Argentina: Olive exports grew by 26%

(NAP) The olive sector of San Juan registered exports for US$ 17,210,643 and 4,591,198 kilograms, figures that represent 26% more than the same period in 2023 in FOB values and 27% volume according to the databases available by the Directorate of Foreign Trade of San Juan. The annual alternation of production, added to factors such as the water crisis, explain a lower exportable supply of olive oil, in a favorable international context for our country. The main exported product of this sector was olive oil. Its growth was 11% in FOB value, with more than US$ 13 million generated and a reduction in volume of 15%. Preserved olives, however, showed a restoration of 127% in FOB value, close to US$ 3.9 million and 90% in volume, exceeding 2.7 million kilograms. It is important to highlight this second growth rate by doubling shipments in kilograms. In the first half of 2023, preserved olives represented almost 40% of shipments in volume, while in the first half of this year this ...