date:Sep 03, 2013
ng of vegetables (-7.4%) and fresh fruit (-20%) diminished, whereas that of citrus fruit (+1.8%) and dried fruit (+15.7%) increased. In terms of value, all sectors show a positive sign - vegetables +9%, citrus fruit +34.2%, fresh fruit +6.9% and dried fruit +7.3%.
As regards imports, Italy bought abroad around 1.56 million tons of fruit and vegetables, for a total value of 1.35 billion Euro.
Among the single sectors, there was an increase in volumes of vegetables (+4.8%), citrus fruit (+11.