Italian agri-food international exports will reach close to 60 billion in 2022, setting a historic record. The upward trend is continuing despite the worrying effects of the war in Ukraine which have resulted in increased energy prices affecting production and consumption globally.
This is the statistic that has emerged from the latest Coldiretti analysis based on foreign trade Istat data relating to the first nine months of 2022.
The +18.6% leap in growth for Italian food exports despite the current worldwide economic and social upheaval is a positive trend that confirms the worldwide demand for Italy agri and food products.
Agri-Foodexports to United Kingdom are up +19% which highlights how Italian exports have proved to be stronger than Brexit, after the initial difficulties linked to leaving the EU. Other primary export markets including Germany, the United States and France are also up between 13% and 21% respectively.
Ettore Prandini, President of Coldiretti weighs in on the situation by adding “To drive the Made in Italy in the world there are basic products such as wine which leads the ranking of the most exported Made in Italy products followed by fresh fruit and vegetables. To support the growth trend of national food and wine, it is now necessary to act on Italy’s structural delays and unblock all the infrastructures that would improve connections between the South and North of the country, but also with the rest of the world by sea and railway in high speed, with a network of junctions made up of airports, trains and cargo”.
Italy currently has the important task at hand to seize the opportunity of the PNRR to modernize national logistics and international supply chai. Prandini continues “it is also important to work on internationalization to support companies that want to conquer new markets and strengthen the consolidated ones by enhancing the strategic role of ICE with the support of the embassies”.
