In the third quarter of 2020, Italian agri-food districts achieved more than 5 billion euros in export sales, up +2.3% on 2019. According to a report by Intesa Sanpaolo, this is “a record figure for Italian agri-food district exports, which had never exceeded 5 billion in the summer quarter.”

The greatest contribution to growth came from the “Pasta and Sweets” supply chain, whose success on international markets shows no sign of stopping. Sales grew by +4.1% in the third quarter, which, added to the strong progress of the previous months, brings the balance of the first nine months of 2020 close to ten percentage points (+9.9% trend).