ROMA (ITALPRESS) – In March 2026 both the turnover of industry in the strict sense and that of services record, net of seasonal factors, significant increases in value. This trend, however, is mainly due to the growth of prices: volumes, in fact, remain substantially stagnant in services and see a modest recovery in industry. A similar trend distinguishes the comparison in tendential terms, where, net of the calendar effects, a lively growth in value is associated with a moderately positive dynamic for volumes, both in industry and in services. This is what emerges from the Istat survey on the turnover of industry and services for March 2026.
In March 2026 it is estimated that the turnover of the industry, net of seasonal factors, increases in economic terms of 2.0% in value and of 0.7% in volume, recording increments on the internal market (+2.3% in value and +1.0% in volume) and on the foreign market (+1.5% in value and +0.2% in volume). For the service sector, an increase in terms of 1.3% in value and 0.1% in volume is estimated: wholesale increases in value of 2.1% and is stationary in volume, in other services there are positive variations contained (+0.3% in value and +0.1% in volume).
The seasonally adjusted indices of turnover in value related to the main groupings of industries recorded in March a conjunctural decrease for only consumer goods (-0.5%), while a marked increase for energy (+23.0%) and more contained increases for intermediate goods (+1.7%) and for instrumental ones (+0.7%). In the first quarter of 2026, in economic terms, the turnover of industry, net of seasonal factors, increases in value (+1.3%) and decreases in volume (-0.5%). In the same time, for services, there are 1,7% increase in value and 0.1% in volume. On a curtain basis, in March 2026, the turnover of the industry, correct for the calendar effects, records an increase in value (+4.4%) and in volume (+2.0%), synthesis of a growth on both markets (+4.5% in value and +2.5% in volume on the internal market and +4.1% in value and +1.2% in volume on that abroad).
For the service sector, net of the calendar effects, there are 4.6% increase in value and 1.6% in volume. Positive changes are recorded both in wholesale (+5.8% in value and +3.2% in volume) and in other services (+3.2% in value and +1.4% in volume). The calendar working days in March 2026 were 22 against 21 of March 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 a marked increase for energy (+25.3%) and more moderate increases for instrumental goods (+5.8%) and intermediate goods (+4.9%).
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