Lombardy’s agri-food sector is one of the main issues in the region and at the same time in Italy. As underlined by the Lombardianotizie.online portal, the “voice” of Lombardy, in 2022 the Lombardy supply chain achieved a monstrous turnover well 48 billion eurosup 34 percent compared to 2015. 2.5 billion euros for certified production, up 15 percent on an annual basis, and furthermore the region is the first in Italy for exportas many as 10.4 billion in 2024 with an increase of 84 percent compared to 2015. As for the number of certified productionsand, instead, there are 75 PDOs and PGIs, third overall in Italy, with the provinces of Mantua, Brescia, Cremona, Sondrio and Lodi among the top 20 in Italy as regards the value of their certified production.
The numbers were rattled off in view of the event to be held in Bormio on 7 and 8 June, ‘The roadmap of the future for Food & beverage’. Sondrio it is the third Italian province for territorial economic impact regarding products certified meat base, behind only Parma and Udine, and at the same time Valtellina is the third largest terraced vineyard in Italy, as well as the fourth Lombardy province for wine production with 3.2 million bottles a year and a turnover of 24 million of Euro.
AGRI-FOOD LOMBARDY, SERTORI: “DIRECTION MARKED TOWARDS QUALITY PRODUCT”
Data that were judged by the mountain councilor and local authorities of Lombardy, Massimo Sertori, very positive and above all continuously growing, a trend that is tending towards consolidation. “And the direction traced is towards quality products, this is what Made in Italy is all about. Valtellina will be a protagonist in the world with the Olympic event, we will have to make the most of it to make known, together with our beauties, the extraordinary products we create”, she added.
If you take into consideration i data from the entire extended Italian agri-food chainthe total value is 586.9 billion euros, up 8.4 percent compared to 2021 with a growth of 29 percent compared to 2015. “We are the first country in the EU for certified products – he underlined De Molli number one of The Europea House – Ambrosetti -, 890 in total, 326 from the food world with 8.9 billion euros, and 564 from the wine sector for over 11 billion euros”.
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