News

The EU updates its olive oil production forecasts

Olive
Vegetables
Published Jan 30, 2023

Tridge summary

Olimerca.- About to end the olive harvest in the main countries of the Mediterranean basin, the technicians of the European Commission have updated their data regarding the production of olive oil, as of January 10, 2023 and corresponding to the period October and November 2022. Thus, the figures used for Spain include an estimated production of 780,000 that could vary between 10/12% due to the insecurity that some countries present in the presentation of their data. Thus, we will have to wait until mid-February to adjust these estimates; although sources from the sector itself already consider that there will hardly be any variations on these figures, if we take into account the rate of collection and grinding so far this campaign.

Original content

Olimerca.- About to end the olive harvest in the main countries of the Mediterranean basin, the technicians of the European Commission have updated their data regarding the production of olive oil, as of January 10, 2023 and corresponding to the period October and November 2022. Thus, the figures handled for Spain include an estimated production of 780,000 that could suffer variations between 10/12% due to the insecurity that some countries present in the presentation of their data. Thus, we will have to wait until mid-February to adjust these estimates; although sources from the sector itself already consider that there will hardly be any variations on these figures, if we take into account the rate of collection and grinding so far this campaign. In this context, this year Italy has increased its dependence on other producing countries where this year there has been a larger harvest, mainly from Greece and Tunisia, and it is expected that it will soon ...
Source: OliMerca
By clicking “Accept Cookies,” I agree to provide cookies for statistical and personalized preference purposes. To learn more about our cookies, please read our Privacy Policy.