Indeed, many Italian actors prefer to import traced products from abroad than rely on internal market, that is not able to guarantee the traceability and the legality of origin of raw material. Italian current taxation system appears not adequate to contrast this informal market and this fact, recently, has contributed to transform Italy from being important exporter to net importer of truffle and mushrooms. With regard to internal market, the Italian situation can be considered very representative for many other EU countries: recreational pickers represent the vast majority of producers and they use to sell their products in an unformal way. In particular, a lack of homogenization of fiscal system among EU Member States favours an unfair competition among EU actors. Although the economic and social role covered by these products, and the growing interest towards them, the European sector of mushrooms and truffles appears very heterogenous, with a chaotic situation, especially in terms of taxations for producers (pickers or farmers). ![]() In many EU countries, the collection and the consumption of truffle and mushrooms are historically strictly linked to local traditions of many communities.
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