Italy: Food Processing Ingredients

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The Italian food-processing industry continues to be highly fragmented, and depends almost entirely on raw material imports, most of which come from other EU countries. In recent years the sector has been characterized by the growing consolidation of smaller companies and by an increasing number of joint ventures. The ten leading food-processing companies account for approximately 40% of the sector’s sales, excluding exports. 

Italy: Food Processing Ingredients

 

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