Cooked food market in Italy

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115 8 1 introduction the italian food industry is a fundamental part of economic system and represents an important sector manufacturing in recent years has been affected by process decline loss competitiveness fact these last closely followed changes whole both as regards levels productivity investment however during decade evidenced some contrasting anti cyclical characteristics from past specifically this true not only for regular growth consumption but also constant consistent development its exports within there strong contraction 4 2003 while shown less than half reduction or 9 structure c brasili r fanfani university bologna analysis debate on industrial italy are nardozzi g miracolo e declino ed laterza 2004 toniolo visco v