# Italy Agriculture and food Export Opportunities (HS 01-24)

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Explore Italy HS 01-24 agriculture and food export opportunities, product portfolio, buyer markets, growth signals, and diversification opportunities.

## Overview

- Exporter: Italy (ITA)
- Sector: Agriculture and food
- HS chapters: HS 01-24
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Sector exports: $866.6M
- Products: 39
- Buyer markets: 17
- Average CAGR: +22.9%
- Global sector size: $224.4B

## Product portfolio

| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS 120190 - Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $56.2B | $2.9M | $70.5B | +66.1% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 020230 - Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $15.5B | $1.6M | $13.4B | +19.6% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 100590 - Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $12.0B | $54.2K | $13.2B | +54.1% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 151190 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $10.8B | $753.3K | $10.8B | +11.6% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 220300 - Beer: made from malt | $7.6B | $35.6M | $7.5B | +8.1% | 1 | +0.5% |
| HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $14.5B | $265.1M | $7.3B | +17.3% | 3 | +1.5% |
| HS 190590 - Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $9.1B | $337.0M | $6.8B | +10.5% | 2 | +3.5% |
| HS 220890 - Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | $4.9B | $56.0M | $6.5B | +6.6% | 1 | +1.1% |
| HS 030617 - Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $9.1B | $461.0K | $6.2B | -3.6% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 100119 - Cereals: wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | $3.4B | $301.7K | $5.0B | +61.1% | 1 | +0.6% |
| HS 151110 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $5.7B | $360.4K | $4.5B | +7.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 150710 - Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $3.9B | $7.7M | $4.2B | +29.3% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 090111 - Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $10.3B | $9.7M | $4.0B | +3.2% | 2 | +0.1% |
| HS 100630 - Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $4.1B | $930.9K | $3.9B | +14.6% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 170114 - Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $2.7B | $5.4K | $3.7B | +68.3% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 020312 - Meat: of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, fresh or chilled | $2.2B | $38.7K | $3.7B | +13.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 070200 - Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $3.6B | $4.3K | $3.6B | -1.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151419 - Vegetable oils: low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, other than crude, but not chemically modified | $2.6B | $2.3M | $3.4B | +22.8% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 151211 - Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $3.0B | $1.3K | $2.7B | -22.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 240220 - Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $3.2B | $20.5K | $2.7B | -3.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190110 - Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for infant use, put up for retail sale | $3.6B | $172.5K | $2.7B | +48.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 200410 - Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen | $2.2B | $6.0M | $2.5B | +46.1% | 1 | +0.3% |
| HS 220720 - Ethyl alcohol and other spirits: denatured, of any strength | $1.4B | $327.4 | $2.4B | -18.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030214 - Fish: fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $1.8B | $1.0K | $2.4B | +23.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151411 - Vegetable oils: low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude | $1.5B | $569.1K | $2.1B | +22.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151800 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils | $2.4B | $579.4K | $2.1B | +12.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 040221 - Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $1.6B | $3.4M | $2.0B | +38.9% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 170290 - Sugars: n.e.c. in heading no. 1702, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing, in the dry state, 50% by weight of fructose | $1.2B | $497.8K | $2.0B | +17.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 070960 - Vegetables: fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta | $2.2B | $22.9K | $1.9B | -1.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151790 - Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils of heading no. 1516 | $1.2B | $806.0K | $1.8B | +14.3% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 020714 - Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $2.6B | $9.2K | $1.8B | -3.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 160232 - Meat preparations: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | $2.2B | $1.5K | $1.8B | -5.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081020 - Fruit, edible: raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh | $1.2B | $30.6K | $1.7B | +22.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 110814 - Starch: manioc (cassava) | $2.0B | $1.1K | $1.6B | +4.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220830 - Whiskies | $2.1B | $445.4K | $1.5B | +29.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190531 - Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $2.4B | $94.2M | $1.5B | +9.6% | 1 | +3.9% |
| HS 230910 - Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding | $1.4B | $13.3M | $1.5B | +25.7% | 1 | +1.0% |
| HS 170490 - Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $3.2B | $25.0M | $1.4B | +3.3% | 1 | +0.8% |
| HS 180100 - Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $3.7B | $778.0K | $1.4B | +64.1% | 1 | +0.0% |

## Best markets

- China (CHN): $95.6B calculated opportunity across 12 products.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $52.9B calculated opportunity across 18 products.
- Mexico (MEX): $13.9B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- India (IND): $13.3B calculated opportunity across 4 products.
- Canada (CAN): $7.5B calculated opportunity across 4 products.
- Egypt (EGY): $6.6B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Japan (JPN): $4.7B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Germany (DEU): $4.7B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Saudi Arabia (SAU): $3.6B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Pakistan (PAK): $3.0B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Viet Nam (VNM): $2.8B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Poland (POL): $2.4B calculated opportunity across 1 products.

## Growth stars

- HS 170114: +68.3% average CAGR, $3.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 120190: +66.1% average CAGR, $70.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180100: +64.1% average CAGR, $1.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100119: +61.1% average CAGR, $5.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100590: +54.1% average CAGR, $13.2B calculated opportunity.
- HS 190110: +48.8% average CAGR, $2.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 200410: +46.1% average CAGR, $2.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 040221: +38.9% average CAGR, $2.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220830: +29.6% average CAGR, $1.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 150710: +29.3% average CAGR, $4.2B calculated opportunity.

## Diversification opportunities

- HS 120190: 5 buyer markets, $70.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 151190: 5 buyer markets, $10.8B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100590: 3 buyer markets, $13.2B calculated opportunity.
- HS 210690: 3 buyer markets, $7.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 020230: 2 buyer markets, $13.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: 2 buyer markets, $6.8B calculated opportunity.
- HS 030617: 2 buyer markets, $6.2B calculated opportunity.
- HS 090111: 2 buyer markets, $4.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100630: 2 buyer markets, $3.9B calculated opportunity.
- HS 170114: 2 buyer markets, $3.7B calculated opportunity.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate buyers, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting. [Read the Yugalinks methodology](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology).

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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