International Olive Council

International Olive Council signs data exchange collaboration agreement with FAO

24 May 2013, Madrid. One of the many tasks assigned to the International Olive Council under the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives is to collect and circulate data on the olive and olive oil sector. Data are a crucial building block in the policy making and action of the IOC: more and better information helps it to provide more and better services for its member countries

MARKET NEWSLETTER APRIL 2013

At the close of the 2011/12 crop year, olive oil imports by JAPAN totalled 45 571 t, showing an increase of 23 pc on the previous season. It is worth recalling that the IOC first carried out a campaign to promote olive oil consumption in Japan in 1991. Chart I traces import trends in this market between 1980 and 2012 and pinpoints the start of IOC ...

NOTICE SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP ON OLIVE OIL AUTHENTIFICATION

All the places have now been filled for the Scientific Workshop on Olive Oil Authentification to be held at the IOC headquarters on 10 and 11 June 2013.

Scientific workshop on olive oil authentication (Madrid, 10-11 June 2013)

The International Olive Council (IOC) is pleased to announce that a workshop jointly organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and the Joint Research Centre of Geel and the International Olive Council (IOC) will take place at the IOC headquarters in Madrid on 10-11 June 2013.

This scientific workshop will focus on the evaluation of the quality parameters of edible olive oils as well as their authentication. The objective of the workshop is to clarify the terms of reference to start international research projects in view of developing analytical methods as well as reinforcing the quality parameters of extra virgin and virgin olive oil.

The workshop will bring together worldwide experts working in the field of olive oil authentication, coming from IOC country-members or not.

Participation in the workshop is on invitation only.

PRESS RELEASE - IOC MARIO SOLINAS QUALITY AWARD 2013

In all, 110 oils competed for the International Olive Council’s Mario Solinas Quality
Award 2013 announced in July 2012, with entries coming from France (4), Greece (15), Israel (1), Italy (1), Portugal (41), Spain (43), Tunisia (4) and Uruguay (1).

MARKET NEWSLETTER MARCH 2013

In the 2011/12 crop year, intra-EU deliveries of olive oil, i.e. olive oil sold within the EU from one Member State to another, came to 988 799.4 t (Table 1) while extra-EU exports, i.e. exports to non-EU countries, came to 624 074.8 t (Table 2), making a total of 1 612 874.2 t. ...

MARKET NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2013

Standing at 543 600 t, Spanish olive oil production in the first four months of 2012/13 was 62 pc down on the previous season, according to Spain’s Olive Oil Agency. Although there are still some months to go until the end of the crop year, it looks as if Spanish production will fall short of the tonnage forecast in November 2012 (820 000 t). Being as it is the world’s leading producer of olive oil, Spain’s performance has a significant impact on international production levels. Consequently

MONTENEGRO’S AGRICULTURE MINISTER VISITS IOC HEADQUARTERS

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Montenegro, Petar Ivanovic, visited the headquarters of the International Olive Council on 4 March 2013 where he met with the IOC Executive Director and Deputy Director.

NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHES ARTICLE ABOUT BENEFITS OF OLIVE OIL AND THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET

About 30 percent of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease can be prevented in people at high risk if they switch to a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, …

MARKET NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2013

In 2011/12 imports of olive oil and olive pomace oil by Brazil showed 9 pc growth on 2010/11 levels, reaching 71 004 t. European Union countries were the suppliers of 88 pc of this tonnage, split between Portugal (57 pc), Spain (25 pc), Italy (6 pc) and Greece (1 pc). The remaining 12 pc came from Argentina (11 pc) and Chile (1 pc). Table I reports the import figures for the last five

MARIO SOLINAS QUALITY AWARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLIVE COUNCIL -RULES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OILS for the 2012-2013 crop year

NOTICE:

The Executive Secretariat of the International Olive Council hereby notifies that the closing date specified in section 4 of the competition rules for the registration and receipt of the samples and all the required accompanying documentation HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 14 FEBRUARY 2013.

MARKET NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2012

In November 2012, the balances for olive oils and table olives for 2010/11 (final figures), 2011/12 (provisional) and 2012/13 (estimated) were presented to the IOC Economic Committee, which held its 10th meeting under the umbrella of the 100th session of the Council of Members. Committee representatives discussed the balance figures which were later approved on 4 January 2013 via the IOC’s written decision-making procedure. Anyone interested in viewing the balances

SEASON'S GREETINGS

Season's greetings and best wishes for 2013 from all the staff at the IOC Executive Secretariat.

MARKET NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2012

Representatives converged on the IOC headquarters in Madrid for the 40^th meeting of the IOC Advisory Committee on Olive Oil and Table Olives, held on 14 and 15 November. During discussions, the IOC Executive Secretariat gave a market overview featuring the figures for olives and olive oil for 2010/11 (final), 2011/12 (provisional) and 2012/13 (estimated), and the trends in the prices ...

MEDIA WATCH OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2012

A new pilot olive tree nursery project, designed to increase productivity and quality, has been approved by the Common Fund for Commodities in Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Egypt. In each of these four countries, pilot olive nurseries will be established, with the aim to raise income and tree productivity of olive farmers in these regions, through improved olive propagation. It is hoped that this objective will be met through demonstration of modern techniques, training in nursery