Key Market Indicators
Italian consumption of peppers is expected to remain unchanged in the coming years, with no change in average rate since 2017. Production, on the other hand, is forecast to decline by 2.3% year-on-year on average from 2021 to 2026. Since 1966, the country's production has fallen by 4.3% on average each year. In 2021, Italy was the 15th largest pepper producer in the world, behind Kazakhstan with 217,790 metric tons. Mexico, Indonesia, and Spain were the second, third, and fourth largest producers, respectively.
