IMPORT FIGURES OF TABLE OLIVES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU-27)

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In August of the 2023/2024 crop year the unit value of extra-EU imports stood at € 271 per 100kg (+3.8% compared to the previous month).

Also in August, extra-EU imports mainly came from Morocco(+5.5%), Türkiye(-33.5%), Egypt(-6.8%), and Albania(+2.3%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

As for first estimates of the 2022/2023 crop year, extra-EU imports of table olives reached 106 435 tonnes for an estimated value of €226.6 million (-2.6% and +11.1% , respectively, compared to the previous crop year).

2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
2022/2023
2023/2024
Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
France 31 507 54.3 30 662 52.0 30 240 51.3 31 271 53.7 31 306 55.3 28 549 62.0 31 297 85.4
Spain 16 160 16.6 10 286 12.8 18 133 20.5 16 377 18.8 7 718 9.3 10 394 15.9 39 872 53.7
Belgium 12 957 28.6 12 859 27.9 15 001 33.1 13 718 29.3 12 112 28.9 10 657 30.0 9 628 31.9
Romania 12 151 18.6 14 181 22.1 12 671 21.5 12 828 20.0 15 966 28.8 15 329 30.0 12 758 30.7
Italy 9 071 13.0 12 004 17.7 8 857 13.3 8 801 12.7 9 074 14.8 9 152 17.2 13 878 28.6
Germany 9 569 28.3 9 557 27.2 8 739 26.1 9 875 27.1 8 189 24.5 8 419 29.0 9 826 40.1
Greece 8 763 11.3 9 602 12.8 8 494 11.0 10 875 13.9 12 396 17.4 11 490 15.9 20 367 30.3
Bulgaria 5 026 5.0 5 746 6.0 5 967 7.2 5 175 6.6 6 570 9.2 6 879 10.2 5 746 12.3
Netherlands 2 157 5.1 2 139 4.6 2 070 4.4 2 762 6.1 2 112 5.0 2 555 6.9 2 947 8.2
Sweden 1 450 3.3 1 292 2.9 1 398 2.9 1 559 3.1 1 058 2.5 1 118 2.9 1 152 3.4
Austria 518 1.8 494 1.7 605 2.2 635 2.2 632 2.2 590 2.5 615 3.0
Ireland 595 2.2 512 2.4 511 2.1 395 1.7 354 1.5 421 1.7 359 1.8
Denmark 345 0.7 257 0.6 470 1.0 362 0.8 248 0.8 219 0.7 311 1.4
Others 961 1.8 794 1.4 494 1.1 819 1.7 1 536 3.7 662 1.7 2 336 6.0
Total 111 231 190.6 110 382 192.2 113 650 197.8 115 451 197.8 109 272 203.8 106 435 226.6 151 092 336.8
* Extra EU imports by importing country and crop year. Volume in tonnes. Value in millions. 2023/2024 from September to August

On the other hand, intra-EU imports reached 354 293 tonnes for an estimated value of €874.6 million (+3.3% and +11.8%, respectively, compared to the previous crop year).

2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
2022/2023
2023/2024
Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
Italy 64 209 118.2 71 453 136.2 65 697 128.0 62 476 119.2 61 271 142.2 75 370 161.4 60 052 179.6
France 43 994 88.1 45 902 94.0 48 093 102.6 53 431 108.1 58 834 109.9 55 954 124.0 43 444 122.4
Germany 42 833 120.4 45 618 128.6 44 695 132.1 43 388 137.4 42 070 137.6 45 058 151.2 41 322 150.2
Spain 19 188 18.3 19 968 17.1 30 099 19.0 20 719 14.4 33 788 22.3 40 678 32.9 36 203 43.6
Portugal 26 204 38.5 28 564 38.1 23 497 34.1 29 282 39.4 25 581 35.4 24 747 49.1 23 002 44.1
Netherlands 19 323 30.8 16 856 40.4 18 219 49.6 24 663 59.8 21 055 61.6 15 224 64.9 15 273 61.4
Belgium 13 272 45.6 16 391 43.8 17 806 51.9 19 081 57.1 18 740 58.2 17 222 56.5 13 982 55.7
Romania 18 297 32.7 13 336 28.7 14 827 33.0 17 523 38.6 12 439 31.1 13 235 33.7 12 455 37.8
Poland 11 018 26.6 12 339 29.6 12 194 30.8 13 667 33.6 13 475 35.3 13 735 40.7 13 714 44.3
Bulgaria 12 397 19.4 10 301 17.5 9 979 17.1 10 546 16.9 9 533 17.7 7 786 15.5 4 786 12.3
Sweden 7 644 22.4 8 130 23.8 7 247 22.1 6 761 21.8 7 972 27.0 7 920 28.4 7 516 28.7
Others 33 828 88.9 34 787 92.0 34 023 89.5 33 138 88.5 38 334 103.8 37 363 116.1 34 628 119.2
Total 312 207 650.0 323 644 689.8 326 376 709.7 334 675 735.0 343 092 782.0 354 293 874.6 306 376 899.2
* Intra EU imports by importing country and crop year. Volume in tonnes. Value in millions. 2023/2024 from September to August

In terms of volumes by product category, 75.9% of total imports were under code 20057000 (olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen)) in the 2022/2023 crop year, followed by imports under 20019065 with 6%, 07099210 with 7.4%, 07112010 with 9.1%, and the remaining 1.6% under 07108010.

In August of the 2023/2024 crop year, the unit value of extra-EU imports of table olives stood at €271 per 100kg (+26.2% compared to the same period previous crop year or +3.8% compared to the previous month) while the import volume stood at 7 548.5 tonnes (-8.5% compared to the same period previous crop year or -26.8% compared to the previous month).

Also in August, extra-EU imports mainly came from Morocco(+5.5%), Türkiye(-33.5%), Egypt(-6.8%), and Albania(+2.3%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
2022/2023
Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
Morocco 47 942 39 161 47 686 82.2 45 403 78.9 49 497 73.8 49 391 79.8 39 844 81.7
Türkiye 25 733 29 978 35 167 61.4 33 337 72.3 34 100 76.1 38 987 74.3 36 920 88.2
Egypt 26 592 63 240 15 878 30.2 20 967 22.3 16 951 25.7 7 487 21.1 14 702 12.6
Albania 5 349 12 050 5 735 5.6 6 461 5.8 9 401 8.6 9 247 12.3 11 160 11.8
Argentina 699 3 036 1 210 3.9 3 082 3.8 1 401 4.0 566 2.8 736 1.8
Syria 859 1 140 639 1.1 1 319 0.7 1 287 1.4 808 1.4 781 1.0
United Kingdom 1 060 418 919 0.8 1 037 1.7 698 3.9 432 1.8 475 1.0
North Macedonia 906 86 466 0.5 513 0.3 598 0.3 440 0.3 179 0.3
Peru 207 245 277 0.3 224 0.6 154 0.4 192 0.4 183 0.5
Lebanon 418 313 290 0.7 221 0.5 267 0.5 220 0.5 307 0.5
United States 124 49 189 0.5 219 0.5 74 0.8 132 0.2 36 0.4
Tunisia 315 162 325 0.5 198 0.5 249 0.3 210 0.3 107 0.4
Switzerland 116 227 123 0.6 187 0.8 198 1.0 198 1.2 200 1.1
Jordan 231 298 282 0.4 151 0.5 267 0.3 276 0.5 240 0.6
Chile 364 188 757 0.9 132 1.7 15 0.3 297 0.0 57 0.7
Others 315 501 439 1.0 200 1.1 293 0.6 390 0.9 507 1.3
Total 111 231 151 092 110 382 190.6 113 650 192.2 115 451 197.8 109 272 197.8 106 435 203.8
* Extra EU imports by partner and crop year. Volume in tonnes.Value in millions. 2022/2023 from September to August

Intra-EU imports mainly came from Spain and Greece.

2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
2022/2023
Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
Spain 154 274 147 115 177 221 296.8 166 504 319.1 158 769 305.0 162 434 298.0 164 111 326.8
Greece 96 529 81 178 82 331 210.8 85 272 210.8 98 120 229.9 86 192 239.7 96 830 249.4
Portugal 19 126 35 905 21 739 18.0 31 064 19.9 20 924 19.8 34 771 14.0 40 436 21.9
Belgium 8 856 10 368 11 902 34.6 11 576 43.3 18 110 47.3 23 451 44.3 18 789 44.0
Italy 8 780 11 092 8 836 20.6 9 117 21.1 10 234 25.7 11 061 28.4 12 065 27.9
Germany 7 606 6 034 7 032 28.1 7 641 30.6 8 636 31.2 7 714 36.5 7 201 40.5
Netherlands 3 681 5 407 5 009 12.2 4 986 19.6 8 086 24.9 6 921 43.1 6 683 41.5
Bulgaria 5 398 1 577 2 501 9.7 2 597 5.8 3 031 5.3 3 274 5.4 2 308 5.8
France 1 672 1 801 1 563 4.6 2 118 4.8 1 947 5.2 1 855 5.7 1 265 5.8
Poland 1 385 1 118 1 157 2.7 1 181 2.6 1 820 3.3 1 468 5.7 1 041 6.2
Austria 703 586 714 3.0 945 2.8 1 225 1.8 1 115 2.1 776 1.5
Czechia 2 077 685 1 505 2.6 775 2.8 835 3.6 529 4.4 510 3.9
Slovakia 110 316 117 0.2 366 0.1 461 0.5 301 0.9 435 0.5
Lithuania 187 132 166 1.1 301 1.3 279 0.9 160 0.9 166 0.9
Cyprus 397 165 353 0.6 297 0.5 312 0.6 297 0.6 208 0.6
Others 1 427 2 898 1 499 4.3 1 637 4.7 1 886 4.6 1 552 5.3 1 470 4.8
Total 312 207 306 376 323 644 650.0 326 376 689.8 334 675 709.7 343 092 735.0 354 293 782.0
* Intra EU imports by partner and crop year. Volume in tonnes. Value in millions. 2022/2023 from September to August

1. Extra-EU

  • In August, The unit value of imports stood at €271 per 100kg (+26.2% compared to the same period previous crop year or +3.8% compared to the previous month).

  • In August, The volume of imports in stood at 7 548.5 tonnes (-8.5% compared to the same period previous crop year or -26.8% compared to the previous month). imports mainly came from August, extra-EU imports mainly came from Morocco(+5.5%), Türkiye(-33.5%), Egypt(-6.8%), and Albania(+2.3%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

  • Olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen) (20057000):

1.1 Table olives

1.1.1 Import unit value (€ / 100 kg)

1.1.2 Import volume (tonnes)

1.1.3 Import value (€ - millions)

1.1.4 Import average price (€ / 100 kg)

1.2 Import unit value index

1.2.1 Import unit value index by product quality

1.2.2 Month over month import unit value index variation rates (%)

1.3 Import by product quality

1.3.1 Import unit value (€ / 100 kg)

1.3.2 Import volume (tonnes)

1.4 Import by country (Extra-EU)

1.4.1 Import unit value (€ / 100 kg)

1.4.2 Import volume (tonnes)

1.5 Table olives import by country (Extra-EU) (20057000)

1.5.1 Import unit value (€ / 100 kg)

1.5.2 Import volume (tonnes)

1.6 Flows

1.6.1 Extra-EU, volume (2020/2021) (tonnes)

1.6.2 Extra-EU, value (2020/2021) (€ - ×1000)

1.6.3 Extra-EU, volume (2021/2022) (tonnes)

1.6.4 Extra-EU, value (2021/2022) (€ - ×1000)

1.6.5 Extra-EU, volume (2022/2023) (tonnes)

1.6.6 Extra-EU, value (2022/2023) (€ - ×1000)

2 Intra-EU

2.1 Table olives

2.1.1 Import unit value (€ / 100 kg)

2.1.2 Import volume (tonnes)

2.1.3 Import value (€ - millions)

2.1.4 Import average price (€ / 100 kg)

2.2 Flows

2.2.1 Intra-EU (2020/2021) (t)

2.2.2 Intra-EU (2021/2022) (t)

2.2.3 Intra-EU (2022/2023) (t)

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.

Latest update: Sat Oct 26 13:00:30 2024

IOC own elaboration based on data from the European Commission; EUROSTAT; the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain; ISMEA (Italy); and information provided by member countries.

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.

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

Olive crop year means the period from 1 September of year t to 30 August of year t+1 for table olives.

Trade value in FOB type (free on board).

Import unit value in € / 100 kg.

Import value in € (1 million = 106; 1 billion = 109).

Import volume in tonnes, 1t=1000kg=1Mg.

The unit value index of imports is based on Paasche’ Chain Index method. The data are not seasonally adjusted. The unit value is calculated as (trade value)/quantity.

Harmonized System Codes: Table olives = 20057000 + 20019065 + 07108010 + 07112010 + 07099210 .

20057000 olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen)

20019065 liben olives, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

07108010 liben olives, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen

07099210 liben fresh or chilled olives (excl. for oil production)

07112010 liben 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, for oil production