ROMA (ITALPRESS) – In October 2025 they decrease, on a monthly basis and net of seasonal factors, both the turnover of services and that of industry; for services are also falling volumes, which are basically stationary for industry. In the services the largest monthly pushes affected wholesale, while in industry the negative dynamic was more marked for the foreign component.
On the whole of the quarter of August-October 2025 there is a slight increase in both sectors compared to the previous quarter. In tendential terms and net of the calendar effects positive signals prevail, in value and in volume, in the two macros. The most significant increases are recorded in real estate activities for services and instrumental goods for industry.
This is what emerges from Istat data on the turnover of industry and services for October 2025. In October 2025 it is estimated that the turnover of industry, net of seasonal factors, decreases in terms of 0.5% in value and registers a slight increase in volume (+0.1%). The internal market shows a decline of 0.2% in value and an increase of 0.7% in volume; on that abroad there are 1,3% in value and 1.0% in volume.
For the service sector, a 0.5% reduction in value and 0.6% in volume is estimated, with both wholesale (-0.8% in value and -0.6% in volume) and other services (-0.2% in value and -0.5% in volume). The seasonally adjusted indices of turnover in value related to the main groupings of industries recorded in October an increase for consumption goods alone (+0.5%), while decreases for intermediate goods (-0.3%), capital goods (-1.8%) and energy (- 2.4%). In the quarter August-October 2025 the turnover of the industry, in terms of economic and net seasonal factors, is growing (+1.0% in value and +0.9% in volume).
In the same time, for services, an increase of 0.2% is recorded both in value and in volume. In October 2025, industry turnover, adjusted for calendar effects, increased compared to the same period of the previous year in value (+1.7%) and in volume (+2.7%).
Growth is wider on the internal market (+1.8% in value and +3.3% in volume), while on the foreign market is 1.3% in value and 1.6% in volume. For the services sector, net of the calendar effects, there is a trend increase of 1.5% in value and 1.2% in volume, with a decrease in wholesale trade (-0.5% in value and -0.6% in volume) to which growth in other services is contrasted (+3.8% in value and +2.0% in volume).
In October 2025 calendar working days were 23 as in October 2024. The correct indices for the calendar effects of turnover in value related to the main groupings of industries record, on an annual basis, increases in all sectors; the most marked concerns the capital goods (+4.1%).
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