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A market for the Metalworking and Habitat sectors

Italy

This analysis presents the Italian market through imports of products in the Metalworking and Habitat sectors. It compares imports from the world with imports from Portugal, identifying the size of each product group and Portugal’s share. The product baskets follow the same selection used in the other Master Export market documents.

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Italian imports in 2025

Italian imports from the world and Portugal

Sector

Habitat

In 2025, Italian imports of the selected Habitat products reached USD 8.72 billion. Recorded imports from Portugal totalled USD 190.35 million, corresponding to an indicative share of 2.18%.

Imports in this basket grew by 10.4% in current US dollars. Recorded imports from Portugal rose by 13.2%, increasing Portugal’s share from 2.13% in 2024 to 2.18% in 2025. Furniture and seats account for around 37% of imports of the selected products.

8.72 billion USDItalian imports from the world
190.35 million USDRecorded imports from Portugal
2,18%Indicative Portugal share
Product group
Product groupMundo M USDPortugal M USDPortugal share
Furniture and seats3 185,630,300,95%
Mattresses and bedding articles359,28,122,26%
Lighting1 229,01,350,11%
Selected household textiles842,424,942,96%
Builders’ joinery and carpentry866,60,380,04%
Agglomerated cork and articles thereof189,091,5848,45%
Worked stone131,70,420,32%
Ceramic tiles and sanitary ware469,913,802,94%
Tableware and ornamental ceramics453,216,663,68%
Insulating safety glass and glassware741,62,820,38%
Prefabricated buildings256,2s/r—
Total of available records8 724,3190,352,18%

Imports reported by Italy in 2025. CIF values in millions of current US dollars. n/r: no record returned; this does not confirm a zero value. Portugal totals sum the available records. Source: UN Comtrade; own calculations.

Agglomerated cork and articles thereof are the largest product group in imports from Portugal, at USD 91.58 million and a 48.45% share of Italian imports in this group. Agglomerated cork, furniture and seats, and selected household textiles account for approximately 77% of recorded imports from Portugal in this basket.

Sector

Metallurgy and Metalworking

In 2025, Italy imported USD 242.89 billion across the broad basket of metals, machinery, equipment and transport equipment analysed. Recorded imports from Portugal totalled USD 1.62 billion, equivalent to a 0.67% share.

Imports in the basket grew by 6.4% compared with 2024 in current US dollars. Recorded imports from Portugal increased by 4.3%, while the share edged down from 0.68% to 0.67%. Road vehicles and parts thereof are the largest import group and the largest group of imports from Portugal.

242.89 billion USDItalian imports from the world
1.62 billion USDRecorded imports from Portugal
0,67%Portugal share
Product group
Product groupMundo M USDPortugal M USDPortugal share
Iron and steel and articles thereof33 287,947,50,14%
Outros metais e suas obras *24 305,420,60,08%
Tools and other articles of base metal4 503,028,90,64%
Mechanical machinery and equipment60 644,3218,70,36%
Electrical and electronic equipment51 639,9307,20,59%
Road vehicles and parts thereof62 132,1996,61,60%
Railway, aircraft and ships6 379,34,10,06%
Total of available records242 891,91 623,60,67%

Imports reported by Italy in 2025. CIF values in millions of current US dollars. * Sum of available records; no record was returned for imports from Portugal under HS 75. Source: UN Comtrade; own calculations.

Road vehicles, mechanical machinery and equipment, and electrical and electronic equipment account for around 72% of imports in this basket. These three groups represent approximately 94% of the value of recorded imports from Portugal. Road vehicles alone account for around 61%.

Methodology and sources

UN Comtrade, extract dated 31 October 2026. Reporter: Italy (380, as returned in the records); flow: imports (M); partners: World (0) and Portugal (620); HS 2022 (H6). CIF values in current US dollars. Changes between 2024 and 2025 are calculated using unrounded values. They also reflect exchange-rate movements and do not measure growth in quantity. National data do not isolate the North and Centre regions.

Metalworking: HS 72–76 and 78–89. Habitat: HS 4418, 4504, 6802, 6907, 6910–6913, 7007–7008, 7013, 6301–6304, 9401 and 9403–9406. These are product baskets, not official sector totals, and include other applications. No records were returned for imports from Portugal under HS 75 and HS 9406 in 2025. Totals sum the available records; shares use the basket’s total imports from the world. The absence of a record does not confirm a zero value. Bilateral imports and exports may differ for statistical reasons.

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