ROMA (ITALPRESS) – In August 2026 Istat estimates that the turnover of industry, net of seasonal factors, decreases in economic terms by 0.9% in value and by 3.5% in volume. 0.9% in value on the internal market (-3.9% in volume) and 1.0% on foreign markets (-2.7% in volume). For the service sector, in terms of economic activity, an increase in turnover of 0.3% in value and a decrease of 0.3% in volume is estimated; in wholesale trade there is an increase of 0.7% in value and a decline of 0.2% in volume, in other services the dynamic is negative both in value (-0.1%) and in volume (-0.3%). The seasonally adjusted indices of turnover in value related to the main groupings of industries recorded in August a marked increase in the balance for energy alone (+12.0%), while a decrease on a monthly basis for consumer goods (-2.5%) and for intermediate goods (-3.3%) and a substantial stability for capital goods (+0.1%).
In the quarter of June-August 2026, in economic terms, the turnover of industry, net of seasonal factors, recorded a change in value and a decrease in volume (-1.8%). In the same time, for services, an increase of 0.4% in value and a decrease of 0.2% in volume is recorded. On a ten-year basis, in August 2026, the turnover of the industry, correct for the calendar effects, recorded an increase in value (+4.2%) and a decrease in volume (-2.9%), a synthesis of an increase of 3.1% in value and a bending of 5.5% in volume on the internal market and an increase of 6.5% in value and of 1.7% in volume on that abroad. For the services sector, net of the calendar effects, there is a trend increase of 3.6% in value and a decrease of 0.5% in volume. In wholesale trade there is a marked increase (+5.2%) in value and a change in volume, while in other services there is an increase in the index of turnover in value (+2.0%) and a decrease in volume (-0.3%). The calendar working days were 21 against 20 August 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 marked increase for energy (+36.7%) and a lower growth for instrumental goods (+5.9%) and for intermediate goods (+1.9%), while a decrease for consumer goods (-3.5%).
“In August 2026 – Istat’s commentary – there is a monthly negative dynamic of industrial turnover indices in a strict sense both in value and in volume. The decrease affects both the internal and foreign components. In the services there is an increase in turnover in value that is opposed to a contraction in volume. On a quarterly basis, the value change is positive for services and nothing in industry, while volumes decrease in both sectors, to a greater extent for industry. The comparison in tendential terms, net of the calendar effects, shows a lively growth in value to which, however, negative dynamics for volumes are associated, in both compartments”.
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