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Where does Italy get its solar panels and cells? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Italy imported $1.4 billion of solar panels and cells (374 thousand tonnes), 1.9% of the world total. Its main sources were the Netherlands (24%), China (20%) and Germany (20%). Italy was the world’s 16th-largest importer of solar panels and cells.

Summary

Value
$1.4billion
Tonnes
374thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.9%
World rank
16th
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
Netherlands re-exports341Tonnes: 106,114USD per tonne: $3,21023.6%Sea
China290Tonnes: 91,635USD per tonne: $3,16120.1%Sea
Germany283Tonnes: 55,474USD per tonne: $5,10119.6%Sea
Slovenia165Tonnes: 39,816USD per tonne: $4,14511.5%Land
Denmark99.9Tonnes: 28,030USD per tonne: $3,5646.9%Sea
Belgium re-exports58.3Tonnes: 18,894USD per tonne: $3,0874.1%Sea
Spain51.5Tonnes: 12,266USD per tonne: $4,1983.6%Sea
France44.4Tonnes: 11,567USD per tonne: $3,8403.1%Land
United Kingdom16.6Tonnes: 18USD per tonne: $909,7241.2%Air
Greece11.1Tonnes: 2,980USD per tonne: $3,7090.77%Sea
United States10.3Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $1,010,8940.71%Air
Japan9.7Tonnes: 175USD per tonne: $55,1820.67%Air
Croatia7.9Tonnes: 1,870USD per tonne: $4,2260.55%Sea
Bulgaria5.9Tonnes: 945USD per tonne: $6,2790.41%Sea
Thailand5.6Tonnes: 41USD per tonne: $136,6650.39%Air
Austria5.2Tonnes: 1,236USD per tonne: $4,2430.36%Land
Israel4.2Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $182,7170.29%Air
Taiwan4Tonnes: 16USD per tonne: $253,2250.28%Air
Poland4Tonnes: 773USD per tonne: $5,1440.28%Sea
Czechia3.9Tonnes: 850USD per tonne: $4,6340.27%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The Netherlands has been its main source since 2021

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

  • Netherlands 0.34
  • China 0.29
  • Germany 0.28
  • Slovenia 0.17
  • Denmark 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands< 0.010.34
China< 0.010.29
Germany0.040.28
Slovenia< 0.010.17
Denmark< 0.010.1

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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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