(Finance) – If the growth trend is maintained theItalian agri-food export in the world will exceed i 60 billion in 2022, marking a real historical record even if the effects of the conflict in Ukraine are worrying, with energy prices hitting global consumption. This is what emerges from the analysis of Coldiretti based on Istat data on foreign trade for the first six months of 2022 which show a jump of + 20.6% despite the war unleashed by the Russians and international tensions on world trade in goods and services.
There Germany remains the main outlet market, increasing in January-June by 14.8%, ahead of States Unitedup by 21.2% while – underlines Coldiretti – the France it comes in third place but achieves a growth rate of 20.6%. Positive results – states Coldiretti – also in Kingdom United with a + 22.6% which highlights how Italian exports turned out to be stronger than Brexit, after the initial difficulties linked to leaving the EU. Double-digit leap also in Turkey of Erdogan (+ 29.3%) while it is negative in China with a decline of 26.9% and in Russia with a -17% between sanctions and war. To tow the Made in Italy in the world – argues Coldiretti – there are basic products such as wine that 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 unlock all the infrastructures that would improve connections between the South and the North of the country, but also with the rest of the world by sea and rail in the high speed, with a network of hubs made up of airports, trains and cargo ”underlines the president of Coldiretti Hector Prandini in underlining the importance of seizing the opportunity of the NRP to modernize the national logistics which every year represents a damage for our country in terms of fewer export opportunities. But it is also important to work on internationalization to support companies that want to conquer new markets and strengthen consolidated ones by enhancing the strategic role of ICE with the support of embassies ”.
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