WORLD TRADE IN OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES

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Eight markets represent around 81% of the imports of olive oils and virgin olive oils around the world, the United States with 36%, the European Union with 15%, Brazil with 8%, Japan with 7%, Canada with 5%, China with 4%, Australia with 3%, and Russia with 3%.

In the first months of the 2020/2021 crop year, imports of olive oils and virgin olive oils in the top eight markets reached 626450 tonnes (-1.5%, compared to the same period previous crop year).

The table below shows the trade in the first months of the current crop year (2020/2021). Imports rose in Australia (+12.3%), Brazil (+2.3%), Canada (+11.8%), China (-0.8%), Japan (-16%), Russia (+13%), United States (+10.8%) and the extra-EU (-23.4%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average %Variation Rates
AUSTRALIA 16820 20501 18081 20463 22400 25165 20572 12.3
BRAZIL 30762 42127 53873 61706 73939 75608 56336 2.3
CANADA 26655 28558 29791 31292 38123 42640 32843 11.8
CHINA 21979 25415 22667 27967 30724 30470 26537 -0.8
JAPAN 33913 34592 34671 42851 44107 37036 37862 -16
RUSSIA 12599 13239 13173 15677 17984 20327 15500 13
USA 205355 201083 205829 224277 240886 266808 224040 10.8
Extra-EU 77804 61040 131880 103211 167580 128396 111652 -23.4
Total 425887 426555 509965 527444 635743 626450 525341 -1.5

Imports mainly came from Tunisia with a share of 29.1% of all imports (-9.1%, compared to the same period the previous crop year), Spain with 27.8%, Italy with 20.3%, Portugal with 11%, Turkey with 2.7%, Argentina with 2.4%, Greece with 2.1% and Chile with 1.6%.

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 %Share %Variation rates
TUNISIA 125751 104987 200471 182194 29.1 -9.1
SPAIN 138803 176465 172081 174071 27.8 1.2
ITALY 109797 117063 117803 126867 20.3 7.7
PORTUGAL 35324 43612 68202 68905 11.0 1
TURKEY 35188 22376 20785 17180 2.7 -17.3
ARGENTINA 17128 9636 14230 15023 2.4 5.6
GREECE 11599 13017 12765 13347 2.1 4.6
CHILE 8565 8839 8010 10008 1.6 24.9
MOROCCO 3480 15522 7831 7133 1.1 -8.9
Others 24332 15926 13563 11723 1.9 -13.6
Total 509965 527444 635743 626450 100 -1.5

In terms of volumes by product category, 75.6% of total imports were under code 15.09.10 (virgin olive oils), followed by imports under 15.09.90 (olive oils) with 18.5% and the remaining 5.9% under 15.10.00 (olive pomace oils).

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
TUNISIA 159911 22283 11981 194175
SPAIN 123825 50246 10736 184808
ITALY 104685 22182 4465 131332
PORTUGAL 53279 15626 218 69123
MOROCCO 5471 1663 10980 18113
TURKEY 9517 7663 190 17369
ARGENTINA 14208 815 0 15023
GREECE 12576 770 299 13646
CHILE 10008 0 0 10008
SYRIA 2374 154 1 2530
LEBANON 2066 346 7 2418
PERU 1365 0 0 1365
UNITED KINGDOM 491 447 140 1078
OTHERS 3221 1259 288 4768
TOTAL 502995 123455 39305 665755
* Own elaboration

As for table olives, five markets represents around 64% of the imports around the world, the United States with 23%, Brazil with 17%, the European Union with 16%, Canada with 5% and Australia with 3%.

The table below shows the trade for table olives in the first months of the current crop year (2020/2021).

2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average %Variation Rates
AUSTRALIA 13627 12656 13948 11890 15301 13484 28.7
BRAZIL 84593 80030 89118 91317 104497 89911 14.4
CANADA 21044 22965 23775 25046 29528 24471 17.9
Extra-EU 71216 85785 86213 85171 89216 83520 4.7
USA 105205 100851 115259 109495 102356 106633 -6.5
Total 295685 302285 328314 322919 340898 318020 5.6

Imports rose in Australia (+28.7%), Brazil (+14.4%), Canada (+17.9%), United States (-6.5%) and the extra-EU (+4.7%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

On the other hand, imports of table olives mainly came from Spain, Egypt, Morocco, Argentina, Greece, Turkey and Peru.

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 70325 74466 73747 65071 19.1 -11.8
EGYPT 45161 35167 40193 56348 16.5 40.2
MOROCCO 46002 50528 46308 48218 14.1 4.1
ARGENTINA 53656 54098 47716 46544 13.7 -2.5
GREECE 35873 38934 36379 43961 12.9 20.8
TURKEY 24631 33438 30788 31784 9.3 3.2
PERU 6643 18257 20590 23259 6.8 13
ITALY 5548 6461 7563 7571 2.2 0.1
ALBANIA 3684 4261 4358 7262 2.1 66.6
Others 10762 12703 15277 10879 3.2 -28.8
Total 302285 328314 322919 340898 100 5.6

1. Australia

1.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 2066 3517 1475 2349 3130 1943 2413
February (t) 2109 2377 2498 2211 2376 3708 2547
March (t) 2868 2206 2454 2548 2699 2847 2604
April (t) 2324 2225 2160 2178 2861 4203 2659
May (t) 3120 2428 2826 2777 4260 3614 3171
June (t) 2385 1786 3397 2583 4876 NA 3005
July (t) 1636 2701 4125 3302 4136 NA 3180
August (t) 2839 2272 2903 2980 2298 NA 2659
September (t) 2699 1773 2961 2769 2732 NA 2587
October (t-1) 1718 2295 2844 3344 2275 3353 2638
November (t-1) 1819 3530 2039 3379 2472 2564 2634
December (t-1) 1266 2513 2016 1894 2444 3377 2252
Total 26850 29624 31699 32315 36558 25609 30443

1.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 11157 7411 17 18585
ITALY 2651 621 272 3544
GREECE 1461 159 2 1621
LEBANON 395 235 0 630
TURKEY 399 114 42 556
TUNISIA 47 110 0 157
CHILE 150 0 0 150
PERU 119 0 0 119
SYRIA 73 8 0 81
GERMANY 0 0 57 57
NETHERLANDS 0 1 55 56
OTHERS 31 22 0 53
TOTAL 16483 8682 445 25609
* Source: Own elaboration based on Australian Bureau of Statistics

2. Brazil

2.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 5164 6367 4395 4363 6103 6515 8938 9220 6383
February (t) 5215 5517 3169 3931 6442 8023 8861 7230 6049
March (t) 6747 6792 2660 5398 8383 8849 11911 9491 7529
April (t) 5281 4769 4080 4609 7079 8794 9277 7355 6405
May (t) 5110 2781 3915 4496 6124 6699 8038 8859 5753
June (t) 5158 3972 4151 3972 4808 5324 5584 7257 5028
July (t) 6416 4614 4735 4244 5776 5879 8862 NA 5789
August (t) 5759 5267 5193 4787 5279 7374 7237 NA 5842
September (t) 6061 4595 5278 4610 6816 5882 8292 NA 5934
October (t-1) 9075 9585 5530 5233 5444 8246 8334 11052 7812
November (t-1) 6240 7270 4854 6844 7285 8468 11000 12250 8026
December (t-1) 7157 6249 2690 7653 7276 6310 7845 10356 6942
Total 73382 67778 50649 60140 76817 86362 104179 83069 75297

2.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
PORTUGAL 39718 12409 26 52154
SPAIN 13862 514 150 14525
ARGENTINA 5660 962 0 6622
ITALY 3870 36 65 3971
CHILE 3759 0 0 3759
TUNISIA 1453 0 0 1453
GREECE 315 0 0 315
URUGUAY 89 0 0 89
TURKEY 71 0 0 71
LEBANON 69 0 0 69
OTHERS 40 0 0 40
TOTAL 68906 13921 242 83069
* Source: Own elaboration based on Ministerio do Desenvolvimento, Industria e Comercio Exterior, Brasil

3. Canada

3.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 3648 2339 3014 3221 3993 3246 4094 5411 3621
February (t) 2786 3007 3835 2841 3287 2779 3223 3543 3162
March (t) 3954 2870 3744 4201 4800 4017 5878 4690 4269
April (t) 5650 4118 3883 3881 4245 4764 5480 4623 4580
May (t) 3866 4228 3660 4071 3622 3988 7405 8361 4900
June (t) 4810 3349 3619 2721 4713 3026 4463 5483 4023
July (t) 2699 3366 3071 2180 3324 4211 5703 NA 3508
August (t) 2683 2395 4484 3152 5338 4814 3339 NA 3744
September (t) 2352 2934 3441 3129 4240 3387 5949 NA 3633
October (t-1) 3999 3983 3079 3580 4297 4663 4516 5756 4234
November (t-1) 2846 3258 2871 4873 3219 4029 4002 5147 3781
December (t-1) 2663 3070 3192 2884 2888 4218 4182 5901 3625
Total 41955 38917 41893 40736 47967 47141 58236 48913 45720

3.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 12353 5131 472 17956
ITALY 13489 2401 348 16237
TUNISIA 8801 789 15 9605
GREECE 2102 46 10 2159
TURKEY 313 268 29 610
LEBANON 406 46 5 457
PORTUGAL 118 274 0 391
USA 196 162 3 361
MOROCCO 227 87 0 314
ARGENTINA 220 19 0 239
CHILE 191 0 0 192
ALGERIA 43 58 8 109
OTHERS 220 58 5 283
TOTAL 38678 9338 896 48913
* Source: Own elaboration based on Statistics CANADA - International Trade Division

4. China

4.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 3268 2850 3068 2777 6114 7115 3542 4931 4208
February (t) 1050 1471 1501 1852 852 1520 3542 1975 1720
March (t) 2323 2504 3680 2411 1338 3599 2780 3264 2737
April (t) 2533 2835 2576 2579 1548 3048 2549 3205 2609
May (t) 2955 2534 3053 3037 2195 3275 4603 4645 3287
June (t) 4032 4139 2216 2335 4143 3252 5730 NA 3692
July (t) 4367 4161 4900 4254 3677 4892 5480 NA 4533
August (t) 3387 3361 3683 5057 3937 6839 4631 NA 4414
September (t) 2327 2450 3264 4027 4143 3805 6366 NA 3769
October (t-1) 2609 2411 3107 4189 2722 2496 3204 2588 2916
November (t-1) 3031 3651 3220 8376 3833 4405 6565 5438 4815
December (t-1) 4008 3531 6015 4929 7697 4740 6586 7785 5661
Total 35891 35898 40281 45822 42198 48986 55580 33832 42311

4.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 19405 8470 2433 30308
ITALY 1561 122 880 2563
TUNISIA 187 0 0 187
GREECE 167 9 0 177
TURKEY 112 8 43 162
CHILE 124 0 0 124
AUSTRALIA 116 0 0 116
UNITED KINGDOM 0 55 0 55
OTHERS 120 13 7 140
TOTAL 21792 8677 3362 33832
* Source: Own elaboration based on China customs

5. Japan

5.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 4531 3402 4007 4706 5594 4644 3691 4368
February (t) 3474 3916 3034 3664 4489 5126 3688 3913
March (t) 6753 4876 4328 4585 5399 6333 5915 5455
April (t) 6319 5608 4829 4466 7211 6473 4888 5685
May (t) 6550 6437 6697 5128 5832 5508 4429 5797
June (t) 4603 4896 4813 5037 5786 8549 6716 5771
July (t) 5129 5593 5215 5462 7201 5845 NA 5741
August (t) 5474 5401 5689 5480 6822 6338 NA 5867
September (t) 5595 5229 5171 5388 6659 5772 NA 5636
October (t-1) 4776 4492 3718 4871 5142 4963 4903 4695
November (t-1) 4735 3791 5987 4432 5894 5299 6160 5185
December (t-1) 3965 3097 3395 3946 4610 7189 4478 4383
Total 61904 56738 56884 57166 70640 72038 44867 60034

5.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 21595 5999 1099 28693
ITALY 11116 2273 143 13532
TURKEY 1290 396 0 1686
GREECE 432 0 12 445
PORTUGAL 125 1 90 217
TUNISIA 87 3 0 90
AUSTRALIA 63 0 0 63
CHILE 53 0 0 53
OTHERS 80 9 0 88
TOTAL 34842 8681 1345 44867
* Source: Own elaboration based on Trade Statistics of Japan - Ministry of Finance

6. Russia

6.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 1513 1386 1326 1783 1422 1594 2220 1606
February (t) 1216 1765 1800 1746 2186 2123 2789 1946
March (t) 1589 2424 2354 2011 1971 2936 2392 2240
April (t) 1164 2653 2504 1995 2351 3061 3117 2406
May (t) 1127 1736 2326 2432 2253 3067 3540 2354
June (t) 1612 1777 2442 2160 2594 2690 NA 2213
July (t) 1882 2286 1581 2319 2844 2484 NA 2233
August (t) 1485 2469 2192 2341 2602 2700 NA 2298
September (t) 1656 1896 1641 2114 2233 2728 NA 2045
October (t-1) 4272 1786 2141 2255 3059 3412 4156 3012
November (t-1) 3175 2084 2273 2036 2306 2636 3908 2631
December (t-1) 2653 1941 1746 2107 2838 2904 3992 2597
Total 23346 24201 24328 25299 28657 32334 26116 26326

6.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 7204 2206 3662 13072
ITALY 6966 1163 1805 9935
GREECE 1443 0 239 1682
PORTUGAL 414 46 77 537
TURKEY 365 4 1 369
BELARUS 207 7 5 219
TUNISIA 189 27 0 217
UKRAINE 30 0 0 30
MOROCCO 17 0 0 17
CHILE 12 0 0 12
CYPRUS 11 0 0 11
OTHERS 11 4 0 15
TOTAL 16871 3457 5788 26116
* Source: Own elaboration based on Federal Customs Service of Russia

7. United States of America

7.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 24296 26922 30429 25135 24754 23870 41415 28117
February (t) 27444 22369 20022 23000 26293 29003 22795 24418
March (t) 27063 35723 23209 29692 25869 32358 29600 29074
April (t) 31126 25428 33968 32556 33158 37219 41050 33501
May (t) 25086 34172 28046 28242 28350 39718 41981 32228
June (t) 31445 32210 26623 26137 29734 45347 35544 32434
July (t) 28485 22610 26376 31724 36012 35315 NA 30087
August (t) 23631 34877 31323 27301 28826 36663 NA 30437
September (t) 22061 24525 23264 23661 30822 34369 NA 26451
October (t-1) 23332 28580 22352 27199 34987 33225 29340 28431
November (t-1) 28450 20324 29150 20715 26394 22627 33389 25864
December (t-1) 18756 23628 21996 26836 30983 27205 32337 25963
Total 311174 331370 316759 322199 356183 396919 307451 334579

7.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
150990 OLIVE OIL
151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL
TOTAL BY CONTAINER
TOTAL
Country <18KG >=18kg <18KG >=18KG <18KG >=18KG <18KG >=18KG
ITALY 72773 5671 17958 399 1025 295 91756 6365 98121
SPAIN 9947 43272 4203 19534 970 2961 15120 65767 80887
TUNISIA 21302 24402 17021 4674 44 248 38367 29324 67691
PORTUGAL 14611 2824 4042 14 13 12 18666 2850 21515
TURKEY 2293 3086 506 5771 7 64 2806 8921 11727
GREECE 5974 1893 493 171 56 0 6523 2064 8587
ARGENTINA 2264 3329 2 0 0 0 2266 3329 5595
CHILE 1727 3461 0 0 0 0 1727 3461 5188
MOROCCO 982 1479 0 1282 3 502 985 3263 4248
LEBANON 1238 60 47 3 0 0 1284 63 1347
ISRAEL 497 33 41 77 0 0 538 111 648
OTHERS 433 786 202 429 16 30 651 1245 1896
TOTAL 134041 90297 44514 32355 2134 4111 180689 126762 307451
* Source: Own elaboration based on United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service

8. Extra-EU

8.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 3388 11372 14470 14561 14955 11749
February (t) 9480 23168 20077 21784 17851 18472
March (t) 8490 23614 18795 38074 20301 21855
April (t) 5960 18284 14917 32505 21271 18587
May (t) 6841 21581 16535 31313 15449 18344
June (t) 10704 15743 12449 27567 NA 16615
July (t) 8570 13851 12590 23989 NA 14750
August (t) 7682 23004 15391 18304 NA 16095
September (t) 10987 7449 8553 20349 NA 11835
October (t-1) 7970 6659 12950 13337 19827 12149
November (t-1) 8941 17039 15096 11688 22017 14956
December (t-1) 23995 25285 19249 17869 19225 21125
Total 113005 207050 181074 271341 150897 184673

8.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
TUNISIA 109247 1717 11778 122742
MOROCCO 3349 452 10475 14276
ARGENTINA 3631 0 0 3631
TURKEY 2520 937 3 3460
SYRIA 2019 84 1 2104
PERU 1162 0 0 1162
UNITED KINGDOM 443 374 140 956
CHILE 947 0 0 948
OTHERS 1117 397 105 1618
TOTAL 124434 3962 22501 150897
* IOC own elaboration based on EUROSTAT

9. Intra-EU

9.1 Olive oil and olive pomace oils by crop year and month

2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 Average
January (t) 89994 97626 88766 98847 98848 94816
February (t) 113209 85129 92686 107732 120762 103903
March (t) 103734 81625 91677 112300 123226 102512
April (t) 74336 75974 89318 102922 95490 87608
May (t) 82538 86763 82703 93860 109238 91021
June (t) 81809 93063 85711 97589 NA 89543
July (t) 76446 87382 98717 100376 NA 90730
August (t) 58061 75873 74546 78924 NA 71851
September (t) 55169 82583 84168 103740 NA 81415
October (t-1) 76728 71037 83337 102196 99373 86534
November (t-1) 85597 86734 87260 100323 105727 93128
December (t-1) 107870 90935 97768 115451 120300 106465
Total 1005492 1014723 1056656 1214260 872963 1032819

9.2 Olive oil imports by quality of product and country of origin

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 419192 56028 29971 505191
GREECE 112594 1734 33633 147961
ITALY 82099 6802 17429 106330
PORTUGAL 73161 5193 10809 89162
GERMANY 4382 1084 140 5607
FRANCE 4475 771 111 5357
NETHERLANDS 1115 550 1865 3529
BELGIUM 2146 875 301 3321
OTHERS 5225 902 378 6505
TOTAL 704390 73937 94636 872963
* IOC own elaboration based on EUROSTAT


Contact: International Olive Council - Economic and Promotion Unit - Economic Research and Statistics Department https://www.internationaloliveoil.org/

Some of the data are subject to review. Figures are subject to change or correction without notice.

Last update: 2021-08-16


IOC own elaboration based on Australian Bureau of Statistics, Ministerio do Desenvolvimento, Industria e Comercio Exterior, Brasil, EUROSTAT, Statistics CANADA - International Trade Division, China customs, Trade Statistics of Japan - Ministry of Finance, Federal Customs Service of Russia, United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service.

In order to make the historical data comparable the figures have been calculated for the EU-27. The United Kingdom is no longer a Member State of the European Union, however until the end of the transition period, 31 January 2020, it is still part of the EU Customs Union.

Extra EU: Imports from outside the EU.↩︎

Intra EU: Imports from inside the EU.↩︎

Some of the data are subject to review. Estimates are subject to change or correction without notice.

Data in tonnes 1t=1000kg=1Mg.

Arima’s automatic procedures have been used to calculate the forecasts.

Olive crop year means the period from 1 October of year t to 30 September of year t+1 for olive oil.

According to the new provisions of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, which came into force on 1 January 2017, “table olive crop year” means the period of twelve months from 1 September of one year to 31 August of the next.

Harmonized System Codes: Olive oil = 15091020+15091010+15091080+15099000.

15091010 Virgin lampante; 15091020 Extra virgin olive oil; 15091080 Virgin olive oil; 15099000 Refined olive oil; 15100010 Crude olive-pomace oil; 15100090 Refined olive-pomace oil;

ex-: only table olives should be included ex-070990: fresh or chilled olives (excl. for oil production); ex-071080: olives, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen; ex-071120: olives provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption (excl. for oil production); ex-200190: olives, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid; 200570: olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen).


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2020/2021 crop year