Made in Italy agri-food products are growing, marking their all-time high in 2020

Published Feb 16, 2021

Tridge summary

In 2020, despite the Covid pandemic, exports of Made in Italy agri-food products reached an all-time high of 46.1 billion, with an increase of 1.8% compared to a general collapse of 9.7%. This success was driven by the Mediterranean diet and the return to home cooking. However, exports of Italian wine saw a decrease of 3% due to the closure of restaurants. Over half of these exports were directed to the European Union, with Germany as the main customer, and the United States was the first commercial partner outside the EU. Coldiretti, the Italian farmers' Confederation, has called for the removal of tariffs and embargoes to increase export opportunities and reduce the logistic bill. They believe the Recovery Plan provides a unique opportunity to address structural delays and increase company competitiveness.

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Only exports of Made in Italy agri-food products are growing, marking their all-time high in 2020 with a value of 46.1 billion driven by the success of the Mediterranean diet on world tables despite the heavy limits of the Covid pandemic. This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti on the basis of Istat data relating to foreign trade in 2020, which show an increase in national agri-food exports of 1.8% in sharp contrast to the general collapse of 9.7%. A record obtained - underlines Coldiretti - despite the difficulties of commercial exchanges and the lockdown in all the catering continents that has heavily affected Italian cuisine but also favored the return on all continents to home preparation of meals with the boom of Made in recipes Italy. The Covid health emergency has caused a healthy change in consumers globally who have favored the choice in the cart of products that are allies of wellbeing. National exports of canned tomatoes (+ 17%), pasta (+ 16%), olive oil (+ ...

Source: Coldiretti