April 2020 was an even blacker month for the food industry which marked -8.1% on production compared to April 2019. A negative trend that continues that started last month with food production dropped by -6.5% on the same month 2019, bringing the trend of the 1st quarter to a negative of -1.5% and thus reversing the sign of the 1st quarter which had still remained positive by + 0.8%.
Federalimentare said so, commenting on Istat data on production in April. Heavy and at the same time inevitable numbers, for the president of Federalimentare, Ivano Vacondio, "due to the closure of the Horeca channel which, we remember, is worth a third of our internal consumption and works with the food products that have the greatest added value. account that in comparison with the April losses of the textile sector (-80.5%) and of the means of transport (-74%), the food sector had a more contained loss but not for this to be underestimated. in fact, until a few months ago, it was among the driving forces of the country, with anti-cyclical qualities compared to the whole industrial landscape ". "A place that we can regain in 2021 - says Vacondio - but in order to do so it is necessary for the Horeca to return to pre Covid levels.
For this, the help of the government is needed, which must commit itself to keeping up those who cannot do it alone, as well as of course to implement adequate policies for the industrial sector. Only in this way - he concludes - will 2021 be a year of recovery ".