WORLD TRADE IN OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES

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So far this 2021/2022 crop year, imports of olive oil and table olives decreased by 7.3% and 5.3%, respectively.

Eight markets represent around 80% of the imports of olive oils and virgin olive oils around the world, the United States with 35%, the European Union with 17%, Brazil with 8%, Japan with 6%, Canada with 5%, China with 4%, Australia with 3%, and Russia with 2%.

So far this 2021/2022 crop year, imports of olive oils and virgin olive oils in the top eight markets reached 626879 tonnes (-7.3%, compared to the same period previous crop year).

The table below shows the trade in the first months of the current crop year (2021/2022). In general, imports fell in the main markets, Australia (-24.4%), Brazil (-14.7%), Canada (-12%), China (-5.4%), Japan (+2.1%), Russia (-19.6%), United States (+0.8%) and the extra-EU (-18.7%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 Average %Variation Rates
AUSTRALIA 19126 22268 21458 22975 27257 27374 20688 23021 -24.4
BRAZIL 34840 46082 58644 67022 79520 82827 70643 62797 -14.7
CANADA 30139 31177 34342 34287 42539 48017 42256 37537 -12
CHINA 23925 27434 26667 31094 35222 33550 31744 29948 -5.4
JAPAN 38465 39205 39528 48637 52407 43522 44418 43740 2.1
RUSSIA 5670 5632 6521 8202 8656 11338 9119 7877 -19.6
USA 236202 226863 231008 253469 285845 301206 303571 262595 0.8
Extra-EU 77804 61040 131880 103211 167580 128470 104441 110632 -18.7
Total 466171 459700 550048 568897 699026 676304 626879 578146 -7.3

Imports mainly came from Spain with a share of 35.3% of all imports (+11.7%, compared to the same period the previous crop year), followed by Tunisia with 22.6%, Italy with 21%, Portugal with 8.1%, Turkey with 3.1%, Argentina with 2.9%, Greece with 2.2% and Chile with 1.9%.

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 154187 196604 191255 192858 221315 35.3 14.8
TUNISIA 130187 107457 217354 189981 141779 22.6 -25.4
ITALY 121728 126961 130503 139643 131779 21.0 -5.6
PORTUGAL 37757 46924 76640 74486 50564 8.1 -32.1
TURKEY 36729 24148 23809 18344 19429 3.1 5.9
ARGENTINA 17750 9975 14999 16114 18102 2.9 12.3
GREECE 12958 14126 13602 14157 13484 2.2 -4.8
CHILE 9348 9275 8460 10426 11770 1.9 12.9
MOROCCO 4377 17047 8483 7885 9685 1.5 22.8
Others 25028 16381 13921 12410 8973 1.4 -27.7
Total 550048 568897 699026 676304 626879 100 -7.3

In terms of volumes by product category, 73.5% of total imports were under code 15.09.10 (virgin olive oil), followed by imports under 15.09.90 (olive oil) with 19.9% and the remaining 6.6% under 15.10.00 (olive pomace oil).

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 142902 78413 10486 231801
TUNISIA 132709 9070 5859 147638
ITALY 110338 21440 3510 135289
PORTUGAL 40423 10141 195 50759
MOROCCO 8346 1339 20902 30586
TURKEY 10780 8648 2715 22144
ARGENTINA 17185 917 0 18102
GREECE 12398 1086 261 13745
CHILE 11688 82 0 11770
LEBANON 1567 403 0 1970
SYRIA 1031 66 0 1097
ISRAEL 720 346 1 1067
OTHERS 3283 1558 290 5131
TOTAL 493370 133509 44220 671099
* Own elaboration

As for table olives, five markets represents around 67% of the imports around the world, the United States with 24%, Brazil with 18%, the European Union with 17%, 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 (2021/2022).

2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 Average %Variation Rates
AUSTRALIA 14884 14216 15140 13339 16944 15473 14999 -8.7
BRAZIL 95186 90598 96992 100947 112344 99440 99251 -11.5
CANADA 23583 26110 26400 27588 33089 30017 27798 -9.3
Extra-EU 71216 85785 86213 85171 89265 85472 83854 -4.2
USA 117233 113685 131341 120175 120572 122258 120877 1.4
Total 322101 330394 356087 347220 372214 352660 346780 -5.3

In general, imports fell in the main markets, Australia (-8.7%), Brazil (-11.5%), Canada (-9.3%), United States (+1.4%) and the extra-EU (-4.2%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

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

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 78279 85892 81745 74232 73686 20.9 -0.7
ARGENTINA 57513 59657 52422 51414 63423 18.0 23.4
MOROCCO 47752 52608 47116 50197 53220 15.1 6
GREECE 41534 43053 39987 49917 52224 14.8 4.6
TURKEY 25063 34033 31106 32286 36625 10.4 13.4
PERU 7303 19504 21941 24474 22484 6.4 -8.1
EGYPT 51370 36071 44567 61359 20529 5.8 -66.5
ITALY 6475 7574 8193 9201 9776 2.8 6.3
ALBANIA 3699 4264 4364 7277 7294 2.1 0.2
Others 11407 13431 15778 11858 13399 3.8 13
Total 330394 356087 347220 372214 352660 100 -5.3

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 2021/2022 Average
January (t) 2066 3517 1475 2349 3130 1943 1968 2350
February (t) 2109 2377 2498 2211 2376 3708 2453 2533
March (t) 2868 2206 2454 2548 2699 2847 2941 2652
April (t) 2324 2225 2160 2178 2861 4203 2366 2617
May (t) 3120 2428 2826 2777 4260 3614 2554 3083
June (t) 2385 1786 3397 2583 4876 2264 2070 2766
July (t) 1636 2701 4125 3302 4136 3358 NA 3210
August (t) 2839 2272 2903 2980 2298 2311 NA 2601
September (t) 2699 1773 2961 2769 2732 2901 NA 2639
October (t-1) 1718 2295 2844 3344 2275 3353 3385 2745
November (t-1) 1819 3530 2039 3379 2472 2564 2254 2579
December (t-1) 1266 2513 2016 1894 2444 3377 1010 2074
Total 26850 29624 31699 32315 36558 36442 21001 30641

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 8378 7033 118 15528
ITALY 2463 611 148 3222
GREECE 705 147 3 855
TURKEY 422 60 22 505
LEBANON 205 218 0 423
SYRIA 178 1 0 179
TUNISIA 35 66 0 101
INDIA 72 1 0 73
OTHERS 41 52 22 115
TOTAL 12500 8188 313 21001
* 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 2021/2022 Average
January (t) 5164 6367 4395 4363 6103 6515 8938 9220 7150 6468
February (t) 5215 5517 3169 3931 6442 8023 8861 7230 6200 6065
March (t) 6747 6792 2660 5398 8383 8849 11911 9491 9809 7782
April (t) 5281 4769 4080 4609 7079 8794 9277 7355 6924 6463
May (t) 5110 2781 3915 4496 6124 6699 8038 8859 7253 5920
June (t) 5158 3972 4151 3972 4808 5324 5584 7257 8996 5469
July (t) 6416 4614 4735 4244 5776 5879 8862 7185 NA 5964
August (t) 5759 5267 5193 4787 5279 7374 7237 9607 NA 6313
September (t) 6061 4595 5278 4610 6816 5882 8292 6868 NA 6050
October (t-1) 9075 9585 5530 5233 5444 8246 8334 11052 8138 7848
November (t-1) 6240 7270 4854 6844 7285 8468 11000 12250 8896 8123
December (t-1) 7157 6249 2690 7653 7276 6310 7845 10356 7466 7000
Total 73382 67778 50649 60140 76817 86362 104179 106730 70831 77430

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 31530 8637 54 40222
SPAIN 12018 790 76 12884
ARGENTINA 6240 678 0 6917
CHILE 4822 0 0 4822
ITALY 3572 93 58 3723
TUNISIA 1634 0 0 1634
GREECE 265 0 0 265
TURKEY 173 1 0 174
URUGUAY 124 0 0 124
LEBANON 65 0 0 65
OTHERS 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 60443 10200 188 70831
* 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 2021/2022 Average
January (t) 3648 2339 3014 3221 3993 3246 4094 5411 3998 3663
February (t) 2786 3007 3835 2841 3287 2779 3223 3543 5294 3399
March (t) 3954 2870 3744 4201 4800 4017 5878 4688 5634 4421
April (t) 5650 4118 3883 3881 4245 4764 5480 4623 4167 4534
May (t) 3866 4228 3660 4071 3622 3988 7405 8361 4673 4875
June (t) 4810 3349 3619 2721 4713 3026 4463 5483 8599 4532
July (t) 2699 3366 3071 2180 3324 4211 5703 3777 NA 3541
August (t) 2683 2395 4484 3152 5338 4814 3339 3153 NA 3670
September (t) 2352 2934 3441 3129 4240 3387 5949 3129 NA 3570
October (t-1) 3999 3983 3079 3580 4297 4663 4516 5756 3196 4119
November (t-1) 2846 3258 2871 4873 3219 4029 4002 5147 3629 3764
December (t-1) 2663 3070 3192 2884 2888 4218 4182 5901 3210 3579
Total 41955 38917 41893 40736 47967 47141 58236 58972 42400 46469

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
ITALY 15436 662 63 16161
SPAIN 5687 5313 66 11066
TUNISIA 9376 679 0 10055
GREECE 1947 12 0 1958
TURKEY 420 562 0 983
LEBANON 348 68 0 417
PORTUGAL 97 255 0 352
MOROCCO 276 61 0 336
CHILE 295 1 0 296
USA 154 83 1 238
ARGENTINA 153 1 0 154
ALGERIA 51 50 0 101
OTHERS 190 80 13 283
TOTAL 34430 7826 144 42400
* 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 2021/2022 Average
January (t) 3268 2850 3068 2777 6114 7115 3542 4931 3828 4166
February (t) 1050 1471 1501 1852 852 1520 3542 1975 2931 1855
March (t) 2323 2504 3680 2411 1338 3599 2780 3264 2711 2734
April (t) 2533 2835 2576 2579 1548 3048 2549 3205 2787 2629
May (t) 2955 2534 3053 3037 2195 3275 4603 4645 2211 3167
June (t) 4032 4139 2216 2335 4143 3252 5730 3539 3424 3646
July (t) 4367 4161 4900 4254 3677 4892 5480 5093 NA 4603
August (t) 3387 3361 3683 5057 3937 6839 4631 4547 NA 4430
September (t) 2327 2450 3264 4027 4143 3805 6366 3954 NA 3792
October (t-1) 2609 2411 3107 4189 2722 2496 3204 2588 3156 2942
November (t-1) 3031 3651 3220 8376 3833 4405 6565 5438 5464 4887
December (t-1) 4008 3531 6015 4929 7697 4740 6586 7785 8440 5970
Total 35891 35898 40281 45822 42198 48986 55580 50964 34951 43397

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 20957 8601 2733 32290
ITALY 1586 94 407 2087
TUNISIA 70 0 68 138
GREECE 102 19 0 121
AUSTRALIA 96 0 0 96
UNITED KINGDOM 0 57 0 57
TURKEY 53 0 0 53
OTHERS 98 10 0 108
TOTAL 22962 8781 3208 34951
* 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 2021/2022 Average
January (t) 4531 3402 4007 4706 5594 4644 3691 6201 4597
February (t) 3474 3916 3034 3664 4489 5126 3688 3557 3869
March (t) 6753 4876 4328 4585 5399 6333 5915 5759 5493
April (t) 6319 5608 4829 4466 7211 6473 4888 4872 5583
May (t) 6550 6437 6697 5128 5832 5508 4429 4366 5618
June (t) 4603 4896 4813 5037 5786 8549 6716 5239 5705
July (t) 5129 5593 5215 5462 7201 5845 5095 NA 5649
August (t) 5474 5401 5689 5480 6822 6338 5882 NA 5869
September (t) 5595 5229 5171 5388 6659 5772 5221 NA 5576
October (t-1) 4776 4492 3718 4871 5142 4963 4903 4567 4679
November (t-1) 4735 3791 5987 4432 5894 5299 6160 6856 5394
December (t-1) 3965 3097 3395 3946 4610 7189 4478 4514 4399
Total 61904 56738 56884 57166 70640 72038 61065 45932 60296

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 18683 6967 1154 26804
ITALY 11910 2551 186 14646
TURKEY 2833 161 13 3006
PORTUGAL 547 7 137 691
GREECE 493 4 24 522
TUNISIA 69 5 0 73
CHILE 54 0 0 54
AUSTRALIA 42 1 0 43
OTHERS 81 12 0 92
TOTAL 34711 9707 1514 45932
* 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 2021/2022 Average
January (t) 1513 1386 1326 1783 1422 1594 2220 2362 1701
February (t) 1216 1765 1800 1746 2186 2123 2789 NA 1946
March (t) 1589 2424 2354 2011 1971 2936 2392 NA 2240
April (t) 1164 2653 2504 1995 2351 3061 3117 NA 2406
May (t) 1127 1736 2326 2432 2253 3067 3540 NA 2354
June (t) 1612 1777 2442 2160 2594 2690 3693 NA 2424
July (t) 1882 2286 1581 2319 2844 2484 2919 NA 2331
August (t) 1485 2469 2192 2341 2602 2700 2793 NA 2369
September (t) 1656 1896 1641 2114 2233 2728 2591 NA 2123
October (t-1) 4272 1786 2141 2255 3059 3412 4156 3227 3039
November (t-1) 3175 2084 2273 2036 2306 2636 3908 3394 2726
December (t-1) 2653 1941 1746 2107 2838 2904 3992 2805 2623
Total 23346 24201 24328 25299 28657 32334 38113 11789 26008

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 2937 845 1729 5511
ITALY 3563 835 797 5195
GREECE 620 7 128 754
TUNISIA 71 23 10 104
PORTUGAL 72 9 1 82
BELARUS 54 2 5 61
TURKEY 30 13 0 43
UKRAINE 19 0 0 19
ALGERIA 12 0 0 12
OTHERS 7 0 0 7
TOTAL 7385 1734 2669 11789
* 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 2021/2022 Average
January (t) 24296 26922 30429 25135 24754 23870 41415 28712 28192
February (t) 27444 22369 20022 23000 26293 29003 22795 31095 25252
March (t) 27063 35723 23209 29692 25869 32358 29600 32371 29486
April (t) 31126 25428 33968 32556 33158 37219 41050 40531 34380
May (t) 25086 34172 28046 28242 28350 39718 41981 52411 34751
June (t) 31445 32210 26623 26137 29734 45347 35544 45645 34086
July (t) 28485 22610 26376 31724 36012 35315 23538 NA 29152
August (t) 23631 34877 31323 27301 28826 36663 31043 NA 30523
September (t) 22061 24525 23264 23661 30822 34369 28502 NA 26744
October (t-1) 23332 28580 22352 27199 34987 33225 29340 24668 27960
November (t-1) 28450 20324 29150 20715 26394 22627 33389 32102 26644
December (t-1) 18756 23628 21996 26836 30983 27205 32337 25586 25916
Total 311174 331370 316759 322199 356183 396919 390534 313120 342282

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
SPAIN 29764 44478 18448 30417 527 3908 48739 78803 127541
ITALY 68643 3165 15838 756 1071 729 85553 4650 90203
TUNISIA 9804 26472 3372 3196 10 250 13185 29917 43103
TURKEY 2877 1488 391 7202 0 2541 3267 11232 14499
PORTUGAL 4510 3645 1230 2 0 4 5740 3650 9390
GREECE 6632 1635 681 216 17 87 7330 1938 9267
ARGENTINA 1767 4518 239 0 0 0 2006 4518 6524
CHILE 1067 4321 81 0 0 0 1148 4321 5469
MOROCCO 493 1784 6 1166 0 380 499 3330 3829
LEBANON 861 27 78 1 0 0 939 28 967
ISRAEL 648 3 58 167 0 0 706 170 876
AUSTRALIA 131 305 0 104 0 0 131 409 541
OTHERS 323 175 87 302 0 25 410 502 911
TOTAL 127520 92015 40507 43530 1626 7923 169652 143468 313120
* 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 2021/2022 Average
January (t) 3388 11372 14470 14561 14955 7073 10970
February (t) 9480 23168 20077 21784 17851 14814 17863
March (t) 8490 23614 18795 38074 20306 15338 20769
April (t) 5960 18284 14917 32505 21271 22032 19162
May (t) 6841 21581 16535 31313 15450 17544 18211
June (t) 10704 15743 12449 27567 12919 NA 15876
July (t) 8570 13851 12590 23989 8839 NA 13568
August (t) 7682 23004 15391 18304 8598 NA 14596
September (t) 10987 7449 8553 20349 11837 NA 11835
October (t-1) 7970 6659 12950 13337 19880 15419 12702
November (t-1) 8941 17039 15096 11688 22032 9682 14080
December (t-1) 23995 25285 19249 17869 19244 28849 22415
Total 113005 207050 181074 271341 193183 130751 182734

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 85179 1730 5463 92373
MOROCCO 5792 106 20522 26420
ARGENTINA 4496 0 0 4496
TURKEY 2483 257 120 2861
CHILE 1106 0 0 1106
SYRIA 787 46 0 833
UNITED KINGDOM 416 235 169 820
OTHERS 1145 661 36 1842
TOTAL 101404 3037 26310 130751
* 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 2021/2022 Average
January (t) 89994 97626 88766 98847 99173 93384 94632
February (t) 113209 85129 92686 107732 121743 114711 105868
March (t) 103734 81625 91677 112300 124620 113591 104591
April (t) 74336 75974 89318 102922 97284 104382 90703
May (t) 82538 86763 82703 93860 110668 125060 96932
June (t) 81809 93063 85711 97589 96352 NA 90905
July (t) 76446 87382 98717 100376 87734 NA 90131
August (t) 58061 75873 74546 78924 66590 NA 70799
September (t) 55169 82583 84168 103740 84574 NA 82047
October (t-1) 76728 71037 83337 102196 100627 81894 85970
November (t-1) 85597 86734 87260 100323 107548 98042 94251
December (t-1) 107870 90935 97768 115451 122240 117231 108583
Total 1005492 1014723 1056656 1214260 1219154 848295 1059763

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 384381 61739 32600 478721
PORTUGAL 119420 9587 12504 141512
GREECE 72930 3105 29219 105254
ITALY 70916 11087 14194 96197
FRANCE 3484 6359 83 9926
GERMANY 3559 1580 314 5453
NETHERLANDS 829 728 1182 2740
BELGIUM 1312 540 303 2156
ROMANIA 1296 13 24 1333
OTHERS 3275 1340 389 5004
TOTAL 661402 96079 90814 848295
* IOC own elaboration based on EUROSTAT


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

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

Last update: 2022-August-24


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.

Arima’s automatic procedures have been used to calculate the forecasts.

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 Other 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).