Industrial sales in Italy dropped by 2.2% month-over-month in May 2025, following a downwardly revised 1.4% rise in the previous month. Sales decreased in both the domestic market (-2.2% vs 1.8% in April) and the foreign market (-2.0% vs 0.5%). Among the main industrial groupings, only energy sales recorded an increase (+1.3%), while sales of capital goods (-4.3%), consumer goods (-1.7%), and intermediate goods (-1.3%) all declined. On a yearly basis, industrial sales fell by 1.8% in May, after a downwardly revised 0.9% gain in April.