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2025

April 2025

  • Updates to US tariffs

    ANFAO is monitoring the situation to safeguard the interests of Italy’s eyewear industry.
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February 2025

  • 2024: a transitional year for Italian eyewear. Uncertainty slows exports

    2024 preliminary results: production +2%, exports -0.6%.

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  • Italy Pavilion at Vision Expo East 2025

    16 italian companies in orlando, february 20 to 22.
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  • The lens of time: the history of eyewear in Italy

    A journey through tradition, creativity, and innovation: the history of Italian eyewear on display in Venezia, Palazzo Flangini, starting from May 7 to July 30, 2025.

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September 2024

  • Italian eyewear figures for the first half of 2024

    Export trends to the U.S. a source of concern

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June 2024

  • Process of defining ANFAO governance completed

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February 2024

  • ANFAO introduces CSE "Certified Sustainability Eyewear"

    Launch of the first international sustainability certification
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November 2023

  • ANFAO: Lorraine Berton elected new president

    Key figures elected to lead the association for the next four years. Made in Italy and sustainability the core focus of the new Board.
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October 2023

  • ANFAO data first half 2023

    Once again, positive results on the exports and domestic market. But there's still too much uncertainty and international forecasts are not reassuring
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July 2023

  • ANFAO data first quarter 2023

    Positive results, especially for exports. But uncertainty still holds sway, prompting more cautious optimism.
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February 2023

  • ANFAO data clousure 2022 and forecast 2023

    Eyewear shines with exports, but must take into account increasing costs
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December 2022

  • ANFAO general meeting 15/12/2022

    The association works toward feminine empowerment and innovation in the eyewear industry
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June 2022

  • ANFAO data first quarter 2022

    Positive results, especially for exports. 10% rise in exports forecast for 2022 over the previous year.
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  • ANFAO makes first-ever presentation of its product sustainability certification project

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September 2021

  • ANFAO data first half 2021

    Forecast improved, approaching 2019 levels.
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May 2021

  • ANFAO data clousure 2020 and forecast 2021

    Eyewear: 2020, a dramatic year. Signs of growth for 2021, but forecasts still at loss compared to 2019. To retun to pre-Covid levels, the sector looks at 2022.
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June 2020

  • ANFAO data clousure 2019 and forecast 2020

    After a reassuring 2019 in terms of exports, revenue and jobs, the 2020 pandemic-ridden forecast for Italian eyewear is grim.
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May 2006

  • Italian eyewear ranks No. 1 worldwide with a 27.6% market share

    Exports account for 82.4% of production, totaling €1.7 billion (+13%) Italy’s leading industry on the international marketplace
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