WORLD TRADE IN OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES

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From October 2020 to August 2021, olive oil imports from Russia increased by 11.8% while imports from China and Japan fell by 5.8% and 15.7%, respectively. On the other hand, table olives imports grew by 7.5% in the 2020/2021 crop year.

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 813467 tonnes (-8.3%, 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 (-1.7%), Brazil (+4.1%), Canada (+6.4%), China (-5.8%), Japan (-15.7%), Russia (+11.8%), United States (-1.1%) and the extra-EU (-30.8%), 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 23508 27209 28371 29176 33571 33007 29140 -1.7
BRAZIL 44679 55015 69641 80230 95616 99539 74120 4.1
CANADA 37512 36429 42772 43218 51533 54812 44379 6.4
CHINA 31414 36015 33896 42368 44721 42137 38425 -5.8
JAPAN 48905 49603 50234 62531 64161 54085 54920 -15.7
RUSSIA 18061 18324 18807 22315 24628 27546 21614 11.8
USA 291173 282254 287894 316817 357296 353313 314791 -1.1
Extra-EU 91348 77362 158002 126709 215493 149028 136324 -30.8
Total 586598 582211 689619 723364 887019 813467 713713 -8.3

Imports mainly came from Spain with a share of 29.2% of all imports (-0.7%, compared to the same period the previous crop year), Tunisia with 26.8%, Italy with 20.7%, Portugal with 10.9%, Turkey with 2.9%, Argentina with 2.5%, Greece with 2.2% and Chile with 1.6%.

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 206402 262789 239510 237791 29.2 -0.7
TUNISIA 153454 130426 279374 218261 26.8 -21.9
ITALY 154210 162625 168908 168315 20.7 -0.4
PORTUGAL 44141 56221 97666 88751 10.9 -9.1
TURKEY 42536 28037 26685 23297 2.9 -12.7
ARGENTINA 22090 13454 18668 20647 2.5 10.6
GREECE 16179 17627 17539 18027 2.2 2.8
CHILE 12587 10840 11036 12837 1.6 16.3
MOROCCO 6450 21801 10770 9965 1.2 -7.5
Others 31571 19544 16863 15576 1.9 -7.6
Total 689619 723364 887019 813467 100 -8.3

In terms of volumes by product category, 75.8% of total imports were under code 15.09.10 (virgin olive oil), followed by imports under 15.09.90 (olive oil) with 18.5% and the remaining 5.7% under 15.10.00 (olive pomace oil).

OLIVE OIL
OLIVE POMACE OIL
Country 150910 VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 150990 OLIVE OIL 151000 OLIVE POMACE OIL TOTAL
SPAIN 172595 65196 16215 254006
TUNISIA 190412 27850 13336 231597
ITALY 139985 28330 6437 174752
PORTUGAL 68075 20676 347 89098
TURKEY 12490 10808 478 23776
MOROCCO 7966 1999 11115 21080
ARGENTINA 19531 1117 0 20647
GREECE 16901 1126 477 18504
CHILE 12836 1 0 12837
SYRIA 3001 185 1 3188
LEBANON 2581 380 8 2970
PERU 2091 0 0 2091
UNITED KINGDOM 632 586 152 1370
OTHERS 4409 1710 317 6436
TOTAL 653505 159963 48884 862351
* 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 17597 17260 18488 16330 19818 17899 21.4
BRAZIL 114284 109933 117796 124371 129920 119261 4.5
CANADA 28662 31337 32324 32172 39707 32840 23.4
Extra-EU 88192 103924 104415 104918 107467 101783 2.4
USA 146232 141211 171620 146444 159138 152929 8.7
Total 394967 403666 444643 424235 456050 424712 7.5

Imports rose in Australia (+21.4%), Brazil (+4.5%), Canada (+23.4%), United States (+8.7%) and the extra-EU (+2.4%), 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 92711 111638 97232 90866 19.9 -6.5
EGYPT 62349 39549 55149 70124 15.4 27.2
ARGENTINA 66302 69972 65346 64640 14.2 -1.1
MOROCCO 61109 67359 58065 63058 13.8 8.6
GREECE 51865 52021 48463 61114 13.4 26.1
TURKEY 29416 39279 36437 37528 8.2 3
PERU 9854 26511 26566 26788 5.9 0.8
ITALY 8384 9177 9844 11879 2.6 20.7
ALBANIA 4937 5713 5890 9136 2.0 55.1
MEXICO 3121 7760 6710 7007 1.5 4.4
Others 13620 15665 14532 13909 3.0 -4.3
Total 403666 444643 424235 456050 100 7.5

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 2264 2882
July (t) 1636 2701 4125 3302 4136 3358 3210
August (t) 2839 2272 2903 2980 2298 2311 2601
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 33541 31765

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 14771 9836 24 24632
ITALY 3377 720 332 4430
GREECE 1824 202 2 2028
TURKEY 527 157 63 747
LEBANON 453 245 0 698
PERU 398 0 0 398
TUNISIA 55 110 0 165
CHILE 150 0 0 150
SYRIA 75 9 0 84
GERMANY 0 0 57 57
NETHERLANDS 0 1 55 56
OTHERS 63 32 1 96
TOTAL 21695 11312 534 33541
* 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 7185 5964
August (t) 5759 5267 5193 4787 5279 7374 7237 9607 6313
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 99861 77396

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 47198 15636 26 62860
SPAIN 15956 693 213 16861
ARGENTINA 7450 1095 0 8546
CHILE 4546 0 0 4546
ITALY 4371 49 83 4503
TUNISIA 1762 0 0 1762
GREECE 327 0 0 327
URUGUAY 110 0 0 110
EGYPT 109 0 0 109
TURKEY 88 0 0 88
PERU 80 0 0 80
LEBANON 69 0 0 69
OTHERS 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 82066 17473 322 99861
* 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 4688 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 3777 3541
August (t) 2683 2395 4484 3152 5338 4814 3339 3153 3670
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 55842 46586

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 14024 5863 564 20452
ITALY 15134 2545 384 18063
TUNISIA 10639 942 15 11596
GREECE 2432 47 10 2490
TURKEY 327 287 29 643
LEBANON 429 48 7 484
PORTUGAL 130 303 0 434
USA 228 176 4 409
MOROCCO 260 87 0 347
ARGENTINA 223 19 0 242
CHILE 209 1 0 210
ALGERIA 55 58 8 121
OTHERS 272 71 8 352
TOTAL 44364 10447 1031 55842
* 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 3539 3673
July (t) 4367 4161 4900 4254 3677 4892 5480 5093 4603
August (t) 3387 3361 3683 5057 3937 6839 4631 4547 4430
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 47010 43958

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 27487 11086 3598 42171
ITALY 2277 159 1211 3647
GREECE 195 19 0 214
TUNISIA 211 0 0 211
TURKEY 131 8 53 191
AUSTRALIA 165 0 0 165
CHILE 124 0 0 124
UNITED KINGDOM 0 90 0 90
SYRIA 52 0 0 52
OTHERS 119 15 10 144
TOTAL 30762 11376 4872 47010
* 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 5095 5649
August (t) 5474 5401 5689 5480 6822 6338 5882 5869
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 55844 61602

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 26659 7523 1415 35597
ITALY 13669 2796 202 16667
TURKEY 1946 454 0 2400
GREECE 498 0 22 520
PORTUGAL 208 1 120 329
TUNISIA 88 3 0 90
CHILE 75 0 0 75
AUSTRALIA 70 1 0 71
OTHERS 87 9 0 96
TOTAL 43298 10787 1759 55844
* 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 3693 2424
July (t) 1882 2286 1581 2319 2844 2484 2919 2331
August (t) 1485 2469 2192 2341 2602 2700 2793 2369
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 35522 27669

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 10025 2785 4952 17762
ITALY 9389 1590 2502 13480
GREECE 1930 1 332 2263
PORTUGAL 491 51 177 718
TURKEY 592 4 1 596
TUNISIA 277 63 0 340
BELARUS 245 9 6 260
UKRAINE 30 0 0 30
MOROCCO 17 0 0 17
CHILE 12 0 0 12
CYPRUS 11 0 0 11
LITHUANIA 3 1 6 10
OTHERS 16 4 1 20
TOTAL 23038 4508 7976 35522
* 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 23538 29152
August (t) 23631 34877 31323 27301 28826 36663 31043 30523
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 362032 342376

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 84594 7176 19969 502 1362 360 105924 8038 113962
SPAIN 13663 50010 5460 21948 1498 3951 20621 75909 96531
TUNISIA 25422 26662 18326 5854 44 381 43792 32897 76689
PORTUGAL 16347 3646 4671 14 13 12 21031 3672 24702
TURKEY 2495 3428 531 8417 7 322 3033 12168 15201
GREECE 7569 2126 652 204 109 1 8331 2331 10662
ARGENTINA 2292 5166 2 0 0 0 2295 5166 7461
CHILE 1789 4983 0 0 0 0 1789 4983 6772
MOROCCO 1347 1906 0 1426 3 602 1350 3933 5284
LEBANON 1495 60 47 3 0 0 1542 63 1605
ISRAEL 498 45 84 82 0 0 583 127 710
OTHERS 512 1119 218 551 24 31 753 1701 2454
TOTAL 158023 106326 49962 39002 3060 5659 211045 150987 362032
* 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 20306 21856
April (t) 5960 18284 14917 32505 21271 18588
May (t) 6841 21581 16535 31313 15449 18344
June (t) 10704 15743 12449 27567 12919 15876
July (t) 8570 13851 12590 23989 8837 13567
August (t) 7682 23004 15391 18304 NA 16095
September (t) 10987 7449 8553 20349 NA 11835
October (t-1) 7970 6659 12950 13337 19869 12157
November (t-1) 8941 17039 15096 11688 22017 14956
December (t-1) 23995 25285 19249 17869 19225 21125
Total 113005 207050 181074 271341 172699 189034

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 125296 2552 12895 140744
MOROCCO 4430 483 10510 15423
ARGENTINA 4357 0 0 4357
TURKEY 2956 950 3 3909
SYRIA 2626 89 1 2717
PERU 1503 0 0 1503
UNITED KINGDOM 548 475 151 1175
CHILE 948 0 0 948
OTHERS 1269 546 110 1925
TOTAL 143933 5095 23671 172699
* 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 98867 94820
February (t) 113209 85129 92686 107732 120841 103919
March (t) 103734 81625 91677 112300 123536 102575
April (t) 74336 75974 89318 102922 96693 87849
May (t) 82538 86763 82703 93860 110079 91189
June (t) 81809 93063 85711 97589 94319 90498
July (t) 76446 87382 98717 100376 85892 89763
August (t) 58061 75873 74546 78924 NA 71851
September (t) 55169 82583 84168 103740 NA 81415
October (t-1) 76728 71037 83337 102196 99542 86568
November (t-1) 85597 86734 87260 100323 105803 93143
December (t-1) 107870 90935 97768 115451 121024 106609
Total 1005492 1014723 1056656 1214260 1056596 1069545

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 506378 67136 36473 609987
GREECE 133401 2253 38838 174493
ITALY 104591 9053 22520 136163
PORTUGAL 85034 5953 14757 105743
GERMANY 5701 1318 218 7238
FRANCE 5540 986 133 6660
BELGIUM 2740 945 368 4053
NETHERLANDS 1347 669 1967 3983
HUNGARY 1453 4 0 1457
OTHERS 5172 1158 489 6819
TOTAL 851358 89474 115764 1056596
* 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-October-22


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 Other 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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