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Trade between Italy and Serbia

In 2024, Italy exported $2.8 billion to Serbia and imported $1.7 billion. Italy ran a surplus of $1 billion with Serbia, compared with a surplus of $219 million in 2019. Serbia was Italy’s 50th largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Italy was Serbia’s 3rd (6%).

Summary

Italy → Serbia
$2.8billion
Serbia → Italy
$1.7billion
Italy’s balance
$1billion

Balance

Italy’s trade balance with Serbia

Trade between Italy and Serbia grew 661-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Italy’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 2.8
  • Imports 1.7
  • Balance +1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$7 million$0$7 million
1996$507 million$280 million$227 million
1997$562 million$471 million$91 million
1998$627 million$424 million$203 million
1999$430 million$201 million$229 million
2000$484 million$284 million$201 million
2001$602 million$393 million$209 million
2002$733 million$493 million$239 million
2003$865 million$596 million$269 million
2004$1.2 billion$730 million$454 million
2005$1.2 billion$852 million$302 million
2006$1.1 billion$926 million$165 million
2007$1.9 billion$1.2 billion$700 million
2008$2.2 billion$1.1 billion$1 billion
2009$1.3 billion$955 million$339 million
2010$1.2 billion$1.2 billion$7 million
2011$1.6 billion$1.4 billion$258 million
2012$1.6 billion$1.3 billion$342 million
2013$2.3 billion$2.3 billion$41 million
2014$2.3 billion$2.5 billion-$268 million
2015$1.9 billion$2.2 billion-$241 million
2016$1.8 billion$2.2 billion-$336 million
2017$2.1 billion$2.2 billion-$162 million
2018$2.2 billion$2.4 billion-$106 million
2019$2.2 billion$2 billion$219 million
2020$2 billion$1.6 billion$392 million
2021$2.5 billion$2 billion$539 million
2022$2.5 billion$1.9 billion$560 million
2023$2.6 billion$1.7 billion$861 million
2024$2.8 billion$1.7 billion$1 billion

What they sell each other

What Italy sells to Serbia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Tanned cattle hides$147 million · 5.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  2. Other plastic articles$62 million · 2.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  3. Other processed tobacco$49 million · 1.8%
    701 tonnes
  4. Refined petroleum$47 million · 1.7%
    42 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  5. 905 tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  6. Plastic pipes and hoses$37 million · 1.4%
    9 thousand tonnes
  7. Detergents and surfactants$36 million · 1.3%
    17 thousand tonnes
  8. Cables and wire$36 million · 1.3%
    3 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  9. Compounded rubber$34 million · 1.2%
    12 thousand tonnes
  10. Unrefined copper$34 million · 1.2%
    4 thousand tonnes

What Serbia sells to Italy

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Corn$102 million · 5.9%
    520 thousand tonnes · Italy’s sources
  2. Footwear parts$99 million · 5.7%
    771 tonnes
  3. New tires$99 million · 5.7%
    22 thousand tonnes · Italy’s sources
  4. Refined copper$73 million · 4.2%
    9 thousand tonnes · Italy’s sources
  5. Seats and chairs$64 million · 3.7%
    14 thousand tonnes
  6. Socks and tights$62 million · 3.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Wheat$52 million · 3%
    257 thousand tonnes · Italy’s sources
  8. Cables and wire$48 million · 2.7%
    4 thousand tonnes · Serbia’s destinations
  9. Coated flat steel$39 million · 2.3%
    30 thousand tonnes
  10. T-shirts$37 million · 2.1%
    899 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Genoa to Bar (Montenegro).

The estimated sea route between Genoa and Bar (Montenegro) is 849 nautical miles (1,573 km) long: ≈ 2–2.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

Serbia is landlocked: it ships through Bar (Montenegro).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$4 billion · 88.4%
  2. Air$524 million · 11.6%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Serbia was Italy’s 50th largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Italy was Serbia’s 3rd (6%).

Serbia in Italy’s trade
0.4%
Serbia’s rank among Italy’s partners
50th
Italy in Serbia’s trade
6.1%
Italy’s rank among Serbia’s partners
3rd

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.