businesses exported 3.87 million tons, a 5.9% increase.
There was an increase in the export flow of all segments - vegetables (+16.4%), citrus fruit (+16.2%), fresh fruit (+1.9%) and dried fruit (+12.1%). The value was also positive for all segments - citrus fruit (+26.5%) were followed by dried fruit (+7.5%), vegetables (+7%) and fresh fruit (+0.8%).
As regards imports, Italy bought little less than 3.5 million tons, 3.9% less than 2015.
There was an increase in the volumes of dried fruit (+17.3%) and tropical fruit (+5.2%) and a decrease in vegetable (-5.7%), citrus fruit (-25.1%) and fresh fruit (-3.2%) volumes. As regards value, the sign was positive only for tropical fruit.
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