Durum days, quality raw material priority for the Italian milling industry, stop falsehoods about imported wheat

게시됨 2024년 5월 16일

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Italy faces a 40% shortfall in its durum wheat production, requiring the import of 2.5 million tons annually to meet the 6.5 million tons needed for pasta production. Vincenzo Martinelli, President of the Durum Wheat Mills Section ITALMOPA, stresses that these imports are crucial and not a substitute for domestic production. Despite quality challenges with local wheat, Italian millers skillfully blend grains to meet industry standards. Martinelli supports supply chain contracts to enhance the value of Italian durum wheat and reduce price disparities, urging collaboration across the supply chain to resolve structural issues and dispel misconceptions about the quality of imported materials.

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When we address the issue of imports we must first of all remember that the Italian production of durum wheat is structurally deficient, by 40%, compared to the quantitative, and sometimes qualitative, needs of the national milling industry, which must, in turn, respect the rigid specifications prepared by the pasta industry to obtain a product, pasta, the flagship of Italian agri-food" states Vincenzo Martinelli, President of the Durum Wheat Mills Section ITALMOPA - Italian Industrial Millers Association on the occasion of the scheduled DurumDays today in Foggia. To better understand, the national requirement for durum wheat stands at 6.5 million tons annually, mostly destined for the pasta industry, while in Italy around 4 million are produced, it is therefore necessary to import an average of 2.5 million tons. “This is an element that is not perceived” underlines Martinelli “so there is a tendency to criminalize imports when in reality they are essential and not alternatives to ...

출처: Agricolae