Import of surface-active preparations, whether or not containing soap, packaged for retail sale to Italy goes down in 2016

Compared with the previous year the indicator hardly diminished by 0.46%, according to updated data issued by European Commission. It reached its 15-year low as the variable dropped negligibly by 227 280 Euro, as it follows the tendency of the prior year when it decreased by 26.31 percent. The overall changes for the previous 15 years hit a decrease of 5.22%. Moreover, it has shown a diminution at a 0.07% compound annual growth rate over the 5 years with a modest overall rise since the start of observations. It averaged 60 472 110.13 Euro from 2002 to 2016 and it attained its maximum of 72 054 144 Euro in 2013.