1st Meeting: THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FOOD- PROCESSING SECTOR: INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL OUTLOOK

1. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY 1st Meeting: THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FOOD- PROCESSING SECTOR: INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL OUTLOOK Cordoba (Spain), 5-6 October 2001 THE FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN ITALY: MAIN FACTS AND NUMBERS Giancarlo Colelli

2. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY outline • GENERAL INFORMATION • MAIN FIGURES OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION • FOOD CONSUMPTION CHARACTERISTICS • THE AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRY • R&D IN AGRICULTURE AND AGRO- FOOD INDUSTRY • CREDITS

3. GENERAL INFORMATION

4. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY general information Data 1999 30,134 Total land (‘000 hectares) UAA (%) 49.7 Resident population (millions) 57,655 Density (per km2) 191 Labour force (millions) 23,361 Inhabitants/UAA 388 Inhabitants/UAA (Av. UE15) 291

5. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY general information Data 1998

6. MAIN FIGURES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

7. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY main figures of agricultural production AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AT BASIC PRICES BY MAIN SECTOR (1999)

8. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY MAIN CROP PRODUCTION main figures of agricultural production

9. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY main figures of agricultural production

10. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY MAIN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION main figures of agricultural production

11. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY ORGANIC FARMING main figures of agricultural production Organic farms (no.) 43,698 Organic UAA (Ha) 788,000 5,3% OF TOTAL UAA

12. FOOD CONSUMPTION CHARACTERISTICS

13. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY food consumption characteristics

14. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY Data 1997/98 food consumption characteristics

15. THE AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRY

16. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY the agro-food industry THE FOOD INDUSTRY NUMBERS SOME 80,000 FIRMS (1997), OF WHICH 79% WITH LESS THAN 10 EMPLOYEES. THESE FIRMS ARE UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED OVER THE COUNTRY: IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ITALY THERE IS A CONCENTRATION OF 60% OF ALL FIRMS, 75% OF ALL EMPLOYEES AND 80% OF VA OF THE ITALIAN FOOD INDUSTRY. EXPANSION OF THE INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH WOULD APPEAR TO BE A STRATEGIC PRIORITY.

17. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY Data 1999 the agro-food industry 87.6 TOTAL OUTPUT (billions EURO) VA (billions EURO) 22.3 SUBSIDIES (billions EURO) 1.1 TOTAL WORK FORCE (‘000) 483,4 BASIC FIGURES % EMPLOYED 71,2 VAfood/VAother (%) 9,3 VAfood/VAagric (%) 73,5

18. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY Data 1999 the agro-food industry TURNOVER BY SECTOR

19. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY the agro-food industry

20. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY the agro-food industry Production and employment in the main sectors of the food industry in Italy and the EU, 1998

21. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY the agro-food industry TRADE AGGREGATES (Billions EURO) 1999 Var90 (%) 66.6 31.3 Total production Import 23.5 44.1 Export 15.3 117.7 Balance -8.2 -11.8 Volume of trade 38.8 66.3 Apparent consumption 74.8 35.7

22. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY the agro-food industry TRADE INDICATORS (%) 1999 Var90 (%) 89.1 -3.1 Degree of self-sufficiency Propensity to import 31.4 6.1 Propensity to export 23.0 65.5 Degree of trade cover (Export/Import) 65.2 50.9

23. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY the agro-food industry IMPORT GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ITALY’S FOREIGN TRADE IN THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR EXPORT

24. R&D IN AGRICULTURE & AGRO- FOOD INDUSTRY

25. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY R&D 1998 417 State funding for R&D in Agri-food (millions EURO) Variation from previous year (%) -13 Human resources (full time equivalent) 5,888 Researchers (% of human resources) 46 % of funding to private company 14 % of funding from regional goverments 15.7 % of total agri-food output 1

26. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY R&D

27. IMPROVED QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING INDUSTRY CREDITS Most of the data of this presentation were collected from the volume: ITALIAN AGRICULTURE IN FIGURES Published by INEA (National Institute of Agricultural Economics) on august 2000. Thanks to all the authors for the precious source of useful data.

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