In 2023, 6.2 million tonnes of pasta were produced in the EU, worth €8.9 billion. While the volume was comparable with 2022 (6.1 million tonnes), there was an increase of €1.1 billion in terms of value.
Italy was by far the leading EU producer of pasta, with 4.2 million tonnes produced last year, worth €6.2 billion. This accounts for 68% of the total EU production in terms of volume and 70% in terms of value. Italy was followed by Spain with almost half a million tonnes produced last year and Germany with more than 290 000 tonnes produced.
Source dataset: ds-056120
In total, almost 2.7 million tonnes of pasta were exported by EU countries in 2023, and more than half (57%) of this amount went to other EU countries.
Italy was the top EU exporter of pasta, with 2.0 million tonnes exported in 2023, representing 76% of the EU total. It was far ahead of Spain, the second biggest exporting country, which exported around 130 000 tonnes or 5% of the total.
The 2 main importing EU members were Germany with 440 733 tonnes of pasta imported, with a 28% share of total EU members’ imports, and France, which imported 371 966 tonnes or 24% of the imports.
The top 2 destinations for EU exports of pasta outside of the EU in 2023 were the United Kingdom (307 481 tonnes, or 26% of total extra-EU exports) and the United States (243 646 tonnes, or 21% of total extra-EU exports).
This news item marks the World Pasta Day which takes place on 25 October.
Source dataset: ds-045409
Source: Eurostat, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=ddn-20241025-3
