Red Sea crisis: The war threatens to block Italian exports worth almost 800 million

The Houthi war in the Red Sea threatens to block exports of fresh and processed Italian fruit and vegetables to Asia, worth almost 800 million, due to the unsustainable increase in costs for shipments with ships forced to circumnavigate Africa to avoid attacks by Yemeni militias. The president of Coldiretti Ettore Prandini raised the alarm from Berlin at Fruit Logistica for the summit with representatives of producer organizations on the future of the sector put at risk by international tensions but also by the crazy green policies of the European Union. The blockade of the Red Sea has led to a quadrupling of transport costs on the Mediterranean - China route from the beginning of the year to today - notes Coldiretti -, while arriving in India by circumnavigating the African continent takes more than forty days compared to twenty-eight through the Strait of Suez. The result is that national exports of Made in Italy fruit and vegetables directed to the Middle East, India and South ...