16:33 Jan 17 

I got ahead of myself there. This guy is getting confused and confused me. He probably means currrent account surplus on the balance of trade. The "primary surplus" is the budget surplus which Italy has before it pays interest on its debt, which turns it into a painful deficit, if you are paying taxes here. Italy ran a current account (trade) deficit in 2010, but has been running a small primary surplus on its government budget recently so the 16% increase will probably be on the primary surplus. So the error in the text is probably "delle esportazioni", which should be eliminated. However, I think that "largo" is an exaggeration.
Here is the balance of trade. There is no surplus there:
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/italy/balance-of-trade