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Where does Italy get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Italy imported $2.8 billion of electric cables (197 thousand tonnes), 1.6% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (14%), Tunisia (12%) and China (11%). Italy was the world’s 17th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$2.8billion
Tonnes
197thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.6%
World rank
17th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany391Tonnes: 23,229USD per tonne: $16,81614.1%Sea
Tunisia345Tonnes: 15,559USD per tonne: $22,14912.4%Sea
China292Tonnes: 34,932USD per tonne: $8,35010.5%Sea
Morocco242Tonnes: 12,064USD per tonne: $20,0878.7%Sea
Spain164Tonnes: 14,849USD per tonne: $11,0635.9%Sea
Poland117Tonnes: 6,388USD per tonne: $18,3914.2%Sea
Romania114Tonnes: 6,586USD per tonne: $17,3544.1%Sea
France106Tonnes: 9,665USD per tonne: $10,9853.8%Land
Switzerland85.6Tonnes: 6,818USD per tonne: $12,5503.1%Land
Turkey80.9Tonnes: 6,860USD per tonne: $11,7972.9%Sea
Netherlands re-exports77.5Tonnes: 2,269USD per tonne: $34,1512.8%Sea
Portugal66.2Tonnes: 9,056USD per tonne: $7,3062.4%Sea
Czechia59Tonnes: 3,793USD per tonne: $15,5432.1%Sea
Austria58.1Tonnes: 5,081USD per tonne: $11,4312.1%Land
Slovakia51.2Tonnes: 4,971USD per tonne: $10,3061.9%Sea
United States48.9Tonnes: 789USD per tonne: $61,9931.8%Air
Serbia47.7Tonnes: 3,631USD per tonne: $13,1391.7%Sea
Albania46.5Tonnes: 1,649USD per tonne: $28,2251.7%Sea
India41.6Tonnes: 4,248USD per tonne: $9,7991.5%Sea
Belgium re-exports39.1Tonnes: 2,014USD per tonne: $19,4101.4%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2015

Value in USD millions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Germany 391
  • Tunisia 345
  • China 292
  • Morocco 242
  • Spain 164

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany69.2391
Tunisia7.6345
China7.9292
Morocco0.09242
Spain32.9164

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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