The energy crisis, soaring production costs for companies, and fear of a global recession have so far not halted the growth of Italian food exports in international markets. According to the latest report from research institute Ismea, sales were very positive also in the first seven months of 2022, after having reached the historic milestone of 52 billion euros in 2021.

In fact, 34.5 billion euros were collected from January to July, an increase of 18 percent over the same period last year. Value sales figures are affected by the strong increase in prices, but volume exports are also growing.