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From 2020 to 2024, retail sales of organic food in Italy increased steadily. Totaling a value of close to *** billion euros in 2020, they experienced a significant increase in 2024 peaking at about *** billion euros. Consequentially, the value of retail sales of organic products per capita rose as well. Whereas households in Italy spent about ** euros per capita on organic food in 2011, the figure more than doubled by 2023.

Organic food’s export value in Italy also experienced an increase

In addition to increasing retail sales, organic food in Italy also witnessed a positive trend in its export value from Italy between 2011 and 2024. Moreover, as a response to the sector's rising profits the share of land area dedicated to organic food also increased. Amounting to about *** percent of all farmland areas in Italy in 2011, the share more than doubled at approximately **** percent as of 2023.

Most operators of the organic food sector are producers

As the land area for organic food crops and livestock in Italy rose, so did the number of operators in the Italian organic food sector. In 2011, there were roughly *** thousand operators. This figure was almost **** times higher in 2023. Furthermore, data revealed that most of the Italian operators were producers rather than exporters.