(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 04 - Record year for FinocchionaIgp, the queen of Tuscan cured meats, which closed 2021 with a production of over 2 million kilograms of bagged dough, i.e. 1 million and 92 thousand pieces produced, recording an increase of 22 , 7% in the second half of the year compared to the same period of the previous year.
Numbers that testify the effectiveness of the enhancement work expressed by the Protection Consortium and of the added value given by the recognition of Igp since 2015 to the typical Tuscan salami, an example of how this peculiarity is representative and identity of its territory of origin.
Over 248 thousand kilograms more were bagged in 2021 than in 2020 (+ 20.88%).
In addition to bagging, 2021 also marks time on other fronts: 1,723 have been certified.
000 kilograms of Finocchiona Igppari at 1,018,443 pieces or + 15.75% in weight and + 36.14% in pieces compared to 2020. The sliced in trays records a total of over 3.5 million pieces, equal to more than 352,000 kilograms, respectively + 13.48% and + 13.08%.
Even the vacuum-packed slices set a new record: they are over 561,000 kilograms (+ 17.39%) for more than 532,000 pieces (+ 44.82%) packaged compared to 2020. Therefore, Finocchiona IGP represents a sharply increasing market for Tuscan salami factories with a value of over 12.9 million euros in production and a value of 22.4 million in sales.
48% and + 13.08%.
Even the vacuum-packed slices set a new record: they are over 561,000 kilograms (+ 17.39%) for more than 532,000 pieces (+ 44.82%) packaged compared to 2020. Therefore, Finocchiona IGP represents a sharply increasing market for Tuscan salami factories with a value of over 12.9 million euros in production and a value of 22.4 million in sales.
48% and + 13.08%.
Even the vacuum-packed slices set a new record: they are over 561,000 kilograms (+ 17.39%) for more than 532,000 pieces (+ 44.82%) packaged compared to 2020. Therefore, Finocchiona IGP represents a sharply increasing market for Tuscan salami factories with a value of over 12.9 million euros in production and a value of 22.4 million in sales.
Italy is confirmed as the main market with over 1.2 million kilograms of product, 72.4% of the total.
In the course of 2022, the Consortium, as Alessandro Iacomon indicates, will aim to consolidate the market position of FinocchionaIgp, tying it to a path linked to sustainability.
"In 2021 we launched the biodiversity maintenance initiative thanks to the purchase and installation in the Tuscan countryside of beehives for pollinating bees, which we will want to follow up again this year".
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