The system of agri-food products with Geographical Indication (IG) in Italy it now has 822 community recognitions, including Dop, Igp and Stg. Confirming the primacy in the European Union, where a total of 3.036 products are registered. This for a production value in our country of 15,2 billion euros, of which 8,8 made on foreign markets (21% of total exports), with an increase that in 2017, compared to 2016, was 4,7 .XNUMX percent.
These are the data that emerged yesterday in Rome at the presentation of the XVI Ismea-Qualivita 2018 Report. “Made in Italy agri-food is the driving factor of the economy national and is known all over the world”, said the general manager of Ismea, Raffaele Borriello. Observing how the system of Geographical Indications (GI) "by now represents a solid reality of the Italian agri-food economy and how much this contributes to consolidating the reputation of Made in Italy in the world". A "network" that involves over 197 thousand operators and guarantees quality and safety also through 275 protection consortia recognized by Mipaaft, with over 10 thousand interventions carried out by public control bodies.
“In global markets – declared the general manager of Qualivita, Mauro Rosati – where by now Italian PDO and PGI agri-food and wine products realize their greatest economic value, the so-called #DopEconomy, now has 200 thousand companies. Even if the scenarios are changing more and more rapidly and there are many challenges to be met: from the reorganization of the governance of the GI system, starting from Europe, to productions that are increasingly respectful of the environment, from the risk of trade tariffs, to the construction of a on quality, on which to strengthen the basis of agri-food districts".
The Food sector of Geographical Indications, in particular, last year it came close to a production value of 7 billion, of which 3,5 billion for exports, with a growth of 3,5%, reaching a consumption quota of 14,7 billion (+6,4 % compared to 2016). The Wine sector achieved a 2% increase reaching 8,3 billion, of which 5,3 billion with exports, out of a total wine of about 6 billion.
Among the features highlighted by the study, Parmigiano Reggiano Dop (Protected Designation of Origin) ranks first among products by value at origin with 1,34 billion euros, a production growth of 5,2% and, above all, an increase in the average price at origin of 13,7 percent. Grana Padano Dop on the other hand, it is the first product by value for consumption, with 2,91 billion and a leap of 33,7 percent in one year. The Parma Ham PDO, with an original value of 850 million (+4,1%) is the one that has grown the most in the last five years. Prosciutto di San Daniele Dop sees exports soar to 87 million (+34%). While Balsamic Vinegar of Modena IGP (Protected Geographical Indication) is by far the most exported product (92% of production goes to foreign markets) for a value of 897 million.
Among the Stg (traditional specialty guaranteed), which now also includes the Neapolitan Pizza, mozzarella it stabilized at a production value of just under 12 million.
Among the wines, the system il Prosecco Dop it is now worth 631 million with double-digit increases on the export front. Among the other PDO wines, Asti, Amarone della Valpolicella, Valpolicella Ripasso and Brunello di Montalcino are also growing.
At the territorial level, although the GI supply chains have a positive economic impact in all Italian provinces, the regions with the greatest impact are respectively Veneto, with a total value of 3,5 billion, followed by Emilia Romagna with 3,4 billion e Lombardia (1,9)
At the presentation of the Report, fears emerged for a UN resolution aimed at strengthening the traffic light labeling system for foods generally containing sugars, fats and salt considered "unhealthy". A model of selection of nutritional labels based on the colors green, yellow and red, pushed by multinationals and also European countries such as Great Britain and France, which for EU denominations of origin could lead to heavy economic damage.
The resolution, voted just yesterday at the UN Headquarters in New York, was however resolved with an outcome favorable to the Ig system. In practice sanctioning that at an international level there will be no traffic lights, "black" stamps or discriminatory taxes to penalise, without any scientific-nutritional foundation, the flagship products of Made in Italy.
