Italy: Fruit and vegetable exports close 2022 with a positive (+1.5%)

Published 2023년 3월 17일

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Italian fruit and vegetable exports ended 2022 with a slight increase of 1.5%, totaling 5.3 billion euros, despite a slight decrease in volume by 0.4% compared to the previous year. The value of exports is affected by high inflation, and while they remain lower than 2021, fresh fruit exports experienced growth, particularly apples, table grapes, and kiwis. However, there was a decrease in citrus fruits imports due to production issues. Dried fruit exports saw a significant drop. Legumes and vegetables were the positive contributors, contributing 4.1% to the growth. Imports increased by 4.2% in volume and 11.7% in value, with a strong increase in value for legumes, citrus fruit, and tropical fruit. However, the sector faced challenges such as increasing costs of energy, transport, packaging, manure, and fertilizers, and concerns over EU dossiers and a significant drop in consumption.

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Italian fruit and vegetable exports recovered, closing 2022 with a positive value (+1.5%), for 5.3 billion euros, while volumes decreased slightly compared to 2021 (-0.4%). This was announced by Fruitimprese on the basis of Istat data. Value numbers must be taken with a grain of salt, first of all by recalling the exceptional inflation figure. And they remain significantly lower than 2021, a record year for Italian fruit and vegetable exports when growth had been +8.3% on the previous year with a balance of trade of over 1 billion euros compared to 665 million in 2022 In terms of volumes, the balance between imports and exports is negative by about 110 thousand tons. Exports were driven by fresh fruit (€2.8 billion, +6.3%): apples confirmed (€863 million, even if down by 2%), table grapes (€738 million, + 1.2%) and kiwis (€509 million, +7.8%). Very good peaches and nectarines (+43.5%) thanks to a negative season in Spain. Citrus fruits recover in value (+2.4%) even if the ...

Source: Fresh Point Magazine