ROMA (ITALPRESS) – In May 2026 Istat estimates that the turnover of industry, net of seasonal factors, increases in economic terms by 0.6% in value and 0.3% in volume. Increases in value of 0.1% on the internal market (-0.3% in volume) and 1.6% on the foreign market (+1.5% in volume). For the service sector, an increase in terms of 0.2% is estimated both in value and in volume, a synthesis of substantial stability in wholesale trade (no value change and +0.1% in volume) and growth in other services (+0.4% in value and +0.3% in volume). The seasonally adjusted indices of turnover in value related to the main groupings of industries recorded in May a conjunctural increase for capital goods (+1.4%) and a more contained growth for energy (+0.4%), for intermediate goods and for those of consumption (+0.2% for both groups). In the quarter of March-May 2026, in economic terms, the turnover of industry, net of seasonal factors, increases in value (+2.3%) and decreases in volume (-0.7%). In the same time, for services, there is an increase of 1.6% in value and 0.2% in volume.
On a curtain basis, in May 2026, the turnover of the industry, correct for the calendar effects, recorded an increase in value (+5.3%) and in volume (+1.5%), synthesis of a growth on both markets (+4.7% in value and +1.0% in volume on the internal market and +6,6% in value and +2.6% in volume on the foreign market). For the service sector, net of the calendar effects, there are tendencies of 3.9% in value and 1.0% in volume. In wholesale trade there is a positive change of 4.0% in value and a decrease of 0.1% in volume, in other services growth is 3.8% in value and 1.5% in volume. The calendar working days in May 2026 were 20 against 21 of May 2025. The correct indices for the calendar effects of turnover in value related to the main groupings of industries record, on an annual basis, a decline for the only consumer goods (-1.4%), while marked increases for energy (+28.6%) and more contained increases for capital goods (+6.6%) and intermediate goods (+6.1%).
“In May 2026, net of seasonal factors – Istat comments –, there is a positive dynamic on a monthly basis of industrial turnover indices in a strict sense and services, both in value and in volume. For industry, growth is driven by the foreign component, while for services major increases have affected professional, scientific and technical activities. On a quarterly basis the change in value is positive in both compartments, while volumes return to industry and grow to a modest extent for services. The comparison in tendential terms, net of the calendar effects, shows a lively growth in value that is associated with a moderately positive dynamic for volumes, both in industry and in services”.
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