Italy: Food Processing Ingredients Annual

Italy’s food processing industry consists of more than 55,000 enterprises that contributed $156.5 billion to the country’s gross domestic product in 2023. While consolidation of smaller food processing companies by larger players continues, the Italian food processing industry remains highly fragmented. Roughly half of Italy’s annual agricultural imports are destined for food processing. In 2024, U.S. food ingredient exports to Italy were $1.1 billion. Italy depends on imports of raw agricultural products for its food processing sector, most of which are sourced from other EU countries. Principal ingredient imports include dairy, meat products, and wheat for pasta.