The Seafood Market in Italy GLOBEFISH RESEARCH PROGRAMME The Seafood Market in Italy Volum Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Fish Products and Industry Division Viale delle Terme di Caracalla e 00153 Rome, Italy Tel.:+39 06 5705 5074 92 Fax: +39 06 5705 5188 www.globefish.org Volume 92 The Seafood Market in Italy by Camillo Catarci (April 2008) The GLOBEFISH Research Programme is an activity initiated by FAO's Fish Utilisation and Marketing Service, Rome, Italy and financed jointly by: - NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service), Washington, DC, USA - FROM, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Madrid, Spain - Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Copenhagen, Denmark - European Commission, Directorate General for Fisheries, Brussels, EU - Norwegian Seafood Export Council, Tromsoe, Norway - OFIMER (Office National Interprofessionnel des Produits de la Mer et de l’Aquaculture), Paris, France - ASMI (Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute), USA - DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans), Canada - SSA (Seafood Services Australia), Australia - Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, GLOBEFISH, Fish Products and Industry Division Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153Rome, Italy – Tel.: (39) 06570 56313 E-mail: [email protected] - Fax: (39) 0657055188 – http//:www.globefish.org i The designation employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Camillo Catarci; THE SEAFOOD MARKET IN ITALY GLOBEFISH Research Programme, Vol.92 Rome, FAO. 2008. p. 44 Fish consumption in Italy grew from 11.8 kg/pc in 1961 to 25.1 kg/pc in 2003. The main group of products purchased by Italian families is fresh seafood, with 50 percent of purchases, followed by frozen seafood (23 percent) and canned seafood (20 percent). Due to the increasing consumption and declining domestic supply, Italy is a net importer of seafood. Italian seafood imports increased from 353 300 tonnes in 1976 to 970 100 tonnes in 2006, molluscs being the main commodity imported and Spain being the main country of origin. Like in many other developed countries, the seafood processing sector in Italy is gradually being restricted to the niche of quality preparations. Acknowledgement: Karine Boisset, FAO Richard Grainger, FAO Helga Josupeit, FAO Gabriella Laurenti, FAO Audun Lem, FAO Paolo Manzoni, NHS, Italy Gerry O’Sullivan, FAO Tony Piccolo, FAO Sachiko Tsuji, FAO Stefania Vannuccini, FAO Cover image: Reproduction of this mural painting by Walter Casotti depicting the fishing village of Cesenatico (Itlay), was given with kind permission by Rosa Casali, from the estate of Walter Masotti. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Applications for such permission, with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction, should be addressed to the Director, Information Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. © FAO 2008 ii TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................1 1.1. Seafood imports into Southern Europe ..........................................................................2 1.2. How to export seafood to Southern EU countries: a guide for developing countries....5 1.2.1. Trade and Development ...........................................................................................5 The Bilateral level ..................................................................................................5 Autonomous measures............................................................................................7 1.3. Health and safety requirements......................................................................................7 2. ITALY....................................................................................................................................10 2.1. Executive Summary .....................................................................................................10 2.2. Seafood consumption in Italy.......................................................................................10 2.3. The industry..................................................................................................................12 2.3.1. Total production.....................................................................................................13 Capture fisheries ..................................................................................................13 Aquaculture ..........................................................................................................16 2.3.2. International trade .................................................................................................18 Imports .................................................................................................................18 Exports .................................................................................................................26 2.3.3. Processing ..............................................................................................................30 2.3.4. Key industry players...............................................................................................31 Fresh seafood .......................................................................................................31 Frozen seafood .....................................................................................................32 Canned seafood....................................................................................................33 2.3.5. Marketing ...............................................................................................................33 Home consumption...............................................................................................33 Away-from-home consumption.............................................................................34 3. ANNEX 1: ITALIAN IMPORTERS, EXPORTERS, PRODUCERS, AQUACULTURE FARMERS AND DISTRIBUTORS...................................................................................................... 35 4. ANNEX 2: ITALIAN SEAFOOD RECIPES .............................................................................. 41 5. REFERENCES................................................................................................................................. 43 TABLES TABLE 1: MAIN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EXPORTING TO THE SOUTHERN EU REGION (1 000 TONNES). ....................................................................................................................3 TABLE 2: MAIN COMMODITIES IMPORTED INTO THE SOUTHERN EU REGION FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (1 000 TONNES)..........................................................................................4 TABLE 3: SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION IN ITALY BY GROUP OF COMMODITIES, 1993-2003 (KG/PC) ......................................................................................................................................................12 TABLE 4: COMPOSITION OF THE ITALIAN CATCH, 1950-2005 (TONNES)...................................15 TABLE 5: COMPOSITION OF THE ITALIAN AQUACULTURE OUTPUT, 1970-2005 (TONNES) ...................................................................................................................................................18 iii TABLE 6: ITALIAN SEAFOOD IMPORTS BY GROUP OF COMMODITIES (1 000 TONNES) .......20 TABLE 7: ITALIAN SEAFOOD IMPORT QUANTITIES, VALUES AND UNIT VALUES BY MAIN COMMODITY. ................................................................................................................................21 TABLE 8: ITALIAN SEAFOOD IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, 1995-2006 (1 000 TONNES). ........................................................................................................................................25 TABLE 9: ITALIAN SEAFOOD EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1995-2006 (1 000 TONNES). .....................................................................................................................27 TABLE 10: ITALIAN SEAFOOD EXPORT QUANTITIES, VALUES AND UNIT VALUES BY MAIN COMMODITY. ...............................................................................................................................28 FIGURES FIGURE 1: SOUTHERN EU IMPORTS OF SEAFOOD ............................................................................2 FIGURE 2: SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION IN ITALY, 1961-2003.............................................................11 FIGURE 3: TOTAL FISHERY AND AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION IN ITALY 1950-2005.....................................................................................................................................................13 FIGURE 4: ITALIAN FISHERY CAPTURES, 1950-2005........................................................................15 FIGURE 5: ITALIAN AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION, 1950-2005 .....................................................17