Olive oil production in the current campaign stands 10% below that of the previous year and is 6% below the official capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture, according to data published by the Food Information and Control Agency (AICA) for the month of March. Despite this drop in production, marketing shows no signs of slowing down. In March, 81,852 tonnes were produced, raising the accumulated production of the campaign to 1,277,889 tonnes. At the same time, sales for the month reached 138,651 tonnes —including imports—, bringing the volume marketed since the start of the campaign to 746,251 tonnes, 3.5% more than in the same period of the previous campaign. In relative terms, the sector has already sold 60% of the oil produced when the campaign has barely reached its midpoint. With this rate of outflows and a final production expected to be tight, stocks at the end of the campaign could fall below 200,000 tonnes, which would place them at recent historical lows. At the end of ...