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Quality Is Key in El Mistol’s Drive to Grow in Argentina, Expand Exports
In the wake of an unusually warm winter and a radical change in the national government, olive oil producers across Argentina are preparing for an eventful 2024 harvest. With two groves, a modern mill...
View ArticlePotential of Major Changes in Argentina Provide Hope for Producers, Exporters
Since taking office in December, President Javier Milei has wasted no time acting on his promises to foment a radical change in Argentina. Within weeks, he had issued a range of executive decrees and...
View ArticleWorld Trade Organization Finds U.S. Noncompliant in Table Olive Trade Spat
The World Trade Organization (WTO) publicly rebuked the United States, ruling earlier this week that it had failed to comply with its previous decision to remove tariffs on Spanish ripe black table...
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How an Olive Oil Lover Found Success in The US Market
Joanne Lacina did not become an olive oil lover until her mid-20s when she experienced an epiphany on Crete. A few years after finishing university, the Minnesota native decamped to the Mediterranean...
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The Growing Pains of Albania’s Ascendant Olive Oil Sector
Albania is poised for an olive oil production revolution, but leading experts and producers worry that quality may not keep pace. According to Mivan Peci, a consultant for the Albanian Olive Oil...
View ArticleTunisian Ag Minister Urges Sector to Take Advantage of Bumper Harvest
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, olive oil production in Tunisia reached 220,000 tons in the 2023/24 crop year. Minister Abdelmonem Belati said producers...
View ArticleTurkish Producers Pray Export Ban Ends with Ramadan
Turkey’s olive oil producers are struggling under the weight of a temporary ban on bulk olive oil exports that the government introduced last year. In August 2023, the Turkish government suspended...
View ArticleFarmers Protest European Agricultural Policies in Madrid
Thousands of Spanish farmers took to the streets in March for the second time in as many months to demand changes to European agricultural policy and an end to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030...
View ArticleOlive Oil Export Ban Sours Table Olive Sales in Turkey
Table olive exports from Turkey soared in the first five months of the 2023/24 export year (which begins in November in Turkey), bringing in $114 million (€106 million) of revenue, 15 percent more...
View ArticleEuropean Olive Oil Supply Hits Decade-Low
Despite confirming a modest increase in olive oil production in the European Union for the 2023/24 crop year, the European Commission warned that other key indicators for the sector are still very...
View ArticleSpanish Olive Oil Sector Works to Develop Exports to China
Olive oil producers in Spain are working to develop new international markets, especially in China, as historically high prices have changed consumer habits in the European Union. “China will be a...
View ArticlePompeian VP Says Baltimore Bridge Disaster Cost Company Millions
The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on the morning of March 26th has had an estimated financial impact of millions of dollars on bottler and distributor Pompeian, according to the...
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Turkey Eases Export Ban Following Intense Lobbying
As officials in Turkey’s olive oil sector anticipate another bumper harvest in the 2024/25 crop year, they continue to call on the government to lift its ban on bulk exports. After intense lobbying...
View ArticleRising Olive Oil Imports Contribute to Spain’s Trade Deficit with Argentina
Spain’s agricultural trade deficit with Argentina decreased slightly in 2023 despite a 229 percent increase in olive oil imports. According to data from the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries...
View ArticleAs Value of Tunisian Exports Soar, Packaged Olive Oil Struggles
Tunisian olive oil export revenues rose by nearly 90 percent in the first seven months of the 2023/24 crop year compared to the same period in 2022/23, according to the National Observatory of...
View ArticleTrade Commission Extends Tariffs on Spanish Black Olives
United States trade officials marked the fifth anniversary of tariffs on some Spanish table olive imports by voting unanimously to extend them. A four-member panel of the U.S. International Trade...
View ArticleThe Challenges and Opportunities Facing Morocco’s Olive Oil Sector
Since olive oil production was identified as a strategic sector for economic development in Morocco more than ten years ago, local and international officials have worked to make olive farmers more...
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Sustainability Guides Award-Winning Producer in Turkey
As the demand for extra virgin olive oil grows, award-winning Turkish producer Garisar said that adapting to an uncertain climate and the challenges created by pests is crucial. “The growing demand...
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Hazara’s Olive Oil Boom Lays Roadmap for Pakistani Sector
The northwestern Pakistani region of Hazara has become a proving ground for the national olive oil sector. Officials and producers are encouraged by early results, believing the region has provided a...
View ArticleSpanish Growers Eye Growing Indian Market for Table Olives
A new report from the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX) has identified India as a promising market for the country’s table olive producers. “Olive consumption in India is increasing, with a...
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