Italy’s industrial turnover increased by 0.6% month-on-month in February 2026, following a downwardly revised 0.2% decline in January. The improvement was driven by a recovery in foreign sales, which rose 1.9% after a 1.6% drop in the previous month, more than offsetting a modest decrease in domestic sales (-0.2% vs 0.6% in January). On an annual basis, calendar-adjusted industrial turnover grew by 0.5%, reversing a downwardly revised 0.8% fall in January, supported by renewed growth in both domestic (0.4% vs -0.7%) and foreign (0.7% vs -1.1%) markets.
By main industrial groupings, year-on-year increases were recorded for capital goods (2.0%) and intermediate goods (1.6%), while consumer goods remained broadly unchanged (0.1%). In contrast, energy turnover fell sharply, down 11.3% compared with a year earlier. Meanwhile, turnover in the services sector slipped 0.1% month-on-month after a 0.7% rise in January, weighed down primarily by a decline in wholesale trade (-0.2%).
