Italian pasta in the trolley for 4 billion euros

Published 2024년 10월 25일

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Italy is the world leader in pasta consumption, with its citizens consuming 23.1 kilograms per person annually, according to a report by Coldiretti to mark World Pasta Day. The country's pasta exports have seen a 6% increase in the first seven months of 2024, reaching a value of 4.1 billion euros. There is a growing trend among young people to prepare pasta at home, with 27% of Italians making their own tagliatelle, tortellini, and other types of pasta. The consumption of 100% Italian pasta, made from national wheat, has also risen, accounting for an average of 40% in volume and value of total purchases in large-scale distribution.

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Italian families spend almost four billion euros a year to put pasta in their shopping carts, in all its variations, one of the symbols of the Mediterranean diet and Made in Italy throughout the world. This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti on Istat data released on the occasion of World Pasta Day, which is celebrated on October 25th all over the world. According to the latest available data, Italy is the country where – notes Coldiretti – people eat the most pasta, 23.1 kilograms per person, but penne and spaghetti are also very popular abroad with 17 kilos in Tunisia, second in this special ranking followed by Venezuela (12 kg), Greece (11.4 kg), Chile (9.5 kg), the United States (8.8 kg), Argentina (8.6 kg) and Iran (8.5 kg). It is no coincidence that, despite the difficult international situation, Italian pasta exports increased by 6% in the first seven months of 2024, according to Coldiretti's analysis of Istat data, with Germany, the United States and France ...

Source: Agricolae