WORLD TRADE IN OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES

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So far this 2023/2024 crop year, imports of olive oil by decreased by 11% while imports of table olives increased by 8.7%.

Seven 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% and Australia with 3%.

So far this 2023/2024 crop year, imports of olive oils and virgin olive oils in the top seven markets reached 370375 tonnes (-11%, compared to the same period previous crop year).

The table below shows the trade in the first months of the current crop year (2023/2024). In general, imports decrease in the main markets, Australia (-44.4%), Brazil (-31.7%), Canada (-4.3%), China (-65.7%), Japan (-33%), United States (-10.4%) and the extra-EU (+28.8%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average %Variation Rates
AUSTRALIA 13234 15562 15302 17467 15629 16102 8945 14775 -44.4
BRAZIL 40698 46248 56730 59476 47502 58039 39664 47677 -31.7
CANADA 22129 22596 25440 29922 24837 26082 24970 24605 -4.3
CHINA 19407 22249 24123 23343 23998 21695 7431 20347 -65.7
JAPAN 25297 30150 32532 28101 30290 24494 16417 26339 -33
USA 147063 164239 164814 185905 168820 189952 170254 166585 -10.4
Extra-EU 95223 78357 105091 100847 74633 79701 102693 85835 28.8
Total 363051 379401 424032 445061 385709 416065 370375 386163 -11

Imports mainly came from Spain with a share of 26.4% of all imports, followed by Tunisia with 23.1%, Italy with 19.6%, Portugal with 7%, Türkiye with 6.8%, and Argentina with 4.9%.

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 98465 122451 124781 112940 133349 128645 97861 26.4 -23.9
TUNISIA 81164 76044 120686 139086 89410 81363 85673 23.1 5.3
ITALY 78285 82648 71374 84220 74844 81437 72740 19.6 -10.7
PORTUGAL 26385 32682 47650 51662 33220 41546 25817 7.0 -37.9
ARGENTINA 15805 8473 12873 13660 14468 13186 18050 4.9 36.9
TÜRKIYE 26486 17216 15632 12140 13732 40652 25194 6.8 -38
CHILE 7524 7856 6838 9278 9290 4703 9256 2.5 96.8
GREECE 6997 8789 8403 8178 7574 9112 6612 1.8 -27.4
MOROCCO 1892 10975 5575 5360 3384 3024 4552 1.2 50.5
LEBANON 1539 1468 1726 1978 1419 2341 3359 0.9 43.5
ISRAEL 530 393 967 724 931 1163 1548 0.4 33.1
SYRIA 11224 5419 1625 1721 765 2959 6990 1.9 136.3
UNITED KINGDOM 1359 1500 1150 813 595 494 687 0.2 39
AUSTRALIA 1239 510 833 251 567 618 1057 0.3 70.9
Others 4157 2978 3918 3049 2161 4821 10978 3.0 127.7
Total 363051 379401 424032 445061 385709 416065 370375 100.0 -11

In terms of volumes by product category, 76.9% of total imports were under code 15.09.10 (virgin olive oil), followed by imports under 15.09.90 (olive oil) with 16.9% and the remaining 6.3% 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 65272 32589 9203 107064
TUNISIA 79718 5956 10110 95783
ITALY 60965 11775 2521 75261
TÜRKIYE 18805 6389 1617 26811
PORTUGAL 20859 4958 16 25833
ARGENTINA 17592 458 0 18050
CHILE 9092 164 107 9363
SYRIA 6910 79 0 6990
GREECE 5414 1198 144 6757
MOROCCO 4463 89 775 5327
EGYPT 4699 42 0 4741
LEBANON 2773 586 0 3360
ALBANIA 1528 119 120 1766
ISRAEL 778 770 0 1548
AUSTRALIA 1024 33 0 1057
PERU 1015 19 0 1034
OTHERS 2850 1393 84 4327
TOTAL 303756 66618 24696 395071
* 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 (2023/2024).

2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average %Variation Rates
AUSTRALIA 10087 9393 10802 9394 11778 10689 10179 9865 10273 -3.1
BRAZIL 68284 62987 69281 76254 89419 68438 74253 70665 72448 -4.8
CANADA 16269 17209 17720 19118 23602 19723 19131 20071 19106 4.9
Extra-EU 52327 62488 63119 64568 68590 63865 62086 93788 66354 51.1
USA 80892 76443 84076 86989 77943 80108 95544 89400 83924 -6.4
Total 227858 228521 244999 256323 271331 242823 261194 283789 252105 8.7

In general, imports decreased in the main markets, Australia (-3.1%), Brazil (-4.8%), Canada (+4.9%), United States (-6.4%) and the extra-EU (+51.1%), 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 Türkiye.

2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 54755 58965 52427 50461 64039 42477 15.0 -33.7
ARGENTINA 38607 41547 39674 40729 32262 53297 18.8 65.2
MOROCCO 35614 35191 35250 38030 31861 24872 8.8 -21.9
GREECE 30253 27888 34359 34562 32372 32232 11.4 -0.4
TÜRKIYE 25342 23102 24232 27169 25875 22923 8.1 -11.4
PERU 13651 17813 20706 15986 25270 11040 3.9 -56.3
EGYPT 29687 29894 45432 15927 25602 66283 23.4 158.9
ITALY 4467 5628 5377 5678 6334 7079 2.5 11.7
ALBANIA 2976 3180 5493 5613 7182 6789 2.4 -5.5
Others 9645 13116 8381 8669 10398 16798 5.9 61.6
Total 244999 256323 271331 242823 261194 283789 100.0 8.7

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 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 2066 3517 1475 2349 3130 1943 1968 3220 1474 2349
February (t) 2109 2377 2498 2211 2376 3708 2453 2142 1072 2327
March (t) 2868 2206 2454 2548 2699 2847 2941 2702 1540 2534
April (t) 2324 2225 2160 2178 2861 4203 2366 1403 0 2191
May (t) 3120 2428 2826 2777 4260 3614 2555 2526 0 2678
June (t) 2385 1786 3397 2583 4876 2264 2070 1770 0 2348
July (t) 1636 2701 4125 3302 4136 3358 3745 1980 0 2776
August (t) 2839 2272 2903 2980 2298 2311 4466 2182 0 2472
September (t) 2699 1773 2961 2769 2732 2901 3435 1768 0 2338
October (t-1) 1718 2295 2844 3344 2275 3353 3385 2687 1916 2646
November (t-1) 1819 3530 2039 3379 2472 2564 2254 3072 1429 2506
December (t-1) 1266 2513 2016 1894 2444 3377 2809 2427 1596 2260
Total 26850 29624 31699 32315 36558 36442 34447 27878 9027 29427

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 3140 2777 2 5920
ITALY 1486 643 72 2201
LEBANON 193 97 0 289
TÜRKIYE 207 22 1 230
GREECE 160 24 6 191
USA 1 69 0 69
TÜRKIYE 27 34 0 60
OTHERS 33 32 1 67
TOTAL 5247 3698 82 9027
* 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 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 5164 6367 4395 4363 6103 6516 8938 9220 7150 7736 6779 6612
February (t) 5215 5517 3169 3931 6442 8022 8861 7230 6200 9011 5942 6322
March (t) 6747 6792 2660 5398 8383 8849 11911 9491 9809 10174 7996 8019
April (t) 5281 4769 4080 4609 7079 8794 9277 7355 8222 4400 0 5806
May (t) 5110 2781 3915 4496 6124 6699 8038 8859 8913 5297 0 5476
June (t) 5158 3972 4151 3972 4808 5324 5584 7257 8996 4097 0 4847
July (t) 6416 4614 4735 4244 5776 5879 8862 7185 9436 5309 0 5678
August (t) 5759 5267 5193 4787 5279 7374 7237 9607 9355 7474 0 6121
September (t) 6061 4595 5278 4610 6816 5882 8292 6868 10951 6500 0 5987
October (t-1) 9075 9585 5530 5233 5444 8246 8334 11052 8138 8488 6810 7812
November (t-1) 6240 7270 4854 6844 7285 8468 11000 12250 8896 12979 6226 8392
December (t-1) 7157 6249 2690 7653 7276 6310 7845 10356 7466 9772 6050 7166
Total 73382 67778 50649 60140 76817 86362 104179 106730 103531 91239 39803 78237

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 18786 4221 15 23022
SPAIN 6575 273 76 6924
CHILE 3261 0 0 3261
ARGENTINA 2560 359 0 2919
ITALY 2187 67 48 2302
TUNISIA 683 0 0 683
TÜRKIYE 290 0 0 290
URUGUAY 188 0 0 188
LEBANON 87 0 0 87
GREECE 76 0 0 76
OTHERS 42 9 0 51
TOTAL 34735 4929 139 39803
* 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 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 3648 2339 3014 3221 3993 3246 4094 5411 4035 3936 3917 3714
February (t) 2786 3007 3835 2841 3287 2779 3223 3543 5375 3486 4457 3511
March (t) 3954 2870 3744 4201 4800 4017 5878 4688 5697 4799 5441 4554
April (t) 5650 4118 3883 3881 4245 4764 5480 4623 4201 3434 0 4025
May (t) 3866 4228 3660 4071 3622 3988 7405 8361 4703 4221 0 4375
June (t) 4810 3349 3619 2721 4713 3026 4463 5483 8627 4261 0 4098
July (t) 2699 3366 3070 2180 3324 4211 5703 3777 3622 4001 0 3268
August (t) 2683 2395 4484 3152 5338 4814 3339 3153 4647 3396 0 3400
September (t) 2352 2934 3441 3129 4240 3387 5949 3129 3359 3116 0 3185
October (t-1) 3999 3983 3079 3580 4297 4663 4516 5756 3196 4845 4229 4195
November (t-1) 2846 3258 2871 4873 3219 4029 4002 5147 3629 5641 4116 3967
December (t-1) 2663 3070 3192 2884 2888 4218 4182 5901 3210 3862 3459 3593
Total 41955 38917 41893 40736 47967 47141 58236 58972 54299 48998 25619 45885

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 5441 2714 337 8491
ITALY 6203 568 108 6879
TUNISIA 4230 446 22 4698
TÜRKIYE 759 944 161 1863
GREECE 1344 1 20 1365
USA 500 70 1 571
LEBANON 442 128 0 570
ARGENTINA 238 1 0 239
MOROCCO 230 2 0 233
PORTUGAL 54 122 0 177
CHILE 121 0 0 122
AZERBAIJAN 107 0 0 107
OTHERS 261 43 0 305
TOTAL 19931 5039 649 25619
* 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 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 3268 2850 3068 2777 6114 7115 3542 4931 3828 3221 1493 3837
February (t) 1050 1471 1501 1852 852 1520 3542 1974 2931 1692 1171 1778
March (t) 2323 2504 3680 2411 1338 3599 2780 3264 2711 1548 1164 2484
April (t) 2533 2835 2576 2579 1548 3048 2549 3205 2787 2237 0 2354
May (t) 2955 2534 3053 3037 2195 3275 4603 4645 2210 1865 0 2761
June (t) 4032 4139 2216 2335 4143 3252 5730 3539 3424 2178 0 3181
July (t) 4367 4161 4900 4254 3677 4892 5480 5093 7342 2621 0 4253
August (t) 3387 3361 3683 5057 3937 6839 4631 4547 6332 1837 0 3965
September (t) 2327 2450 3264 4027 4143 3805 6366 3954 4657 2771 0 3433
October (t-1) 2609 2411 3107 4189 2722 2496 3204 2588 3156 3448 1951 2898
November (t-1) 3031 3651 3220 8376 3833 4405 6565 5438 5464 7033 1795 4801
December (t-1) 4008 3531 6015 4929 7697 4740 6586 7785 8440 6035 1410 5561
Total 35891 35898 40281 45822 42198 48986 55580 50964 53283 36485 8985 41307

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 5276 1228 1395 7898
ITALY 557 72 159 789
AUSTRALIA 144 0 0 144
UNITED KINGDOM 0 61 0 61
OTHERS 76 17 0 94
TOTAL 6054 1377 1554 8985
* 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 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 4531 3402 4007 4706 5594 4644 3691 6201 4092 2536 4340
February (t) 3474 3916 3034 3664 4489 5126 3688 3557 3839 2111 3690
March (t) 6753 4876 4328 4585 5399 6333 5915 5759 4023 3191 5116
April (t) 6319 5608 4829 4466 7211 6473 4888 4872 4311 0 4898
May (t) 6550 6437 6697 5128 5832 5508 4429 4366 5697 0 5064
June (t) 4603 4896 4813 5037 5786 8549 6716 5239 3570 0 4921
July (t) 5129 5593 5215 5462 7201 5845 5095 6038 5254 0 5083
August (t) 5474 5401 5689 5480 6822 6338 5882 6965 4682 0 5273
September (t) 5595 5229 5171 5388 6659 5772 5221 5553 5044 0 4963
October (t-1) 4776 4492 3718 4871 5142 4963 4903 4567 5556 3324 4631
November (t-1) 4735 3791 5987 4432 5894 5299 6160 6856 3477 3345 4998
December (t-1) 3965 3097 3395 3946 4610 7189 4478 4514 4508 2905 4261
Total 61904 56738 56884 57166 70640 72038 61065 64488 54051 17412 57238

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 7106 2579 814 10498
ITALY 4334 719 154 5207
TÜRKIYE 1297 84 19 1399
GREECE 122 2 8 132
AUSTRALIA 69 1 0 70
CHILE 56 0 0 56
OTHERS 43 5 0 49
TOTAL 13027 3390 994 17412
* 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
TÜRKIYE 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 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 24296 26922 30429 25135 24754 23870 41415 28712 32843 31094 28947
February (t) 27444 22369 20022 23000 26293 29002 22795 31094 30684 28293 26099
March (t) 27063 35723 23209 29692 25868 32358 29600 32371 38220 36804 31091
April (t) 31126 25428 33968 32556 33158 37219 41050 40531 35302 0 31034
May (t) 25086 34172 28046 28242 28350 39718 41982 52411 28790 0 30679
June (t) 31445 32210 26623 26137 29734 45347 35544 45645 22916 0 29560
July (t) 28484 22610 26376 31724 36012 35315 23538 33578 35182 0 27282
August (t) 23631 34877 31323 27301 28826 36663 31042 40406 25205 0 27927
September (t) 22061 24525 23264 23661 30822 34369 28502 24949 27766 0 23992
October (t-1) 23332 28580 22352 27199 34987 33225 29340 24668 37568 24902 28615
November (t-1) 28450 20324 29150 20715 26394 22627 33389 32102 32131 29118 27440
December (t-1) 18756 23628 21996 26836 30983 27205 32336 25586 24322 29958 26161
Total 311174 331370 316759 322199 356181 396919 390533 412053 370929 180168 338828

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 21742 15992 14878 8141 8 6572 36629 30704 67333
ITALY 44311 1886 9262 445 690 1289 54264 3620 57883
TUNISIA 5157 12211 630 2665 0 163 5787 15039 20826
TÜRKIYE 2378 1399 1705 2828 10 1020 4093 5246 9339
ARGENTINA 293 7376 72 0 0 0 365 7376 7741
GREECE 3122 564 869 298 60 50 4051 913 4963
CHILE 1016 2275 148 0 8 0 1172 2275 3447
PORTUGAL 1383 608 613 2 0 1 1995 611 2606
ISRAEL 548 185 132 632 0 0 680 817 1497
LEBANON 905 150 216 12 0 0 1122 163 1284
MOROCCO 547 384 0 0 0 0 547 384 930
AUSTRALIA 0 762 0 0 0 0 0 762 762
MEXICO 152 0 482 0 0 0 633 0 633
OTHERS 288 453 105 32 30 14 423 499 922
TOTAL 81842 44246 29112 15054 805 9109 111759 68410 180168
* 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

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024
January (t) 11372 14470 14561 14955 7073 8401 15934
February (t) 23168 20077 21784 17851 14814 14020 23409
March (t) 23614 18795 38074 20306 15338 13708 23959
April (t) 18284 14917 32506 21271 22032 11914 0
May (t) 21581 16535 31313 15450 17554 14034 0
June (t) 15743 12449 27567 12919 14685 17304 0
July (t) 13851 12590 23989 8839 11022 20494 0
August (t) 23004 15391 18304 8598 14101 21709 0
September (t) 7449 8553 20349 11837 10765 20176 0
October (t-1) 6659 12950 13337 19880 15419 10879 12462
November (t-1) 17039 15096 11688 22032 9682 9368 15515
December (t-1) 25285 19249 17869 19244 28849 29090 22779
Total 207050 181074 271341 193183 181334 191096 114057

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 57419 2214 9925 69558
TÜRKIYE 12475 806 408 13689
ARGENTINA 7118 25 0 7144
SYRIA 6887 73 0 6960
EGYPT 4546 42 0 4587
MOROCCO 3299 87 775 4161
CHILE 2355 16 98 2469
ALBANIA 1399 119 120 1638
LEBANON 995 132 0 1128
PERU 1012 0 0 1012
OTHERS 1170 504 37 1712
TOTAL 98675 4019 11364 114057
* IOC own elaboration based on EUROSTAT

9. Intra-EU

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

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024
January (t) 97626 88766 98847 99173 93384 93796 90384
February (t) 85128 92686 107732 121743 114711 101940 85745
March (t) 81625 91677 112300 124620 113591 95308 25451
April (t) 75974 89318 102922 97284 106537 73012 0
May (t) 86763 82703 93860 110668 126210 89846 0
June (t) 93063 85711 97589 96352 104896 81991 0
July (t) 87382 98717 100376 87734 91926 70480 0
August (t) 75873 74546 78924 66590 89901 62004 0
September (t) 82583 84168 103740 84574 88632 67934 0
October (t-1) 71037 83337 102196 100627 81894 87072 61748
November (t-1) 86734 87260 100323 107548 98042 102322 75910
December (t-1) 90935 97768 115451 122240 117231 115288 84581
Total 1014723 1056656 1214260 1219154 1226955 1040995 423819

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 159456 35217 25171 219844
PORTUGAL 58965 16543 10269 85777
ITALY 39762 5326 13593 58681
GREECE 30922 2869 12112 45903
FRANCE 4811 440 167 5418
GERMANY 1191 590 172 1953
ROMANIA 1352 2 0 1354
OTHERS 2840 1585 465 4890
TOTAL 299298 62571 61950 423819
* 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.

Lastest update: Thu May 30 09:53:56 2024


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.

Data for Russia is not available as of February 2022.

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;

New codes: Olive oil = 150920+150930+150940+150990

150910 = 150920+150930+150940; 150990 = 150990; 151000 = 151010+151090;

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).