The turnover of the Italian industry starts to rise again in June, after the slight retreat of the previous month. According to data released today by Istat, industry turnover in June, net of seasonal factors, recorded an increase of 3.1% compared to the previous month, thanks above all to a particular liveliness of sales on international markets (+ 4.7%). The industrial turnover relating to the foreign component in fact marked an all-time high, rising to the highest levels since the beginning of the historical series (January 2000). With reference to the main groupings of industries, in June the turnover indices showed increases for all the main sectors: energy (+ 6.0%), intermediate goods (+ 5.0%), consumer goods ( + 2.6%), capital goods (+ 0.3%).
Adjusted for calendar effects, total turnover grew in trend terms by 28.4% (+ 30.2% on the foreign market and + 27.5% on the domestic market). All the main groupings of industries showed strong trend increases, affected by the comparison with the particularly low level recorded in June last year.