Spain loses olive exports due to transport stoppage

Published 2022년 3월 25일

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A transport sector strike in Spain has led to a decline in olive exports, with countries such as Morocco, Turkey, and Portugal taking over market positions. The situation has already resulted in the loss of 1,500 jobs in the sector, with potential losses reaching 7,000 if a solution is not found soon. The strike is causing supply and output issues, affecting the majority of the companies' workforce and impacting 8,000 direct jobs in the sector. The Spanish Association of Exporters and Industrialists of Table Olives (Asemesa) has urged the Administration to find a swift solution to mitigate the sector's significant losses, especially in Andalusia, which is home to 80% of the sector and over 200 companies.

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The strike in the transport sector and the impossibility of exporting olives from Spain has made the product of Morocco, Turkey or Portugal position itself in international markets, due to the paralysis of the principle Spanish companies in the sector. The general secretary of the Spanish Association of Exporters and Industrialists of Table Olives (Asemesa), Antonio de Mora, today lamented that, as expected, since last Friday the companies in the sector have been ceasing their activity, which has already caused them to lose about 1,500 jobs. A figure, he said, that can reach 7,000 "if a solution is not reached as soon as possible", according to De Mora, who lamented that the Spanish olive has lost positions in international markets, by placing itself in its place that coming from countries such as Morocco, Turkey or Portugal. According to Asemesa, the transport strike situation is causing "serious problems of supply and output of products in the sector uctos", and the majority of ...

Source: Agrodiario