Lockdown has seen a boom in the market of pasta and canned tomatoes, according to a recent analysis of food and drink export figures examined during the recent Turin Agri-Food Sector Forum, published by the agro-food branch of Nomismo, one of Italy's leading economic research and consultancy companies.
Pasta, in fact, has registered an export growth of 23% and canned tomatoes +10%. The overall Italian food exportation market has increased between January–June 2020 by 2.5% compared with the same period the previous year.
Other positive results have been registered in: the fruit and vegetable sector, wine and cheese, organic products and olive oil, with cheese exports up by 42% over the last five years.
However, the Slow Food movement warns that the Italian agro-food compartment needs to spread and expand its markets, according to Francesco Sottile of Slow Food since “fifty-two % of our food exports are concentrated in only 5 countries, among which the UK and the imminent arrival of BREXIT is a cause for worry.”
