Dolce Italia

Once again Dolce Italia will multiply the commercial relations and the events dedicated to Italy’s unique confectionery industrial production. At Dolce Italia exhibitors will have the possibility to present the quality and the innovation of their product to national and international retailers and importers.

The confectionery industry “Made in Italy”: A dynamic sector that is constantly growing

The Confectionery Industry scored a good production growth in 2010: +1.9% in volume and +4.5% in value. The overall production was slightly lower than 1,9 mln tons, for a value of more than 12 billion Euros.
The export of confectionery is very positive: it grew by +8,5% in volume in 2010 against a growth by +11.3% in value.

A.I.D.EP.I: New associative expression of the sector

Since 2010, the Associazione delle Industrie del Dolce e della Pasta Italiane (Association of the Italian Confectionery and Pasta) is a new actuality born from the merging of two pre-existing category associations, Association of the Italian Confectionery Companies and Union of Italian Industrial Pasta Makers.

Today A.I.D.EP.I. – making use of the experience and passion of the two associations it comes from, - represents and safeguards the Italian companies making pasta, sweets, chocolate and cocoa-based products, biscuits and confectionery bakery products, ice creams,, desserts, indutrial confectionery and breakfast cereals.

Some key numbers:

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Pole of the Italian food industry with a turnover exceeding 16 billion Euros (13,5% of the total)

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Billion Euros – equalling 22% of the total – establish the leadership of the food national export

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The Companies members of the new AIDEPI, representing more than 80% of the reference markets

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