Milk, Bertinelli: the trend is towards export, but Europe must be united on the issue of duties with the US and China

"90 years of the Parmigiano Reggiano cheese consortium, 90 years that have also marked the success of the territory, where the product is made and contributed to the development of the country. The future will be marked by very specific trends, Italy cannot be the market where products such as Parmigiano Reggiano can see a great development due to demographic issues, in 80 years we will be half of the Italians. International markets are the place where we can grow, but today for all geopolitical movements we are facing an era that seems to look to the past, protectionism has returned, this both in the United States and in China for different reasons, but which can see dairy products subject to duties. It would be a serious mistake to put duties on products such as Parmigiano Reggiano, such as Grana Padano, such as other geographical indications, because they are not commodities. So to AGRICOLAE Nicola Bertinelli, president of the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium, on the sidelines of ...