Customs, more than 82 billion to the State in 2025: 40% comes from energy excise duties
Two factors, intersecting with each other, were decisive according to director Roberto Alesse, namely the 'valorisation of human resources' integrated with the use of artificial intelligence, which, as he repeatedly stated, 'must represent an enabling factor for the strengthening of analytical capacity'
by Lorenzo Pace
Key points
More revenue but above all more controls. In the first case from excise duties on energy. In the second, on a 'vertiginously growing' phenomenon, namely ecommerce. This is how the annual balance sheet of the Customs and Monopolies Agency, presented on Wednesday 20 May at the opening of the States General in Rome, can be summarised.
The starting number is the total withdrawals, which in 2025 amounted to 82.5 billion. That is two billion more than in 2024. Two factors, intersecting with each other, were decisive according to the director Roberto Alesse, namely the 'valorisation of human resources' integrated with the use of artificial intelligence, which, as he repeatedly said, 'must represent an enabling factor for the strengthening of analytical capacity'.
Excise taxes on energy and alcohol are worth 33.7 billion
The results, thus, were promoted by the Minister of the Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti, who praised 'the Agency's ability to operate effectively in an ever-changing scenario'. It is no coincidence that excise duties on energy and alcohols are the 'heaviest' in the 2025 budget (33.7 billion, i.e. 40.8% of the total) and also those growing the most (+1.3 billion). The largest item comes from energy products, which reached a value of 27.2 billion. Then there is gas (2.5 billion), electricity (2.6 billion) and alcohol (1.4 billion).
Other income
The other revenues come from Customs (21.7 billion), Tobacco (15.6 billion, including 3.9 billion in VAT) and Games (11.5 billion). The latter, which is the only one with a slight decrease compared to 2024 (one hundred million less), is the most closely monitored. Firstly with monitoring, which amounted to almost 23 thousand in 2025 (4 thousand more than the year before) with more than a thousand websites blocked. But also from a political point of view. On the reorganisation of the physical network gaming sector, the deputy minister of the Economy Maurizio Leo said that the objective is to 'bring the legislative decree to one of the next councils of ministers'.
It won't be the next one anyway. Tomorrow, at the meeting in Palazzo Chigi, the central theme can only be the renewal of the fuel excise cut. Already two days ago, at the end of the G7 Finance in Paris, Giorgetti confirmed the government's willingness to extend the intervention. The same message came yesterday from his deputy, who raised the issue of coverage (see other article on page).
