<div align="justify">Following the presentation at SANA
(Bologna) of the most recent data on the Italian organic farming sector, the Minister Mario Catania
commented that ' … <i>the organic sector establishes itself as capable to go in countertrend in
moments of crises. The increase in consumptions of 6% recorded in the first semester of 2012 shows
that Italians trust in organic productions. Three families out of four nowadays buy 'organic'.
The sector shows as well unexpressed potentialities for Italian agriculture, and we need to answer
with a wider supply of domestic products '</i>.<br><br>The Minister comments follow the ISMEA data,
presented at SANA, about the positive trend of the organic market in Italy. In 2011, purchases of
Italian families in supermarkets increased by 9%, and the positive trend continued in the first 6
months of 2012 (+6.1% in relation to the same 2011 period). The value of the Italian organic sector
is estimated at about 3 billion euro, placing Italy in the fourth position at European level,
following Germany, France and United Kingdom, and in the sixth at world level.<br>ISMEA points as
well out an increase of the number of families purchasing organic products: three out of four,
during 2011, purchased at least one organic product.<br></div><br>Source:
SINAB<br><br>
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