ITALIAN PAINT SECTOR EXPANDS FOLLOWING POST-COVID SUBSIDIES – BUT DIFFICULT YEAR LIES AHEAD
March 23rd, 2023
Despite high production costs and continued geopolitical instability, Italy’s domestic market for paints and coatings performed well in 2022 thanks to government tax credit schemes that boosted the building sector. Indeed, according to national paint trade and industry association Assovernici, Italy’s paints and coatings market posted overall satisfactory performance in 2022. That was thanks to positive sales growth in the building paints and coatings segment, with a 10% increase in overall sales volumes in the first half of 2022, according to preliminary ...
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