Italian fruit and vegetables fly abroad

Published 2023년 2월 8일

Tridge summary

Italy's fruit and vegetable exports exceeded 10 billion euros for the first time, with an 8% increase despite challenges like the Ukraine war and climate change. The country is the European leader in exports of canned tomatoes, grapes, kiwis, and shelled hazelnuts. Germany is the main market for Italian fruit and vegetables, followed by France and the UK. The US is the first non-EU market, with a record increase of 20%. Fresh vegetables and processed vegetables account for nearly half of the total exports, with a 27% increase in the export of fresh pumpkin in 2022.
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Original content

Italian exports of fresh and processed fruit and vegetables exceed the 10 billion euro mark for the first time thanks to an 8% increase, despite the difficulties linked to the increase in costs linked to the war in Ukraine but also to the effects of climatic changes which have penalized above all the fresh sector. This is what emerges from the projections on Istat data relating to the first ten months of the year disclosed on the occasion of the inauguration of Fruit Logistica in Berlin, the main international trade fair for the sector. A figure that can be explained by the numbers disclosed by the Divulga Study Center: our country is the European leader in exports of canned tomatoes (2.1 million tons of product for a value of 2.1 billion euros), grapes ( 463,000 tons of product for a value of 794 million euros), kiwis (268,000 tons for a value of 508 million euros), shelled hazelnuts (38,000 tons for a value of 318 million), while it ranks second behind Poland for apple exports ...

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