WORLD TRADE IN OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES

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Eight markets represent around 81% of the imports of olive oils and virgin olive oils around the world, the United States with 36%, the European Union with 15%, Brazil with 8%, Japan with 7%, Canada with 5%, China with 4%, Australia with 3%, and Russia with 3%. The rest of the importing countries falling below 3%.

In the first months of the 2020/2021 crop year, imports of olive oils and virgin olive oils in the top eight markets reached 366797 tonnes (+15.2%, compared to the same period previous crop year).

The table below shows the trade in the first months of the current crop year (2020/2021). Imports rose in Australia (+16.5%), Brazil (+11.4%), Canada (+28.9%), China (-6.4%), Japan (-15.5%), Russia (+30.2%), United States (+17.8%) and the extra-EU (+28.6%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average %Variation Rates
AUSTRALIA 8740 13845 10795 13052 12605 14689 12288 16.5
BRAZIL 20226 27658 32338 37464 44855 49986 35421 11.4
CANADA 15693 16813 17385 18619 19667 25347 18921 28.9
CHINA 14434 18618 18235 18945 21709 20328 18712 -6.4
JAPAN 17908 19325 20868 24877 26422 22331 21955 -15.5
RUSSIA 7059 6967 7885 10166 10422 13574 9346 30.2
USA 115168 119122 118205 138858 132957 156596 130151 17.8
Extra-EU 43446 38160 52724 46912 49713 63946 49150 28.6
Total 242673 260509 278434 308894 318350 366797 295943 15.2

Imports mainly came from Spain with a share of 27.7% of all imports (-8%, compared to the same period the previous crop year), Tunisia with 25.9%, Italy with 20.9%, Portugal with 11.6%, Argentina with 3.5%, Turkey with 3%, Chile with 2.4% and Greece with 2.1%.

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 88200 106834 110334 101554 27.7 -8
TUNISIA 44268 52116 61095 95115 25.9 55.7
ITALY 67535 72595 61011 76710 20.9 25.7
PORTUGAL 21319 26559 38646 42573 11.6 10.2
ARGENTINA 14127 7375 11346 12848 3.5 13.2
TURKEY 15692 13955 10603 10829 3.0 2.1
CHILE 6597 7021 6025 8699 2.4 44.4
GREECE 5791 7885 6941 7574 2.1 9.1
Others 14905 14554 12349 10894 3.0 -11.8
Total 278434 308894 318350 366797 100 15.2

In terms of volumes by product category, 75.3% of total imports were under code 15.09.10 (virgin olive oils), followed by imports under 15.09.90 (olive oils) with 19% and the remaining 5.6% under 15.10.00 (olive pomace oils).

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 72544 29010 6346 107900
TUNISIA 82722 12393 5342 100456
ITALY 63071 13639 2623 79333
PORTUGAL 31786 10787 124 42697
ARGENTINA 12248 601 0 12848
MOROCCO 3472 805 6956 11233
TURKEY 5532 5297 119 10948
CHILE 8699 0 0 8699
GREECE 7105 469 179 7753
LEBANON 1397 185 2 1584
SYRIA 1276 58 0 1334
OTHERS 2896 806 246 3948
TOTAL 292747 74049 21937 388734
* Own elaboration

As for table olives, five markets account around 64% of the imports around the world, the United States with 23%, Brazil with 17%, the European Union with 16%, Canada with 5% and Australia with 3%.

The table below shows the trade for table olives in the first months of the current crop year (2020/2021).

2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average %Variation Rates
AUSTRALIA 8660 7972 8953 7941 10428 8791 31.3
BRAZIL 58240 55415 60746 66549 80305 64251 20.7
CANADA 14100 14765 15025 15946 20490 16065 28.5
Extra-EU 35905 40960 43050 42901 47918 42147 11.7
USA 67997 65146 68111 74201 65371 68165 -11.9
Total 184903 184258 195885 207537 224512 199419 8.2

Imports rose in Australia (+31.3%), Brazil (+20.7%), Canada (+28.5%), United States (-11.9%) and the extra-EU (+11.7%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

On the other hand, imports of table olives mainly came from Spain, Egypt, Argentina, Greece, Morocco, Peru and Turkey.

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 49205 45846 50610 45188 20.1 -10.7
EGYPT 23082 24124 20537 36119 16.1 75.9
ARGENTINA 38545 32354 37540 35722 15.9 -4.8
GREECE 21917 25479 23232 29963 13.3 29
MOROCCO 22530 25261 24929 26218 11.7 5.2
PERU 4717 11545 15503 19002 8.5 22.6
TURKEY 13043 18412 17096 16944 7.5 -0.9
Others 11219 12864 18090 15354 6.8 -15.1
Total 184258 195885 207537 224512 100 8.2

1. Australia

1.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 2066 3517 1475 2349 3130 1943 2413
February (t) 2109 2377 2498 2211 2376 3708 2547
March (t) 2868 2206 2454 2548 2699 NA 2555
April (t) 2324 2225 2160 2178 2861 NA 2350
May (t) 3120 2428 2826 2777 4260 NA 3082
June (t) 2385 1786 3397 2583 4876 NA 3005
July (t) 1636 2701 4125 3302 4136 NA 3180
August (t) 2839 2272 2903 2980 2298 NA 2659
September (t) 2699 1773 2961 2769 2732 NA 2587
October (t-1) 1718 2295 2844 3344 2275 3353 2638
November (t-1) 1819 3530 2039 3379 2472 2564 2634
December (t-1) 1266 2513 2016 1894 2444 3377 2252
Total 26850 29624 31699 32315 36558 14946 28665

1.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 6092 4464 0 10556
ITALY 1621 462 130 2213
GREECE 835 122 2 959
LEBANON 203 128 0 331
TURKEY 207 45 21 273
CHILE 150 0 0 150
TUNISIA 32 110 0 142
PERU 119 0 0 119
NETHERLANDS 0 1 55 56
SYRIA 45 8 0 53
OTHERS 29 15 49 93
TOTAL 9334 5355 257 14946
* Source: Own elaboration based on Australian Bureau of Statistics

2. Brazil

2.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 5164 6367 4395 4363 6103 6515 8938 9220 6383
February (t) 5215 5517 3169 3931 6442 8023 8861 7230 6049
March (t) 6747 6792 2660 5398 8383 8849 11911 NA 7249
April (t) 5281 4769 4080 4609 7079 8794 9277 NA 6270
May (t) 5110 2781 3915 4496 6124 6699 8038 NA 5309
June (t) 5158 3972 4151 3972 4808 5324 5584 NA 4710
July (t) 6416 4614 4735 4244 5776 5879 8862 NA 5789
August (t) 5759 5267 5193 4787 5279 7374 7237 NA 5842
September (t) 6061 4595 5278 4610 6816 5882 8292 NA 5934
October (t-1) 9075 9585 5530 5233 5444 8246 8334 11052 7812
November (t-1) 6240 7270 4854 6844 7285 8468 11000 12250 8026
December (t-1) 7157 6249 2690 7653 7276 6310 7845 10356 6942
Total 73382 67778 50649 60140 76817 86362 104179 50108 71177

2.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
PORTUGAL 24351 8345 22 32717
SPAIN 7226 262 59 7547
ARGENTINA 3336 580 0 3916
CHILE 2454 0 0 2454
ITALY 2115 28 41 2184
TUNISIA 924 0 0 924
GREECE 196 0 0 196
URUGUAY 64 0 0 64
OTHERS 105 0 0 105
TOTAL 40771 9215 122 50108
* Source: Own elaboration based on Ministerio do Desenvolvimento, Industria e Comercio Exterior, Brasil

3. Canada

3.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 3648 2339 3014 3221 3993 3246 4094 5422 3622
February (t) 2786 3007 3835 2841 3287 2779 3223 3542 3162
March (t) 3954 2870 3744 4201 4800 4017 5878 NA 4209
April (t) 5650 4118 3883 3881 4245 4764 5480 NA 4574
May (t) 3866 4228 3660 4071 3622 3988 7405 NA 4406
June (t) 4810 3349 3619 2721 4713 3026 4463 NA 3815
July (t) 2699 3366 3071 2180 3324 4211 5703 NA 3508
August (t) 2683 2395 4484 3152 5338 4814 3339 NA 3744
September (t) 2352 2934 3441 3129 4240 3387 5949 NA 3633
October (t-1) 3999 3983 3079 3580 4297 4663 4516 5756 4234
November (t-1) 2846 3258 2871 4873 3219 4029 4002 5147 3781
December (t-1) 2663 3070 3192 2884 2888 4218 4182 5901 3625
Total 41955 38917 41893 40736 47967 47141 58236 25768 42827

3.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 5966 2707 228 8902
ITALY 7212 1319 157 8688
TUNISIA 4907 365 11 5283
GREECE 1205 22 10 1237
LEBANON 329 30 0 359
PORTUGAL 50 189 0 238
ARGENTINA 215 18 0 233
TURKEY 132 23 12 167
MOROCCO 114 40 0 155
USA 102 45 1 148
CHILE 125 0 0 125
OTHERS 172 59 2 233
TOTAL 20529 4818 421 25768
* Source: Own elaboration based on Statistics CANADA - International Trade Division

4. China

4.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 3268 2850 3068 2777 6114 7115 3542 4931 4208
February (t) 1050 1471 1501 1852 852 1520 3542 1975 1720
March (t) 2323 2504 3680 2411 1338 3599 2780 NA 2662
April (t) 2533 2835 2576 2579 1548 3048 2549 NA 2524
May (t) 2955 2534 3053 3037 2195 3275 4603 NA 3093
June (t) 4032 4139 2216 2335 4143 3252 5730 NA 3692
July (t) 4367 4161 4900 4254 3677 4892 5480 NA 4533
August (t) 3387 3361 3683 5057 3937 6839 4631 NA 4414
September (t) 2327 2450 3264 4027 4143 3805 6366 NA 3769
October (t-1) 2609 2411 3107 4189 2722 2496 3204 2588 2916
November (t-1) 3031 3651 3220 8376 3833 4405 6565 5438 4815
December (t-1) 4008 3531 6015 4929 7697 4740 6586 7785 5661
Total 35891 35898 40281 45822 42198 48986 55580 22718 40922

4.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 13015 5488 1826 20330
ITALY 1109 89 536 1734
TURKEY 105 4 23 132
GREECE 104 9 0 113
CHILE 105 0 0 105
TUNISIA 97 0 0 97
AUSTRALIA 80 0 0 80
OTHERS 83 39 4 126
TOTAL 14698 5630 2389 22718
* Source: Own elaboration based on China customs

5. Japan

5.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 4531 3402 4007 4706 5594 4644 3691 4368
February (t) 3474 3916 3034 3664 4489 5126 3688 3913
March (t) 6753 4876 4328 4585 5399 6333 NA 5379
April (t) 6319 5608 4829 4466 7211 6473 NA 5818
May (t) 6550 6437 6697 5128 5832 5508 NA 6025
June (t) 4603 4896 4813 5037 5786 8549 NA 5614
July (t) 5129 5593 5215 5462 7201 5845 NA 5741
August (t) 5474 5401 5689 5480 6822 6338 NA 5867
September (t) 5595 5229 5171 5388 6659 5772 NA 5636
October (t-1) 4776 4492 3718 4871 5142 4963 4903 4695
November (t-1) 4735 3791 5987 4432 5894 5299 6160 5185
December (t-1) 3965 3097 3395 3946 4610 7189 4478 4383
Total 61904 56738 56884 57166 70640 72038 22919 56898

5.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 10774 3182 473 14429
ITALY 6128 997 65 7190
TURKEY 583 186 0 769
GREECE 203 0 6 209
PORTUGAL 112 0 45 157
AUSTRALIA 58 0 0 58
TUNISIA 44 0 0 44
CHILE 34 0 0 34
OTHERS 29 0 0 29
TOTAL 17965 4366 588 22919
* Source: Own elaboration based on Trade Statistics of Japan - Ministry of Finance

6. Russia

6.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 1513 1386 1326 1783 1422 1594 2220 1606
February (t) 1216 1765 1800 1746 2186 2123 2764 1943
March (t) 1589 2424 2354 2011 1971 2936 NA 2214
April (t) 1164 2653 2504 1995 2351 3061 NA 2288
May (t) 1127 1736 2326 2432 2253 3067 NA 2157
June (t) 1612 1777 2442 2160 2594 2690 NA 2213
July (t) 1882 2286 1581 2319 2844 2484 NA 2233
August (t) 1485 2469 2192 2341 2602 2700 NA 2298
September (t) 1656 1896 1641 2114 2233 2728 NA 2045
October (t-1) 4272 1786 2141 2255 3059 3412 4156 3012
November (t-1) 3175 2084 2273 2036 2306 2636 3908 2631
December (t-1) 2653 1941 1746 2107 2838 2904 3992 2597
Total 23346 24201 24328 25299 28657 32334 17041 25029

6.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 4896 1570 2196 8663
ITALY 4357 849 1092 6298
GREECE 946 0 145 1091
PORTUGAL 341 34 33 408
TURKEY 246 4 0 250
TUNISIA 154 10 0 165
BELARUS 93 6 1 100
UKRAINE 30 0 0 30
MOROCCO 17 0 0 17
CHILE 12 0 0 12
OTHERS 6 2 0 8
TOTAL 11099 2475 3467 17041
* Source: Own elaboration based on Federal Customs Service of Russia

7. United States of America

7.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 24296 26922 30429 25135 24754 23870 41415 28117
February (t) 27444 22369 20022 23000 26293 29003 22795 24418
March (t) 27063 35723 23209 29692 25869 32358 NA 28986
April (t) 31126 25428 33968 32556 33158 37219 NA 32243
May (t) 25086 34172 28046 28242 28350 39718 NA 30602
June (t) 31445 32210 26623 26137 29734 45347 NA 31916
July (t) 28485 22610 26376 31724 36012 35315 NA 30087
August (t) 23631 34877 31323 27301 28826 36663 NA 30437
September (t) 22061 24525 23264 23661 30822 34369 NA 26451
October (t-1) 23332 28580 22352 27199 34987 33225 29340 28431
November (t-1) 28450 20324 29150 20715 26394 22627 33389 25864
December (t-1) 18756 23628 21996 26836 30983 27205 32337 25963
Total 311174 331370 316759 322199 356183 396919 159275 313411

7.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
150990 OLIVE OIL
151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL
TOTAL BY CONTAINER
TOTAL
Country <18KG >=18kg <18KG >=18KG <18KG >=18KG <18KG >=18KG
ITALY 38206 2323 9810 84 414 189 48430 2596 51027
SPAIN 2817 21758 1682 9653 509 1055 5008 32466 37474
TUNISIA 11665 13333 9560 1603 14 68 21239 15004 36243
PORTUGAL 6396 520 2208 13 12 12 8616 544 9160
TURKEY 1067 2060 297 4045 0 61 1363 6166 7529
ARGENTINA 2131 3034 2 0 0 0 2134 3034 5168
CHILE 1542 3353 0 0 0 0 1542 3353 4895
GREECE 2853 763 228 87 15 0 3097 851 3948
MOROCCO 456 551 0 343 3 298 459 1192 1650
LEBANON 782 24 10 0 0 0 792 24 816
ISRAEL 469 15 14 53 0 0 482 68 551
OTHERS 214 266 114 191 0 30 328 487 816
TOTAL 68597 48000 23925 16073 967 1713 93489 65786 159275
* Source: Own elaboration based on United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service

8. Extra-EU

8.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 3388 11372 14470 14561 14901 11738
February (t) 9480 23168 20077 21784 NA 18628
March (t) 8490 23614 18795 38074 NA 22243
April (t) 5960 18284 14917 32505 NA 17917
May (t) 6841 21581 16535 31313 NA 19067
June (t) 10704 15743 12449 27567 NA 16615
July (t) 8570 13851 12590 23989 NA 14750
August (t) 7682 23004 15391 18304 NA 16095
September (t) 10987 7449 8553 20349 NA 11835
October (t-1) 7970 6659 12950 13337 19823 12148
November (t-1) 8941 17039 15096 11688 22013 14955
December (t-1) 23995 25285 19249 17869 19223 21124
Total 113005 207050 181074 271341 75959 169686

8.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
TUNISIA 51564 744 5249 57557
MOROCCO 2334 421 6655 9410
ARGENTINA 3507 0 0 3507
TURKEY 1086 694 2 1782
SYRIA 1099 10 0 1109
CHILE 924 0 0 924
OTHERS 1241 323 106 1671
TOTAL 61754 2192 12013 75959
* IOC own elaboration based on EUROSTAT

9. Intra-EU

9.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 89994 97626 88766 98847 96944 94435
February (t) 113209 85129 92686 107732 NA 99689
March (t) 103734 81625 91677 112300 NA 97334
April (t) 74336 75974 89318 102922 NA 85638
May (t) 82538 86763 82703 93860 NA 86466
June (t) 81809 93063 85711 97589 NA 89543
July (t) 76446 87382 98717 100376 NA 90730
August (t) 58061 75873 74546 78924 NA 71851
September (t) 55169 82583 84168 103740 NA 81415
October (t-1) 76728 71037 83337 102196 99524 86564
November (t-1) 85597 86734 87260 100323 105774 93138
December (t-1) 107870 90935 97768 115451 119119 106228
Total 1005492 1014723 1056656 1214260 421360 942498

9.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 197775 27032 13252 238060
GREECE 57992 820 14110 72923
ITALY 39559 2858 9122 51539
PORTUGAL 41105 1403 4787 47295
GERMANY 2196 464 66 2727
FRANCE 2232 348 60 2640
NETHERLANDS 446 223 1226 1895
BELGIUM 714 321 157 1192
OTHERS 2447 464 180 3091
TOTAL 344466 33933 42961 421360
* IOC own elaboration based on EUROSTAT


Contact: International Olive Council - Economic and Promotion Unit - Economic Research and Statistics Department https://www.internationaloliveoil.org/


IOC own elaboration based on Australian Bureau of Statistics, Ministerio do Desenvolvimento, Industria e Comercio Exterior, Brasil, EUROSTAT, Statistics CANADA - International Trade Division, China customs, Trade Statistics of Japan - Ministry of Finance, Federal Customs Service of Russia, United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service.

In order to make the historical data comparable the figures have been calculated for the EU-27. The United Kingdom is no longer a Member State of the European Union, however until the end of the transition period, 31 January 2020, it is still part of the EU Customs Union.

Extra EU: Imports from outside the EU.↩︎

Intra EU: Imports from inside the EU.↩︎

Some of the data are subject to review. Estimates are subject to change or correction without notice.

Data in tonnes 1t=1000kg=1Mg.

Olive crop year means the period from 1 October of year t to 30 September of year t+1 for olive oil.

According to the new provisions of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, which came into force on 1 January 2017, “table olive crop year” means the period of twelve months from 1 September of one year to 31 August of the next.

Harmonized System Codes: Olive oil = 15091020+15091010+15091080+15099000.

15091010 Virgin lampante; 15091020 Extra virgin olive oil; 15091080 Virgin olive oil; 15099000 Refined olive oil; 15100010 Crude olive-pomace oil; 15100090 Refined olive-pomace oil;

ex-: only table olives should be included ex-070990: fresh or chilled olives (excl. for oil production); ex-071080: olives, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen; ex-071120: olives provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption (excl. for oil production); ex-200190: olives, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid; 200570: olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen).


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May 5th - 2020/2021 crop year