Spain: Sales of bottled oil fall 6.5% in January

During the first month of 2022, sales of bottled oils by Anierac companies amounted to 49.7 million liters, which is 3.4 million liters less than in the same month of 2021, a decrease of 6.5 %. Specifically, the set of commercial categories of olive oil reached 24 million liters, olive pomace oil about 1.28 million liters, while refined seed oils amounted to 24.3 million. Thus, the 24 million liters of olive oil represent 10% less than in January 2021. In detail, the highest sales figure among the olive oil categories has been presented by the "extra virgin" with 9.53 million liters, followed by the "soft" with 9.11 million liters. As usual, the “virgin” and “intense” categories reach lower figures: 2.4 million liters and practically three million liters respectively. As for the accumulated figures for sales of olive oil per campaign, in the first four months of the 21/22 campaign, 101.27 million liters have been put on the market, an amount almost 12% less than what came out in ...