Business Lobby Sees 2% Hit on Italy’s GDP if Russia Stops Gas | Investing News
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s organization foyer Confindustria forecasts an nearly 2% hit on the country’s gross domestic products (GDP) on regular for every year in 2022 and 2023 in circumstance of a cease of all-natural gasoline imports from Russia in June, it claimed in a investigate note.
“A halt of fuel imports from Russia could have a extremely potent impact on the currently weakened Italian economy,” Confindustria said, adding the adverse repercussions would come from a main shortage of gasoline volumes for field and products and services and an added maximize in energy prices.
Previous yr Russia was Italy’s most significant provider of all-natural gasoline, offering 29 billion cubic metres or 40% of full gas imported by the nation.
Subsequent Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Italian federal government has been trying to find alternative electricity suppliers and its ministers have travelled to Africa and the Center East to safe new contracts.
As section of this effort, Italy’s vitality group Eni and Algeria’s Sonatrach on Thursday signed a deal to accelerate the progress of gasoline fields in Algeria and of environmentally friendly hydrogen.
This move is envisioned to boost the North African country’s gas exports to Italy by some 3 billion cubic meters (bcm) per yr.
(Reporting by Francesca Landini Modifying by Raissa Kasolowsky)
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