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june 12, 2015 - Expo 2015
Federalimentare: Expo 2015, a great opportunity for the sector
“The agro-food sector represents the potentials of Italy”. With these words the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi opened his speech at the Annual Assembly of Federalimentare (the organization that gathers all the players in the agro-food sector), which was held on Wednesday at Expo Milano 2015, also attended by Commissioner of the Italian Government for Expo Milano 2015 Giuseppe Sala. “You are world market leaders – added the Prime Minister addressing the attending entrepreneurs –. Italy has all it needs to be a protagonist in a changing world. Notwithstanding this, we have not been united in the past and that is why we haven’t won. We are lacking this awareness sometimes". It is not a chance that “United we win” is the theme chosen by the 2015 Assembly, as the Chairman of Federalimentare Luigi Pio Scordamaglia explained: "United, who? SMEs and large companies who must not fight, they must be complimentary and synergic. Agricultural and industrial production. The public and the private, the north and the south of the Country". Working together is also key to win the internationalization challenge and to obtain the targeted export results. Federalimentare hopes to attain EUR50 billion worth exports for the sector within the decade, to further increase the current 29 billion accounting for 20.5% of the food sector sales. The Vice Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda, who has just returned from Chicago where he represented Italy at the FMI Connect food exhibition, stated: “If Italy decides to be united no one could stop us". A research performed by Format Research, presented during the Federalimentare Assembly, shows that the Expo, together with a strong support by the Government for the valorisation of Made-in-Italy production and for the companies working on foreign markets, represents a driver for the attainment of the 50 billion export goal within 2020. The same research highlighted that the agro-food sector entrepreneurs’ will to invest is stronger than in other sectors: 50% of the companies have invested and will continue to invest on innovation and product quality, particularly in this positive economic circumstance; the injection of liquidity, the low oil price and the Euro/Dollar exchange rate are favourable conditions and we must take advantage of them. The agro-food sector has been solid throughout the crisis: from 2007 it has lost only 3% in terms of employment, compared to 24% for the Italian industry in general; and exports have grown by 49.5% against 9.9% for the whole industry. Employment levels were also performing well and the approach to government reforms, Jobs Act included, is positive.
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