They launch the olive harvest season in Uruguay

Published 2024년 5월 4일

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The article reports on the launch of Uruguay's olive harvest in the department of Lavalleja, highlighting the sector's growth and challenges. With around 200 olive farms covering over 7,000 hectares, Uruguay has positioned its olive oil industry as a quality product, similar to meat, wool, and dairy. Despite a drought in 2022-23, the sector achieved significant results in 2023, with local production accounting for half of the country's consumption and exports experiencing growth, particularly to Brazil. The industry's solid framework and coordination, as shown through the Olive Oil Roundtable of Uruguay, have supported its vertical integration and export growth, despite facing challenges such as alternating production and the impact of droughts.

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With the presence of national authorities, the launch took place in the department of Lavalleja. With the presence of national authorities, the national launch of the olive harvest was carried out at the Sabiá establishment, located in the department of Lavalleja. In Uruguay there are about 200 productive olive farms on more than 7,000 hectares. The sector is positioned as a quality industry, at the level of meat, wool and dairy and Lavalleja is one of the departments that concentrates the largest production. The young sector of the olive oil industry continues in a consolidation phase both in terms of production and its participation in the domestic market. The year 2023 showed auspicious results in productive terms, with a harvest that reached levels close to the 2019 record. The severe drought that the country went through in 2022-23 has had an impact on a lower production volume in the current campaign. Regarding the consumption of olive oils in Uruguay, local production ...

Source: Eltelegrafo