Turkey: Olive oil pressing season ended early in Aydın

Published 2024년 2월 12일

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Olive oil factories in Aydın, Turkey, the country's largest olive oil producer, have closed their season early due to an 'off year' for olives. The usual olive oil pressing operations, which typically run from October to May, only lasted for two months this year. This resulted in a lower yield and reduced factory activity. However, despite the early closure, the quality of the oil produced has been reported as good.
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In Aydın, one of Turkey's important olive production centers, olive oil factories closed the season early when the harvest season ended early due to this year being a 'off year' for olives. Olive oil pressing operations, which started in October and continued until May in previous years, lasted only 2 months in Aydın this year. Due to the 'off year' for olives, the harvest ended early and the pressing machines in olive oil factories turned off the switch earlier than expected. While an average of 70 to 90 thousand tons of olive oil is produced every year in Aydin, Turkey's largest olive oil producer, olive oil factories were busy for only 2 months this year. İhsan Çulhaoğlu, one of the olive oil factory employees, stated that olive oil factories closed the season early this year; “As this year was a drought ...
Source: Iha

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