WORLD TRADE IN OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES

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So far this 2023/2024 crop year, imports of olive oil decreased by 21.7% while imports of table olives increased by 3.8%.

Seven markets represent around 80% of the imports of olive oils and virgin olive oils around the world, the United States with 35%, the European Union with 17%, Brazil with 8%, Japan with 6%, Canada with 5%, China with 4% and Australia with 3%.

So far this 2023/2024 crop year, imports of olive oils and virgin olive oils in the top seven markets reached 173243 tonnes (-21.7%, compared to the same period previous crop year).

The table below shows the trade in the first months of the current crop year (2023/2024). In general, imports decrease in the main markets, Australia (-39.7%), Brazil (-38.9%), Canada (-18.3%), China (-72.7%), Japan (-31%), United States (-12.9%) and the extra-EU (-6.2%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average %Variation Rates
AUSTRALIA 6864 8514 7117 9099 8328 8093 4880 7628 -39.7
BRAZIL 19859 22971 27096 33588 24443 31174 19039 24703 -38.9
CANADA 10204 12692 12444 16582 9891 14052 11479 12286 -18.3
CHINA 12558 10778 15327 14549 15681 15664 4282 12948 -72.7
JAPAN 12745 15091 17018 15204 15297 13033 8993 13740 -31
USA 71753 89094 81181 93683 80061 91300 79488 82143 -12.9
Extra-EU 43773 38167 39279 51759 42750 48063 45082 43022 -6.2
Total 177756 197306 199462 234463 196450 221378 173243 196470 -21.7

Imports mainly came from Spain with a share of 27.9% of all imports, followed by Tunisia with 19.4%, Italy with 20.3%, Portugal with 7.1%, and Argentina with 6.5%.

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 56542 64504 72197 60106 65046 73179 48267 27.9 -34
TUNISIA 31318 36326 41685 69985 48699 50065 33597 19.4 -32.9
ITALY 39753 45020 33944 43954 35725 44917 35085 20.3 -21.9
PORTUGAL 13266 16278 21159 27730 18286 21092 12285 7.1 -41.8
ARGENTINA 11818 5915 9382 10096 10045 8960 11342 6.5 26.6
CHILE 5100 5214 3660 6595 5148 2958 6985 4.0 136.1
TÜRKIYE 6391 8556 5745 5705 5008 10510 9736 5.6 -7.4
GREECE 2730 4756 3453 3745 3710 3945 3178 1.8 -19.4
MOROCCO 1233 4620 3502 2769 1551 1724 1492 0.9 -13.5
ISRAEL 194 291 712 462 652 714 810 0.5 13.5
Others 9411 5827 4026 3317 2580 3314 10463 6.0 215.7
Total 177756 197306 199462 234463 196450 221378 173243 100.0 -21.7

In terms of volumes by product category, 76.3% of total imports were under code 15.09.10 (virgin olive oil), followed by imports under 15.09.90 (olive oil) with 17.2% and the remaining 6.5% 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 30644 17623 4854 53121
TUNISIA 31012 2585 5831 39429
ITALY 29451 5634 851 35937
PORTUGAL 10378 1907 15 12301
ARGENTINA 11181 161 0 11342
TÜRKIYE 7701 2036 336 10072
CHILE 6835 150 8 6994
SYRIA 4193 18 0 4211
GREECE 2522 656 107 3285
EGYPT 1682 0 0 1682
MOROCCO 1455 37 0 1492
OTHERS 4394 986 30 5410
TOTAL 141450 31794 12033 185276
* Own elaboration

As for table olives, five markets represents around 67% of the imports around the world, the United States with 24%, Brazil with 18%, the European Union with 17%, 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 (2023/2024).

2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average %Variation Rates
AUSTRALIA 6320 5539 6292 5290 6861 5552 6510 6253 6077 -3.9
BRAZIL 40444 39612 44012 47740 61069 45496 42286 41239 45237 -2.5
CANADA 10367 10122 10596 11301 15042 11161 12165 12019 11597 -1.2
Extra-EU 27784 31557 32714 33756 40355 34637 35128 49759 35711 41.6
USA 48602 46358 46092 54827 45309 46941 58474 51154 49720 -12.5
Total 133517 133189 139706 152914 168636 143787 154564 160424 148342 3.8

In general, imports decreased in the main markets, Australia (-3.9%), Brazil (-2.5%), Canada (-1.2%), United States (-12.5%) and the extra-EU (+41.6%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

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

2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 %Share %Variation rates
SPAIN 32411 39128 32632 28950 39107 22616 14.1 -42.2
ARGENTINA 22418 29145 29182 27208 20364 32560 20.3 59.9
MOROCCO 17755 19263 21039 22414 20071 14778 9.2 -26.4
GREECE 17760 15800 21028 19422 21502 17833 11.1 -17.1
TÜRKIYE 14151 13521 14012 13943 14614 12985 8.1 -11.1
EGYPT 18582 12002 25071 10142 8215 32507 20.3 295.7
PERU 7770 10393 14582 9853 15366 6769 4.2 -55.9
Others 8859 13663 11089 11854 15326 20376 12.7 33
Total 139706 152914 168636 143787 154564 160424 100.0 3.8

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 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 2066 3517 1475 2349 3130 1943 1968 3220 0 2185
February (t) 2109 2377 2498 2211 2376 3708 2453 2142 0 2208
March (t) 2868 2206 2454 2548 2699 2847 2941 2702 0 2363
April (t) 2324 2225 2160 2178 2861 4203 2366 1403 0 2191
May (t) 3120 2428 2826 2777 4260 3614 2555 2526 0 2678
June (t) 2385 1786 3397 2583 4876 2264 2070 1770 0 2348
July (t) 1636 2701 4125 3302 4136 3358 3745 1980 0 2776
August (t) 2839 2272 2903 2980 2298 2311 4466 2182 0 2472
September (t) 2699 1773 2961 2769 2732 2901 3435 1768 0 2338
October (t-1) 1718 2295 2844 3344 2275 3353 3385 2687 1916 2646
November (t-1) 1819 3530 2039 3379 2472 2564 2254 3072 1429 2506
December (t-1) 1266 2513 2016 1894 2444 3377 2809 2427 1596 2260
Total 26850 29624 31699 32315 36558 36442 34447 27878 4941 28973

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 1806 1790 2 3598
ITALY 631 346 58 1035
TÜRKIYE 73 3 0 76
USA 0 69 0 69
GREECE 58 8 0 66
LEBANON 38 22 0 60
OTHERS 22 12 1 35
TOTAL 2629 2251 61 4941
* 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 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 5164 6367 4395 4363 6103 6516 8938 9220 7150 7736 0 5996
February (t) 5215 5517 3169 3931 6442 8022 8861 7230 6200 9011 0 5782
March (t) 6747 6792 2660 5398 8383 8849 11911 9491 9809 10174 0 7292
April (t) 5281 4769 4080 4609 7079 8794 9277 7355 8222 4400 0 5806
May (t) 5110 2781 3915 4496 6124 6699 8038 8859 8913 5297 0 5476
June (t) 5158 3972 4151 3972 4808 5324 5584 7257 8996 4097 0 4847
July (t) 6416 4614 4735 4244 5776 5879 8862 7185 9436 5309 0 5678
August (t) 5759 5267 5193 4787 5279 7374 7237 9607 9355 7474 0 6121
September (t) 6061 4595 5278 4610 6816 5882 8292 6868 10951 6500 0 5987
October (t-1) 9075 9585 5530 5233 5444 8246 8334 11052 8138 8488 6810 7812
November (t-1) 6240 7270 4854 6844 7285 8468 11000 12250 8896 12979 6226 8392
December (t-1) 7157 6249 2690 7653 7276 6310 7845 10356 7466 9772 6050 7166
Total 73382 67778 50649 60140 76817 86362 104179 106730 103531 91239 19086 76354

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 9529 1497 15 11041
SPAIN 2937 51 23 3011
CHILE 1790 0 0 1790
ARGENTINA 1481 83 0 1564
ITALY 979 10 9 998
TUNISIA 428 0 0 428
URUGUAY 88 0 0 88
TÜRKIYE 79 0 0 79
OTHERS 79 9 0 88
TOTAL 17390 1649 47 19086
* 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 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 3648 2339 3014 3221 3993 3246 4094 5411 4035 3936 0 3358
February (t) 2786 3007 3835 2841 3287 2779 3223 3543 5375 3486 0 3106
March (t) 3954 2870 3744 4201 4800 4017 5878 4688 5697 4799 0 4059
April (t) 5650 4118 3883 3881 4245 4764 5480 4623 4201 3434 0 4025
May (t) 3866 4228 3660 4071 3622 3988 7405 8361 4703 4221 0 4375
June (t) 4810 3349 3619 2721 4713 3026 4463 5483 8627 4261 0 4098
July (t) 2699 3366 3070 2180 3324 4211 5703 3777 3622 4001 0 3268
August (t) 2683 2395 4484 3152 5338 4814 3339 3153 4647 3396 0 3400
September (t) 2352 2934 3441 3129 4240 3387 5949 3129 3359 3116 0 3185
October (t-1) 3999 3983 3079 3580 4297 4663 4516 5756 3196 4845 4229 4195
November (t-1) 2846 3258 2871 4873 3219 4029 4002 5147 3629 5641 4116 3967
December (t-1) 2663 3070 3192 2884 2888 4218 4182 5901 3210 3862 3459 3593
Total 41955 38917 41893 40736 47967 47141 58236 58972 54299 48998 11803 44629

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 2626 1272 202 4099
ITALY 3132 321 58 3511
TUNISIA 1733 198 22 1952
GREECE 674 0 20 695
TÜRKIYE 409 242 21 672
ARGENTINA 169 1 0 170
MOROCCO 154 2 0 156
PORTUGAL 31 99 0 130
USA 84 39 0 124
OTHERS 217 78 1 295
TOTAL 9228 2251 325 11803
* 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 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 3268 2850 3068 2777 6114 7115 3542 4931 3828 3221 0 3701
February (t) 1050 1471 1501 1852 852 1520 3542 1974 2931 1692 0 1671
March (t) 2323 2504 3680 2411 1338 3599 2780 3264 2711 1548 0 2378
April (t) 2533 2835 2576 2579 1548 3048 2549 3205 2787 2237 0 2354
May (t) 2955 2534 3053 3037 2195 3275 4603 4645 2210 1865 0 2761
June (t) 4032 4139 2216 2335 4143 3252 5730 3539 3424 2178 0 3181
July (t) 4367 4161 4900 4254 3677 4892 5480 5093 7342 2621 0 4253
August (t) 3387 3361 3683 5057 3937 6839 4631 4547 6332 1837 0 3965
September (t) 2327 2450 3264 4027 4143 3805 6366 3954 4657 2771 0 3433
October (t-1) 2609 2411 3107 4189 2722 2496 3204 2588 3156 3448 1951 2898
November (t-1) 3031 3651 3220 8376 3833 4405 6565 5438 5464 7033 1795 4801
December (t-1) 4008 3531 6015 4929 7697 4740 6586 7785 8440 6035 1410 5561
Total 35891 35898 40281 45822 42198 48986 55580 50964 53283 36485 5156 40959

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 3062 598 737 4397
ITALY 439 48 137 624
AUSTRALIA 65 0 0 65
OTHERS 40 30 0 70
TOTAL 3606 676 874 5156
* 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 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 4531 3402 4007 4706 5594 4644 3691 6201 4092 0 4087
February (t) 3474 3916 3034 3664 4489 5126 3688 3557 3839 0 3479
March (t) 6753 4876 4328 4585 5399 6333 5915 5759 4023 0 4797
April (t) 6319 5608 4829 4466 7211 6473 4888 4872 4311 0 4898
May (t) 6550 6437 6697 5128 5832 5508 4429 4366 5697 0 5064
June (t) 4603 4896 4813 5037 5786 8549 6716 5239 3570 0 4921
July (t) 5129 5593 5215 5462 7201 5845 5095 6038 5254 0 5083
August (t) 5474 5401 5689 5480 6822 6338 5882 6965 4682 0 5273
September (t) 5595 5229 5171 5388 6659 5772 5221 5553 5044 0 4963
October (t-1) 4776 4492 3718 4871 5142 4963 4903 4567 5556 3324 4631
November (t-1) 4735 3791 5987 4432 5894 5299 6160 6856 3477 3345 4998
December (t-1) 3965 3097 3395 3946 4610 7189 4478 4514 4508 2905 4261
Total 61904 56738 56884 57166 70640 72038 61065 64488 54051 9574 56455

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 3205 1567 496 5269
ITALY 2555 474 58 3087
TÜRKIYE 994 36 19 1049
GREECE 67 0 8 75
AUSTRALIA 32 0 0 32
CHILE 31 0 0 31
OTHERS 29 2 0 32
TOTAL 6913 2080 580 9574
* 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 2021/2022 Average
January (t) 1513 1386 1326 1783 1422 1594 2220 2362 1701
February (t) 1216 1765 1800 1746 2186 2123 2789 NA 1946
March (t) 1589 2424 2354 2011 1971 2936 2392 NA 2240
April (t) 1164 2653 2504 1995 2351 3061 3117 NA 2406
May (t) 1127 1736 2326 2432 2253 3067 3540 NA 2354
June (t) 1612 1777 2442 2160 2594 2690 3693 NA 2424
July (t) 1882 2286 1581 2319 2844 2484 2919 NA 2331
August (t) 1485 2469 2192 2341 2602 2700 2793 NA 2369
September (t) 1656 1896 1641 2114 2233 2728 2591 NA 2123
October (t-1) 4272 1786 2141 2255 3059 3412 4156 3227 3039
November (t-1) 3175 2084 2273 2036 2306 2636 3908 3394 2726
December (t-1) 2653 1941 1746 2107 2838 2904 3992 2805 2623
Total 23346 24201 24328 25299 28657 32334 38113 11789 26008

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 2937 845 1729 5511
ITALY 3563 835 797 5195
GREECE 620 7 128 754
TUNISIA 71 23 10 104
PORTUGAL 72 9 1 82
BELARUS 54 2 5 61
TÜRKIYE 30 13 0 43
UKRAINE 19 0 0 19
ALGERIA 12 0 0 12
OTHERS 7 0 0 7
TOTAL 7385 1734 2669 11789
* 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 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Average
January (t) 24296 26922 30429 25135 24754 23870 41415 28712 32843 0 25838
February (t) 27444 22369 20022 23000 26293 29002 22795 31094 30684 0 23270
March (t) 27063 35723 23209 29692 25868 32358 29600 32371 38220 0 27410
April (t) 31126 25428 33968 32556 33158 37219 41050 40531 35302 0 31034
May (t) 25086 34172 28046 28242 28350 39718 41982 52411 28790 0 30679
June (t) 31445 32210 26623 26137 29734 45347 35544 45645 22916 0 29560
July (t) 28484 22610 26376 31724 36012 35315 23538 33578 35182 0 27282
August (t) 23631 34877 31323 27301 28826 36663 31042 40406 25205 0 27927
September (t) 22061 24525 23264 23661 30822 34369 28502 24949 27766 0 23992
October (t-1) 23332 28580 22352 27199 34987 33225 29340 24668 37568 24902 28615
November (t-1) 28450 20324 29150 20715 26394 22627 33389 32102 32131 29118 27440
December (t-1) 18756 23628 21996 26836 30983 27205 32336 25586 24322 29958 26161
Total 311174 331370 316759 322199 356181 396919 390533 412053 370929 83978 329209

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
SPAIN 8654 8356 7516 4829 7 3386 16176 16571 32747
ITALY 21151 565 4219 216 157 374 25527 1154 26681
TUNISIA 2045 3464 329 1224 0 163 2375 4852 7226
ARGENTINA 159 5204 52 0 0 0 211 5204 5416
CHILE 899 2145 139 0 8 0 1046 2145 3191
GREECE 1472 195 496 152 43 36 2011 384 2395
TÜRKIYE 699 26 222 1151 0 296 920 1473 2394
PORTUGAL 720 77 310 2 0 0 1030 79 1108
ISRAEL 458 185 24 126 0 0 482 311 792
AUSTRALIA 0 611 0 0 0 0 0 611 611
OTHERS 874 192 330 1 19 0 1223 193 1416
TOTAL 37129 21020 13637 7702 234 4256 51000 32978 83978
* 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

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024
January (t) 11372 14470 14561 14955 7073 8401 0
February (t) 23168 20077 21784 17851 14814 14020 0
March (t) 23614 18795 38074 20306 15338 13708 0
April (t) 18284 14917 32506 21271 22032 11914 0
May (t) 21581 16535 31313 15450 17554 14034 0
June (t) 15743 12449 27567 12919 14685 17304 0
July (t) 13851 12590 23989 8839 11022 20494 0
August (t) 23004 15391 18304 8598 14101 21709 0
September (t) 7449 8553 20349 11837 10765 20176 0
October (t-1) 6659 12950 13337 19880 15419 10879 12455
November (t-1) 17039 15096 11688 22032 9682 9368 15515
December (t-1) 25285 19249 17869 19244 28849 29090 22768
Total 207050 181074 271341 193183 181334 191096 50738

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 23333 833 5647 29812
TÜRKIYE 5421 382 0 5802
SYRIA 4193 11 0 4205
ARGENTINA 4163 25 0 4188
CHILE 1890 10 0 1900
EGYPT 1579 0 0 1579
MOROCCO 1020 35 0 1056
OTHERS 1936 251 9 2196
TOTAL 43535 1548 5656 50738
* IOC own elaboration based on EUROSTAT

9. Intra-EU

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

2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024
January (t) 97626 88766 98847 99173 93384 93796 0
February (t) 85128 92686 107732 121743 114711 101940 0
March (t) 81625 91677 112300 124620 113591 95308 0
April (t) 75974 89318 102922 97284 106537 73012 0
May (t) 86763 82703 93860 110668 126210 89846 0
June (t) 93063 85711 97589 96352 104896 81991 0
July (t) 87382 98717 100376 87734 91926 70480 0
August (t) 75873 74546 78924 66590 89901 62004 0
September (t) 82583 84168 103740 84574 88632 67934 0
October (t-1) 71037 83337 102196 100627 81894 87072 62052
November (t-1) 86734 87260 100323 107548 98042 102322 75910
December (t-1) 90935 97768 115451 122240 117231 115288 34298
Total 1014723 1056656 1214260 1219154 1226955 1040995 172259

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 55145 14528 9510 79184
PORTUGAL 31932 9601 5017 46550
ITALY 16115 2093 7500 25708
GREECE 12460 910 1329 14699
FRANCE 2558 226 71 2856
OTHERS 1924 1034 304 3263
TOTAL 120135 28393 23732 172259
* 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.

Lastest update: Sat Feb 24 21:54:21 2024


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.

Data for Russia is not available as of February 2022.

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;

New codes: Olive oil = 150920+150930+150940+150990

150910 = 150920+150930+150940; 150990 = 150990; 151000 = 151010+151090;

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).