WORLD TRADE IN OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES

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In the 2023/2024 crop year, imports of olive oil and table olives from the main importing markets increased by 0.6% and 9.7%, respectively.

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 792342 tonnes (+0.6%, 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 increased in the main markets, Australia (+5.1%), Brazil (-10.8%), Canada (+4.5%), China (-43.9%), Japan (-12.6%), United States (+1.2%) and the extra-EU (+16.3%), 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 31263 31898 36203 35877 33884 27531 28945 31817 5.1
BRAZIL 76433 86089 103903 106357 103297 91020 81194 88484 -10.8
CANADA 46924 46502 57402 57912 53612 47955 50105 49986 4.5
CHINA 37870 45871 50641 45505 49467 34137 19144 40246 -43.9
JAPAN 55462 68980 69753 59166 62340 52120 45556 58500 -12.6
USA 310769 346744 391117 379538 399153 358456 362618 356662 1.2
Extra-EU 182162 147147 252475 167643 150652 176148 204779 171673 16.3
Total 740881 773231 961493 851998 852405 787368 792342 797368 0.6

Imports mainly came from Spain with a share of 27.9% of all imports, followed by Tunisia with 24.3%, Italy with 19.6%, Portugal with 6.5%, Turkey with 7.5%, and Argentina with 3.8%.

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 214233 275139 253082 244027 302751 227091 221406 27.9 -2.5
TUNISIA 171077 145885 318704 235544 191308 158802 192486 24.3 21.2
ITALY 160276 168197 172167 168250 170915 154983 155104 19.6 0.1
PORTUGAL 47663 60364 104207 92975 70667 62488 51693 6.5 -17.3
TURKEY 44864 30474 28675 25127 28249 81047 59589 7.5 -26.5
ARGENTINA 27252 17229 23459 26210 26898 26460 29891 3.8 13
GREECE 16115 17135 17012 17044 17644 20487 13524 1.7 -34
MOROCCO 9440 25066 12400 10895 15157 8003 9351 1.2 16.8
CHILE 14089 12027 13223 14578 14983 13777 16040 2.0 16.4
SYRIA 20535 8352 3415 4248 3023 8500 11286 1.4 32.8
LEBANON 2628 2386 2803 3155 2374 3779 6110 0.8 61.7
ISRAEL 754 557 1098 864 1132 1556 1835 0.2 17.9
PERU 649 1300 3477 2235 1082 4009 1606 0.2 -59.9
UNITED KINGDOM 2578 2564 2436 1453 1040 1039 1342 0.2 29.1
AUSTRALIA 2078 1537 1246 671 1015 2860 1613 0.2 -43.6
OTHERS 407 658 616 596 542 202 316 0.0 56
Others 6246 4362 3473 4124 3624 12284 19151 2.4 55.9
Total 740881 773231 961493 851998 852405 787368 792342 100.0 0.6

In terms of volumes by product category, 76.3% of total imports were under code 15.09.10 (virgin olive oil), followed by imports under 15.09.90 (olive oil) with 17% and the remaining 6.8% 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 152986 68420 19540 240946
TUNISIA 178771 13715 21445 213931
ITALY 129961 25143 7000 162104
TURKEY 42297 17292 4807 64397
PORTUGAL 41077 10615 84 51777
ARGENTINA 29020 871 60 29951
CHILE 15873 167 172 16212
GREECE 10976 2548 392 13916
MOROCCO 9239 112 3154 12505
SYRIA 11104 183 82 11369
EGYPT 10764 261 0 11025
LEBANON 4892 1218 0 6111
ALBANIA 2212 300 209 2720
ISRAEL 881 954 0 1835
AUSTRALIA 1561 52 0 1613
PERU 1586 20 0 1606
UNITED KINGDOM 639 702 77 1419
USA 962 248 17 1228
OTHERS 3360 1359 467 5186
TOTAL 648161 144181 57507 849849
* 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 17597 17260 18487 16330 19818 19129 17405 19480 18188 11.9
BRAZIL 114284 109933 117796 124371 129920 125323 123054 127999 121585 4
CANADA 28662 31337 32324 32172 39667 35461 34012 33451 33386 -1.6
Extra-EU 95840 111512 111413 113641 115836 111476 107369 151696 114848 41.3
USA 146232 141211 171620 146444 159138 157714 163714 156309 155298 -4.5
Total 402614 411253 451640 432959 464379 449104 445554 488935 443305 9.7

In general, imports increased in the main markets, Australia (+11.9%), Brazil (+4%), Canada (-1.6%), United States (-4.5%) and the extra-EU (+41.3%), 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.

2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 111638 97232 90886 91976 100716 72956 14.9 -27.6
ARGENTINA 70166 65924 64864 79828 61358 93780 19.2 52.8
MOROCCO 71163 62401 67293 69844 53795 50509 10.3 -6.1
GREECE 52021 48463 61075 64207 58210 57746 11.8 -0.8
TURKEY 41061 38615 39667 44962 42215 35104 7.2 -16.8
PERU 26537 26585 26807 29944 33608 17526 3.6 -47.9
EGYPT 40026 55735 70879 24567 50305 110000 22.5 118.7
ITALY 9177 9844 11879 12623 12500 12839 2.6 2.7
ALBANIA 6179 6517 9867 9757 12025 12201 2.5 1.5
PORTUGAL 6526 6330 4312 5715 6166 4990 1.0 -19.1
MEXICO 7760 6710 7007 5269 7070 11416 2.3 61.5
Others 9386 8604 9842 10413 7586 9867 2.0 30.1
Total 451640 432959 464379 449104 445554 488935 100.0 9.7

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 1561 2536
April (t) 2324 2225 2160 2178 2861 4203 2366 1403 2533 2473
May (t) 3120 2428 2826 2777 4260 3614 2555 2526 3590 3077
June (t) 2385 1786 3397 2583 4876 2264 2070 1770 2512 2627
July (t) 1636 2701 4125 3302 4136 3358 3745 1980 4820 3311
August (t) 2839 2272 2903 2980 2298 2311 4466 2182 2866 2791
September (t) 2699 1773 2961 2769 2732 2901 3435 1768 3896 2770
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 29265 31675

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 11530 7753 88 19371
ITALY 4638 2794 186 7617
GREECE 496 156 40 691
TURKEY 540 134 5 678
LEBANON 373 126 0 499
USA 1 142 0 144
PERU 65 0 0 65
TUNISIA 57 1 0 58
SYRIA 46 7 0 53
OTHERS 48 39 1 89
TOTAL 17794 11151 319 29265
* 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 7692 6505
May (t) 5110 2781 3915 4496 6124 6699 8038 8859 8913 5297 6933 6106
June (t) 5158 3972 4151 3972 4808 5324 5584 7257 8996 4097 7782 5555
July (t) 6416 4614 4735 4244 5776 5879 8862 7185 9436 5309 5937 6217
August (t) 5759 5267 5193 4787 5279 7374 7237 9607 9355 7474 6715 6732
September (t) 6061 4595 5278 4610 6816 5882 8292 6868 10951 6500 6820 6607
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 81682 82044

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 37135 9407 50 46593
SPAIN 13596 693 242 14530
ARGENTINA 6076 773 0 6848
CHILE 5853 0 4 5857
ITALY 4653 165 134 4952
TUNISIA 1598 0 0 1598
TURKEY 574 0 59 633
URUGUAY 238 0 0 238
GREECE 210 0 0 210
EGYPT 105 0 0 105
LEBANON 103 0 0 104
OTHERS 0 16 0 16
TOTAL 70140 11054 489 81682
* 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 4129 4401
May (t) 3866 4228 3660 4071 3622 3988 7405 8361 4703 4221 5181 4846
June (t) 4810 3349 3619 2721 4713 3026 4463 5483 8627 4261 4913 4544
July (t) 2699 3366 3070 2180 3324 4211 5703 3777 3622 4001 4051 3637
August (t) 2683 2395 4484 3152 5338 4814 3339 3153 4647 3396 4087 3772
September (t) 2352 2934 3441 3129 4240 3387 5949 3129 3359 3116 3338 3489
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 4130 3968
December (t-1) 2663 3070 3192 2884 2888 4218 4182 5901 3210 3862 3453 3593
Total 41955 38917 41893 40736 47967 47141 58236 58972 54299 48998 51327 48222

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 10604 5046 521 16172
ITALY 13000 1200 419 14619
TUNISIA 9945 820 65 10829
TURKEY 1599 1001 179 2779
GREECE 2571 4 21 2595
LEBANON 875 218 0 1093
USA 943 100 2 1045
MOROCCO 417 16 4 437
PORTUGAL 142 277 8 427
ARGENTINA 242 1 0 243
AZERBAIJAN 242 0 0 242
ALGERIA 188 42 1 231
CHILE 195 0 1 196
OTHERS 350 67 2 418
TOTAL 41312 8793 1221 51327
* 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 679 2416
May (t) 2955 2534 3053 3037 2195 3275 4603 4645 2210 1865 1639 2910
June (t) 4032 4139 2216 2335 4143 3252 5730 3539 3424 2178 1472 3315
July (t) 4367 4161 4900 4254 3677 4892 5480 5093 7342 2621 2710 4500
August (t) 3387 3361 3683 5057 3937 6839 4631 4547 6332 1837 3650 4296
September (t) 2327 2450 3264 4027 4143 3805 6366 3954 4657 2771 2924 3699
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 22060 42495

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 11673 5463 2496 19631
ITALY 1271 105 377 1753
AUSTRALIA 209 0 0 209
UNITED KINGDOM 0 126 0 126
PORTUGAL 98 0 0 98
TURKEY 33 0 44 77
GREECE 56 8 0 64
OTHERS 86 16 0 102
TOTAL 13426 5718 2917 22060
* 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 3275 5225
May (t) 6550 6437 6697 5128 5832 5508 4429 4366 5697 6231 5687
June (t) 4603 4896 4813 5037 5786 8549 6716 5239 3570 5073 5428
July (t) 5129 5593 5215 5462 7201 5845 5095 6038 5254 5612 5644
August (t) 5474 5401 5689 5480 6822 6338 5882 6965 4682 5632 5837
September (t) 5595 5229 5171 5388 6659 5772 5221 5553 5044 5040 5467
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 48276 60325

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 20286 6338 2046 28670
ITALY 11798 2346 351 14495
TURKEY 3876 142 297 4314
GREECE 312 8 8 328
CHILE 139 0 0 139
TUNISIA 94 1 18 113
AUSTRALIA 109 2 0 111
OTHERS 88 16 0 104
TOTAL 36703 8853 2720 48276
* 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 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 34096 34443
May (t) 25086 34172 28046 28242 28350 39718 41982 52411 28790 43162 34996
June (t) 31445 32210 26623 26137 29734 45347 35544 45645 22916 35766 33137
July (t) 28484 22610 26376 31724 36012 35315 23538 33578 35182 34926 30775
August (t) 23631 34877 31323 27301 28826 36663 31042 40406 25205 29692 30897
September (t) 22061 24525 23264 23661 30822 34369 28502 24949 27766 29020 26894
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 386829 359494

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 51389 33908 29968 13159 793 13354 82151 60421 142571
ITALY 87964 6638 17639 894 1106 4428 106709 11960 118668
TUNISIA 13410 34212 912 7832 42 163 14364 42207 56571
TURKEY 5087 3764 3256 9143 10 3721 8352 16628 24980
ARGENTINA 566 11945 72 0 0 60 638 12005 12643
GREECE 6203 1127 1759 614 76 248 8039 1989 10028
CHILE 1140 4020 150 0 8 0 1299 4020 5319
PORTUGAL 2321 1333 912 18 4 22 3237 1373 4610
MOROCCO 1306 2114 2 0 0 0 1309 2114 3423
LEBANON 1657 389 537 56 0 0 2194 444 2638
ISRAEL 612 190 164 777 0 0 776 967 1743
AUSTRALIA 36 1102 0 17 0 0 36 1119 1155
MEXICO 255 0 631 0 0 0 886 0 886
OTHERS 443 765 124 86 60 116 626 967 1593
TOTAL 172389 101507 56127 32595 2099 22112 230615 156214 386829
* 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 15998
February (t) 23168 20077 21784 17851 14814 14020 23406
March (t) 23614 18795 38074 20306 15338 13708 23974
April (t) 18284 14917 32506 21271 22032 11914 26916
May (t) 21581 16535 31313 15450 17554 14034 19687
June (t) 15743 12449 27567 12919 14685 17304 20923
July (t) 13851 12590 23989 8839 11022 20494 22587
August (t) 23004 15391 18304 8598 14101 21709 14142
September (t) 7449 8553 20349 11837 10765 20176 12022
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 230410

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 119442 4149 21157 144749
TURKEY 26824 3616 494 30934
SYRIA 11001 176 82 11259
EGYPT 10548 259 0 10807
ARGENTINA 10181 25 0 10206
MOROCCO 5398 94 3149 8642
CHILE 4518 16 159 4694
ALBANIA 1997 300 209 2506
LEBANON 1494 281 0 1776
PERU 1296 0 0 1296
UNITED KINGDOM 638 570 77 1285
OTHERS 1552 402 303 2257
TOTAL 194890 9890 25631 230410
* 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 90316
February (t) 85128 92686 107732 121743 114711 101940 84535
March (t) 81625 91677 112300 124620 113591 95308 80220
April (t) 75974 89318 102922 97284 106537 73012 81634
May (t) 86763 82703 93860 110668 126210 89846 83668
June (t) 93063 85711 97589 96352 104896 81991 75769
July (t) 87382 98717 100376 87734 91926 70480 76704
August (t) 75873 74546 78924 66590 89901 62004 57616
September (t) 82583 84168 103740 84574 88632 67934 22652
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 875353

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 354940 67963 54137 477039
PORTUGAL 104077 29817 17623 151517
ITALY 90767 12047 20747 123561
GREECE 62656 5445 23125 91226
FRANCE 8581 778 283 9642
BELGIUM 5887 646 72 6606
GERMANY 2815 1448 401 4664
NETHERLANDS 991 1237 306 2535
ROMANIA 2245 4 0 2249
OTHERS 3663 2062 590 6315
TOTAL 636623 121446 117285 875353
* 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 Dec 12 11:25:48 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).