Imports into Italy from China in Q2 2026: data brief
Imports into Italy from China were €15.77bn in Q2 2026, up 1.8% (€281m) on Q2 2025.
Top 3 rising headings
- Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the… (HS 8703): €1.06bn, up 185.3% from €373m
- Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic… (HS 3004): €680m, up 152.3% from €270m
- Electric accumulators (HS 8507): €232m, up 136.5% from €98m
Top 3 falling headings
- Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or… (HS 2937): €149m, down 93.3% from €2.21bn
- Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of >= 600 mm,… (HS 7219): €19m, down 57.4% from €43m
- Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel (HS 7207): €64m, down 52.4% from €134m
Headings (HS4) worth at least €10m in both quarters.
Among these six headings, value per kg runs from €0.49 for Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel to €2,944 for Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or… Why € per kg matters →
Cite as: Cambridge China Bridge, "China–Italy Trade Pulse", Q2 2026, https://camchinabridge.co.uk/china-eu-trade-pulse/italy/briefs/2026-q2/. Source: Eurostat (Comext, DS-045409); quarterly totals, changes and value per kg calculated by Cambridge China Bridge. Open data:https://github.com/bonoxu/camchinabridge-open-data
The full China–Italy Trade Pulse: every chapter, the largest movers and each quarter since 2019 →
Method and sources
- Source: Eurostat, Comext database, dataset DS-045409 (EU trade since 1988 by HS2-4-6 and CN8): reporter Italy, partner China, imports, through Eurostat's free dissemination API.
- Values are in euros as Eurostat publishes them. Quarterly totals, changes on a year earlier, rankings and value per kg are calculated by Cambridge China Bridge from the monthly figures. Chapters 99 (other products) and 00 (confidential totals) are excluded.
- Eurostat revises recent months; the page is rebuilt monthly and always shows the latest figures Eurostat has published.
- Weight-based € per kg ranks categories; it does not measure freight cost directly, which depends on volume.
Source: Eurostat. Re-use of Eurostat data is authorised provided the source is acknowledged (Eurostat copyright notice). The figures on this page are aggregated and calculated from Eurostat's monthly data by Cambridge China Bridge. Journalists and researchers may quote them with a link to this page.