Italy's pasta production halted as truck drivers block roads
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 19:14 · Archive
Pasta production in southern Italy has largely stopped due to truck driver protests blocking deliveries to factories.
Truck drivers protesting in southern Italy have blocked roads and ports, disrupting the country's pasta supply chain. Rummo, a major pasta producer based in Campania, suspended production on Tuesday after running out of ingredients. CEO Cosimo Rummo told La Repubblica that almost all major pasta producers in the neighbouring region of Puglia faced similar difficulties, with most of Italy's pasta production having 'ground to a halt' or close to it. Puglia, Campania and Sicily form the heartland of Italian pasta production.
Other producers have also been affected. La Molisana, based in Molise, reported a significant drop in production and was drawing on stocks of raw materials including wheat and semola. Italmopa, the Italian milling industry lobby, had warned that factories could be forced to stop production if the protests continued, with effects across the whole supply chain. Italy's pasta industry generated €13.5 billion in revenues last year.
The government responded by pledging aid to the sector. After meeting with truck driver representatives on Tuesday, Deputy Infrastructure Minister Edoardo Rixi said a package worth more than €150 million would be made available soon. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's administration is also preparing a security crackdown following weekend riots in Milan and other northern cities that developed during the demonstrations.
How it is being reported
- Italy’s buffalo mozzarella production grinds to a halt in truckers’ strikeHighway blockades lead to major disruptions in country’s southFinancial Times · 21 Oct, 18:37
- Italy's pasta production 'grounds to a halt' as truck drivers block roads and portsPasta maker Rummo has suspended production after running out of ingredientsIndependent World · 20 Oct, 14:08
In this story: Rummo · Puglia · Campania · Sicily · Cosimo Rummo · La Molisana · Giorgia Meloni · Italy
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