MADE IN ITALY quadruples EXPORT OF FOOD IN CHINA

Since the beginning of the crisis to date, the export value of Italian food products in China has nearly quadrupled, with a record increase of 270 percent. And ‘what emerges from a study of Coldiretti on Istat data relating to the period 2008-2013 on the occasion of the visit of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The Made in Italy more wine is exported to China, with the Asian country that is among other things become the world’s largest consumer of red. Follow – continued Coldiretti – sweets, olive oil, fruit and cheese, with 13 thousand Parmigiano Reggiano cheese exported in 2013. In China, the wealthier class, what you can count on the highest income levels, goes in search of agricultural products and food imports, which considers safer, with less waste, and for which it is willing to pay more. An example – notes Coldiretti – is and vegetables, even if the amount of fruit and vegetable products that fail to arrive in China, given the difficulties with the customs and phytosanitary barriers, they are still small. Just the visit of the Prime Minister in the Asian country – continues Coldiretti – could represent a boost to overcome the restrictions that continue to affect some products tricolor, following the opening in 2014 saw the arrival of the Chinese authorities ok sausages, Mortadella Made in Italy and other cooked products of Italian charcuterie, albeit still limited to a few authorized companies. Overall, exports of Italian food products in China amounted to € 342 million in 2013, an increase of 13 percent compared to 2012 and by 270 per cent compared to 2008