The international market for Italian
Christmas cakes like panettone and pandoro and other types of
traditional festive confectionery is worth close to one billion
euros, artisans association Confartigianato said on Saturday.
It said that last year the value of the exports of these
products amounted to 980 million euros, an increase of 9.7% with
respect to the previous year.
It said the top importer of Italian Christmas cakes and sweet
products was France, which snapped up 194 million euros worth
last year, followed by Germany and the United Kingdom.
On the domestic market, Confartigianato said Italian people are
set to spend around 15.9 billion euros on food and drink over
the Christmas period.
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