In July, the seasonally adjusted industrial production index increased by 0.7% compared to June. Net of calendar effects, production in July remained unchanged compared to the previous year. This is the estimate from Istat, which notes that the number of working days in the calendar was 23, as in July 2025. In the average for the May-July period, there is a decrease in the production level of 0.1% compared to the previous three months.
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The seasonally adjusted index shows a month-on-month decrease only for energy (-0.9%) in July; conversely, increases are observed for consumer goods (+2.1%), intermediate goods (+0.5%), and capital goods (+0.2%).
On an annual basis, an increase is recorded only for energy (+6.4%); negative changes are observed instead for capital goods (-0.1%), intermediate goods (-0.8%), and consumer goods (-1.2%).
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The economic activity sectors recording the highest year-on-year increases are the supply of electricity, gas, steam and air (+7.6%), the production of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (+7.4%), and the manufacture of computers, electronic and optical products, electromedical devices, measuring instruments (+2.4%).
The largest declines are found in other manufacturing industries, repair and installation of machinery and equipment (-4.6%), manufacture of chemical products (-3.4%), and manufacture of electrical equipment and non-electrical domestic appliances (-2.8%).
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