Imports are still dropping - 5.1% in quantity and -2% in value. The balance is €636 million, a 45.8% increase with respect to 2015.
Between January and September, Italian companies exported 3.153 million tons of produce for €3.330 billion.
Export flows increased for all segments - vegetables (17%), citrus fruit (17.5%), fresh fruit (1%) and dried fruit (18,2%). Value also increased - vegetables 5.9%, citrus fruit 30.2%, fresh fruit 0.2% and dried fruit 13.1%.
For what concerns imports, Italy bought around 2.447 million tons for €2.695 billion.
There was an increase in value for dried fruit (17.6%) and tropical fruit (4.4%); and a decrease for vegetables (-3.8%), citrus fruit (-26.3%) and fresh fruit (-9.8%). For what concerns the value, the sign was positive for vegetables (0.4%) and tropical fruit (4,2%); while it was negative for citrus fruit (-3.9%), dried fruit (-3.7%) and fresh fruit (-6.5%).