by Roberto Iotti
The six months of Expo Milano 2015 dedicated to sustainable agriculture with its 20 million visitors helped push the agribusiness trade balance to a new record in November, so much so that the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies said that the goal of €50 billion in exports by 2020 is increasingly within reach.
Based on the analysis of Istat data, agricultural lobby group Coldiretti explained that "exports grew by 9%, pushing foreign sales of made in Italy towards €36 billion for the year of 2015 (+7%). The demand for Italian products abroad saw an 11% increase in fruits and vegetables: a 10% increase in demand for olive oil, +9% for pasta, +6% for wine, which set an historical record with a preliminary annual report of €5.4 billion in turnovers abroad."
Fonte: Italy24
