Tunisia tries to curb speculation on olive oil

Olimerca.- Defending the national olive oil sector, both its farmers and maintaining a sustainable and accessible market for its population, are some of the considerations that the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture is considering to avoid speculation on olive oil prices, the general alarm of which affects the entire Mediterranean. According to the website Olivonews.it, olive oil production in Tunisia could be around 340,000 tons this campaign, 55% more than last year, so the Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the Tunisian National Office of Olive Oil (ONH) will buy significant quantities of olive oil throughout the country, "at prices in line with international and local standards", precisely to counter speculation and monopolistic practices. A flood of protectionist measuresAmong the measures adopted, "the possibility that the regional centers of the ONH offer storage facilities, which allow producers and farmers to preserve olive oil according to their needs. A storage ...