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Japan imported 61 065 t of olive oil and olive pomace oil in the 2020/21 crop year [1], 15.2% less than in 2019/20.
[1] Provisional data.
Graph 1 – Olive oil and olive pomace oil imports to Japan
- Olive oil and olive pomace oil
Japan accounts for 6% of the top 64% of olive oil imports, placing it [2], fourth behind the US (35%), the EU (15%) and Brazil (8%).
[2] UK is not included in the ranking
Graph 2 – Percentage of world imports of olive oil and olive-pomace oil (average over 6 crop years)
Japanese imports of olive oil and olive-pomace oil fell by 15.2% in the 2020/21 crop year, reaching 61 065 t. Table 1 shows imports over the last seven crop years. Italy and Spain are the main suppliers to Japan, accounting for 93.4% of the total, followed by Turkey with 4.3%.
Table 1 – Olive oil and olive pomace oil imports by partner country (2014/15 – 2020/21) (t)
Map 1 – Japan’s import flows and world production – 2020/21, provisional data
Some 77.4% of total imports fell under code 15.09.10 (virgin olive oils), 19.5% under code 15.09.90 (olive oils) and 3.1% under code (15.10.00) (olive pomace oils).
Table 2 – Distribution of imports by product type and partner (2020/2021) (t)
Graph 3 – Imports by product type 2013/14 – 2020/21 (×1000 t)
Furher infomation is available on this link:
https://www.internationaloliveoil.org/what-we-do/economic-affairs-promotion-unit/#exports
