The export of Italian flours is growing, In which 2023 He has reached 350 million euro quota. And 17% of these flours are organic. Furthermore, exports to United States e Canada: official statistics from Sinab and Un Comtrade at the end of 2023 report total sales of 4,456 million euros. In more detail, exports to the USA amounted to 4,063 million while those to Canada amounted to 393.000 euros.
Organic Flour Exports: Extraordinary Growth from 2021
Compared to 2021 (before the start of the Pure Flour from Europe program), the growth of theexport of organic soft wheat flour compared to 2021 was 224,6%, while that of organic durum wheat flour and semolina compared to 2021 was equal to 480,6%.
Italy exported all over the world in 2023 wheat flours and semolina for approximately 350,9 million (+13,9 million compared to 2022), of which 17% comes from organic production. In detail, Italy exports 253,1 million of wheat flour worldwide (310.602 tons of wheat flour) and 97,8 million of semolina (132.062 tons of semolina). As regards organic products, wheat flour exports are worth 41,7 million while organic semolina exports are worth 18,6 million.
Italian cheeses: excellence in the world with growing exports
But excellence does not stop at flours. First item in the turnover of food with denomination, the cheese certificates represent approximately 60% of the world's exports of Italian dairy products, with 254 thousand tons exported in 2023, for a value that almost reaches 3 billion euros (+11%). Afidop data.
In the world among the PDO cheeses most exported: Grana Padano (1,5 million forms exported in the first 7 months of 2024 with +10,18%), Parmigiano Reggiano (34.924 tons in the first 6 months with +17,5%), Mozzarella di Bufala Campana (exports account for 38,3% of total sales), Gorgonzola (over 1 million forms exported in the first half of the year with +4%), and Pecorino Romano (70% is destined for international markets).
A nice surprise comes from Japan, where dairy product sales in 2023 grew by 14,9% in a year to a value of approximately 15,7 billion yen, equivalent to 96 million euros, data Ice.
