MARKET NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2017
Madrid / 06.03.2017
Olive is a prime example of a monosaturated fat, as a fundamental component of the Mediterranean diet. It is not only a pleasantly flavoured cooking fat that enhances other foods, but there is ample evidence of its...
MARKET NEWSLETTER – JANUARY 2017
Madrid / 06.02.2017
Research on table olives has shown that the consumption of this product can strengthen consumers’ natural immune systems. Table olives could be the main fermented probiotic vegetable product sold in the future. The...
MARKET NEWSLETTER – DECEMBER 2016
Madrid / 05.01.2017
On 1 January 2017 the new International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, came into force, being the sixth International Agreement of the Organisation. This new Agreement will allow the IOC to continue apace in...
MARKET NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2016
Madrid / 02.12.2016
The 104th Session of the Council of Members was held at the IOC headquarters in Madrid over the week of 22 to 25 November 2016. During the session, the Economic Committee held its18th meeting to discuss the olive oil...
MARKET NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2016
Madrid / 31.10.2016
Spain, the first global producer and exporter, has increases its extra-EU exports of olive oil and olive pomace oil by 20% in the first 11 months of 2015/16 (October 2015-August 2016), compared to the previous crop year. The...
MARKET NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER 2016
Madrid / 06.10.2016
The meeting of the IOC Statistics Working Group was held on 3 October. The figures reported here for 2015/16 take into account the data provided by Members but are as yet provisional since the crop year has just ended. The...
MARKET NEWSLETTER – JULY-AUGUST 2016
Madrid / 07.09.2016
According to official sources, the Olive tree (Olea europea) was introduced into China over 40 years ago. However, the crop only started to expand at the beginning of the millennium. The areas of greatest potential for the...
MARKET NEWSLETTER – JUNE 2016
Madrid / 06.07.2016
In response to the invitation from the Tunisian authorities, the 27th extraordinary session of the International Olive Council (IOC) will be held in Hammamet (Tunisia) from 11 to 16 July 2016. Tunisia, as a founding member...