“The export data for the first six months of 2017 is positive. Despite the devaluation of the yuan (renminibi), food sales from Italy have grown by 22% to over 200 million euro, which could amount to as much as 400 million euro in total by the end of the year. The most vigorous sectors are beverages, with 28% growth and 71 million euro in sales, while food products rose by 20% to 121 million euro. The (marginal) rest consists of agricultural or unprocessed products. It needs to be acknowledged, though, that part of this growth makes up for the decline in 2016 when Italian products went through a phase of stagnation, even if it was nothing more than an unfortunate accident. ” Keep reading…

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