date:May 07, 2014
n euros (36 billion U.S. dollars), after rising 6.9 percent in 2012 and registering double-digit growths in the previous two years, according to figures of national food industry association Federalimentare.
The sector's exports are expected to further grow by around 8.5 percent every year until 2017, Chairman of the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee Paolo De Castro said while speaking at the fair's opening ceremony.
De Castro noted the agri-food industry, whose turnover was 132 bill