IN Brief:
- Italian construction equipment exports reached about €3.226bn in 2025, down 0.5% year on year.
- Earthmoving, tower cranes and road-building machinery recorded growth, offsetting declines elsewhere.
- The latest Unacea-CER data points to a market that remains stable, but uneven across product groups.
Unacea says Italian construction equipment exports broadly held their ground in 2025, with total overseas sales reaching about €3.226bn despite weaker conditions in several equipment segments.
According to the latest Unacea-CER trade data, exports were down just 0.5% year on year. Earthmoving machinery remained the main support, rising 7.1% to €1.55bn, while tower cranes increased 3.2% and road-building machinery rose 3.6%. Those gains helped offset declines in aggregate preparation equipment, drilling machinery and concrete equipment.
The figures suggest that demand has not fallen away evenly across the market. Core earthmoving and selected road and lifting categories are still moving, while more specialist lines are seeing softer international conditions. Trade balance in the sector remained positive, although it narrowed to about €911m.
The result leaves Italian manufacturers entering the spring exhibition cycle with export performance still intact, but with a more selective demand profile across Europe and overseas markets. For buyers and distributors, availability in the stronger categories looks firmer than the headline slowdown might suggest.
