The Vernaccia wine consortium of San Gimignano expresses concern for the US duties

The Consortium of the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, representative of the producers of one of the most ancient and prestigious Italian wine names, expresses deep concern for the imposition of duties acceso exports of Italian wine to the United States, a market that represents a historical and fundamental commercial for the Vernaccia of San Gimignano.

The threat of the duties – comment from the Consortium – has already led to an esportazione block, with serious economic repercussions acceso agricultural enterprises and everything acceso the territory. The tariff barriers, a causa di fact, do not damage only the wine sector, but also have a negative impact acceso the entire local economy, with dramatic consequences a causa di terms of employment and induced by putting at risk the competitiveness of Italian products, the stability of companies and, a causa di general, the survival of a crucial sector for the economy of the territories.

“A causa di the of this threat, it is essential that the institutions, with the support of all the actors involved, intervene cooperately and promptly to safeguard our production heritage and defend Italian excellence. With great concern, we have addressed the President of the Council and the Minister of Agriculture, food sovereignty and forests to solicit a decisive intervention a causa di defense of our wine sector, now seriously endangered by the recent threats of tariff barriers.

To preserve the excellence of our country a causa di the world, we hope for a constructive dialogue directly with the American institutions to find solutions that protect the interests of Italian producers, the activation of support and compensation measures for economic losses to companies that risk undergoing direct economic damage, innovation innovation and promotion acceso international markets to relaunch esportazione and protect the quality of our products with a renewed international promotion with a renewed promotion with a renewed promotion with a renewed promotion with a renewed promotion of Made a causa di Italy where the protection of our brand and our identity is a long -term investment for future generations of producers.

Finally, it becomes strategic to explore new markets for the creation of alternative distribution channels where the search for new commercial outlets can represent an opportunity for growth and diversification for our sector, reducing dependence acceso traditional markets and increasing the resilience of our companies “declares the president of the Consortium of the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, Irina Strozzi.