Industrial sales in Italy fell by 0.3% from the previous month in March 2023, after increasing by 1.3% in the prior month and against market expectations of a 0.1% rise. Demand for industrial goods decreased in the domestic market (-0.5% vs 1.6% in February) and it slowed markedly in the foreign market (0.1% vs 0.8%). Lower sales were recorded for intermediate goods (-1.7% vs 1.4%) and consumer goods (-0.3% vs 0.9%), of which durables (-1.5% vs 3.3%) and non-durable ones (-0.1% vs 0.5%). Meanwhile, sales increased for capital goods (1.2% vs -1.3%) and energy (1.2% vs 14.3%). On a yearly basis, industrial sales advanced by 4.3% in March, following a 7.2% surge in the prior month and largely missing market forecasts of a 13% growth. In the first quarter of the year, the overall index rose by 0.1% compared to the previous quarter. source: National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
Manufacturing Sales in Italy averaged 0.27 percent from 2000 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 44.70 percent in May of 2020 and a record low of -30.00 percent in April of 2020. This page provides - Italy Industry Sales MoM- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Italy Industry Sales MoM - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2023.