IMPORT FIGURES OF TABLE OLIVES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU-27)

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In January of the 2023/2024 crop year the unit value of extra-EU imports stood at € 189 per 100kg (+0.8% compared to the previous month).

Also in January, extra-EU imports mainly came from Morocco(-11.8%), Türkiye(-11%), Egypt(+421.2%), and Albania(+17.1%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

As for first estimates of the 2022/2023 crop year, extra-EU imports of table olives reached 107 195 tonnes for an estimated value of €226.4 million (-3.9% and +11.1% , respectively, compared to the previous crop year).

2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
2022/2023
2023/2024
Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
France 31 507 54.3 30 662 52.0 30 240 51.3 31 271 53.7 31 306 55.3 28 549 62.0 10 160 24.1
Spain 16 160 16.6 10 287 12.8 18 133 20.5 16 377 18.8 7 704 9.3 10 394 15.9 20 906 25.8
Belgium 13 070 28.6 12 929 27.9 15 001 33.1 13 718 29.3 12 112 28.9 10 657 30.0 4 779 15.6
Romania 12 151 18.6 14 181 22.1 12 671 21.5 12 828 20.0 15 966 28.8 15 329 30.0 5 757 13.1
Italy 9 071 13.0 12 004 17.7 8 857 13.3 8 801 12.7 9 083 14.8 9 152 17.2 4 587 8.5
Germany 9 569 28.3 9 557 27.2 8 739 26.1 9 875 27.1 8 189 24.5 8 420 29.0 4 238 16.3
Greece 8 763 11.3 9 602 12.8 8 494 11.0 10 875 13.9 12 458 17.4 12 201 15.9 10 049 13.7
Bulgaria 5 026 5.0 5 746 6.0 5 967 7.2 5 175 6.6 6 570 9.2 6 879 10.2 2 458 4.8
Netherlands 2 157 5.1 2 139 4.6 2 070 4.4 2 762 6.1 2 114 5.0 2 551 6.8 1 092 3.1
Sweden 1 450 3.3 1 292 2.9 1 398 2.9 1 559 3.1 1 058 2.5 1 118 2.9 425 1.5
Austria 518 1.8 494 1.7 605 2.2 635 2.2 632 2.2 586 2.5 259 1.1
Ireland 596 2.2 512 2.4 511 2.1 819 1.7 2 573 1.5 478 1.6 213 0.7
Denmark 345 0.7 257 0.6 470 1.0 362 0.8 248 0.8 219 0.7 166 0.7
Others 961 1.8 794 1.4 499 1.1 819 1.7 1 538 3.7 662 1.7 914 2.1
Total 111 345 190.6 110 454 192.2 113 656 197.8 115 875 197.8 111 552 203.8 107 195 226.4 66 005 131.1
* Extra EU imports by importing country and crop year. Volume in tonnes. Value in millions. 2023/2024 from September to January

On the other hand, intra-EU imports reached 379 766 tonnes for an estimated value of €864.7 million (+1.8% and +10.8%, respectively, compared to the previous crop year).

2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
2022/2023
2023/2024
Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
Italy 64 213 118.2 71 463 136.2 65 706 128.0 62 482 119.2 60 728 141.5 74 059 161.2 26 591 74.9
France 51 384 88.1 52 188 94.0 59 394 102.6 62 637 108.1 76 793 109.9 79 171 123.9 16 234 38.7
Germany 42 835 120.4 45 618 128.6 44 695 132.1 43 395 137.4 42 021 137.2 43 998 147.5 12 567 46.6
Spain 20 386 18.3 20 475 17.1 31 212 19.0 21 313 14.4 33 970 21.8 38 496 30.2 20 666 21.7
Portugal 26 489 38.5 28 880 38.1 23 836 34.1 29 415 39.4 25 753 35.4 24 744 49.0 11 440 20.0
Belgium 15 681 30.8 21 033 40.4 21 236 49.6 21 652 59.8 23 413 61.7 19 508 64.8 4 519 16.6
Netherlands 19 323 45.6 16 856 43.8 18 219 51.9 24 663 57.1 22 653 58.2 17 078 56.3 5 523 18.6
Romania 18 298 32.7 13 345 28.7 14 827 33.0 17 523 38.6 12 439 31.1 13 406 34.0 4 362 13.1
Poland 11 390 26.6 13 053 29.6 12 491 30.8 13 947 33.6 14 015 35.3 14 509 40.2 6 719 16.0
Bulgaria 12 397 19.4 10 301 17.5 9 979 17.1 10 546 16.9 9 534 17.7 7 787 15.5 2 281 5.3
Sweden 7 976 22.4 8 406 23.8 7 729 22.1 7 423 21.8 8 701 26.7 8 403 28.4 2 561 8.4
Others 34 756 88.9 35 419 92.0 39 464 89.5 35 089 88.5 43 159 103.8 38 607 113.8 12 965 41.1
Total 325 128 650.0 337 036 689.8 348 787 709.7 350 086 735.0 373 179 780.3 379 766 864.7 126 428 321.1
* Intra EU imports by importing country and crop year. Volume in tonnes. Value in millions. 2023/2024 from September to January

In terms of volumes by product category, 77.8% of total imports were under code 20057000 (olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen)) in the 2022/2023 crop year, followed by imports under 20019065 with 5.5%, 07099210 with 6.6%, 07112010 with 8.5%, and the remaining 1.5% under 07108010.

In January of the 2023/2024 crop year, the unit value of extra-EU imports of table olives stood at €189 per 100kg (-4.6% compared to the same period previous crop year or +0.8% compared to the previous month) while the import volume stood at 16 362.3 tonnes (+94.3% compared to the same period previous crop year or -4.7% compared to the previous month).

Also in January, extra-EU imports mainly came from Morocco(-11.8%), Türkiye(-11%), Egypt(+421.2%), and Albania(+17.1%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
2022/2023
Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
Morocco 47 942 13 145 47 686 82.2 45 403 78.9 49 497 73.8 49 391 79.8 39 842 81.7
Türkiye 25 733 13 912 35 167 61.4 33 337 72.3 34 105 76.1 38 990 74.3 36 911 88.2
Egypt 26 592 31 523 15 878 30.2 20 967 22.3 16 951 25.7 7 465 21.1 14 657 12.6
Albania 5 349 4 559 5 735 5.6 6 461 5.8 9 401 8.6 9 316 12.3 11 909 11.8
Argentina 699 1 467 1 210 3.9 3 082 3.8 1 401 4.0 576 2.8 736 1.8
Syria 859 428 639 1.1 1 319 0.7 1 287 1.4 808 1.4 780 1.0
United Kingdom 1 174 219 991 0.8 1 043 1.7 1 117 3.9 2 649 1.8 534 1.0
North Macedonia 906 50 466 0.5 513 0.3 598 0.3 440 0.3 175 0.3
Peru 207 121 277 0.3 224 0.6 154 0.4 192 0.4 183 0.5
Lebanon 418 102 290 0.7 221 0.5 267 0.5 220 0.5 308 0.5
United States 124 32 189 0.5 219 0.5 74 0.8 132 0.2 38 0.4
Tunisia 315 95 325 0.5 198 0.5 249 0.3 210 0.3 109 0.4
Switzerland 116 93 123 0.6 187 0.8 198 1.0 198 1.2 200 1.1
Jordan 231 102 282 0.4 151 0.5 267 0.3 276 0.5 240 0.6
Chile 364 0 757 0.9 132 1.7 15 0.3 297 0.0 57 0.7
Others 315 157 439 1.0 200 1.1 293 0.6 392 0.9 517 1.3
Total 111 345 66 005 110 454 190.6 113 656 192.2 115 875 197.8 111 552 197.8 107 195 203.8
* Extra EU imports by partner and crop year. Volume in tonnes.Value in millions. 2022/2023 from September to January

Intra-EU imports mainly came from Spain and Greece.

2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
2022/2023
Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume Value
Spain 160 601 58 162 182 388 296.8 173 504 319.1 166 447 305.0 180 055 298.0 185 841 326.5
Greece 98 465 30 720 84 793 210.8 85 418 210.8 98 288 229.9 86 414 239.7 95 325 248.6
Portugal 19 134 20 592 21 739 18.0 31 617 19.9 20 990 19.8 34 400 14.0 37 924 21.4
Belgium 11 431 4 746 15 155 34.6 19 181 43.3 22 867 47.3 28 220 44.3 22 406 44.0
Germany 7 939 2 204 7 581 20.6 12 882 21.1 9 740 25.7 9 163 28.4 9 716 27.9
Italy 9 996 4 314 8 931 28.1 10 374 30.6 10 699 31.2 16 208 36.5 12 286 40.4
Netherlands 3 700 1 793 5 913 12.2 5 126 19.6 8 504 24.9 6 940 43.1 6 675 41.5
Bulgaria 5 398 530 2 511 9.7 2 606 5.8 3 038 5.3 3 275 5.4 2 318 5.8
France 1 678 680 1 575 4.6 2 139 4.8 2 317 5.2 2 379 5.7 1 735 5.8
Poland 1 385 488 1 361 2.7 1 181 2.6 1 820 3.3 1 478 5.7 1 062 6.2
Austria 709 170 714 3.0 946 2.8 1 227 1.8 1 116 2.1 784 1.5
Czechia 2 439 186 2 110 2.6 921 2.8 943 3.6 876 4.4 587 3.9
Slovakia 110 533 117 0.2 513 0.1 596 0.5 561 0.9 1 233 0.5
Sweden 356 334 406 1.3 332 1.4 397 1.2 284 1.5 237 0.9
Lithuania 187 53 166 0.6 301 0.5 279 0.6 160 0.6 166 0.6
Others 1 601 922 1 574 4.2 1 746 4.6 1 935 4.3 1 651 4.7 1 468 4.8
Total 325 128 126 428 337 036 650.0 348 787 689.8 350 086 709.7 373 179 735.0 379 766 780.3
* Intra EU imports by partner and crop year. Volume in tonnes. Value in millions. 2022/2023 from September to January


1. Extra-EU

  • In January, The unit value of imports stood at €189 per 100kg (-4.6% compared to the same period previous crop year or +0.8% compared to the previous month).

  • In January, The volume of imports in stood at 16 362.3 tonnes (+94.3% compared to the same period previous crop year or -4.7% compared to the previous month). imports mainly came from January, extra-EU imports mainly came from Morocco(-11.8%), Türkiye(-11%), Egypt(+421.2%), and Albania(+17.1%), compared to the same period the previous crop year.

  • Olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen) (20057000):

1.1 Table olives

1.1.1 Import unit value (€ / 100 kg)

1.1.2 Import volume (tonnes)

1.1.3 Import value (€ - millions)

1.1.4 Import average price (€ / 100 kg)

1.2 Import unit value index

1.2.1 Import unit value index by product quality

1.2.2 Month over month import unit value index variation rates (%)

1.3 Import by product quality

1.3.1 Import unit value (€ / 100 kg)

1.3.2 Import volume (tonnes)

1.4 Import by country (Extra-EU)

1.4.1 Import unit value (€ / 100 kg)

1.4.2 Import volume (tonnes)

1.5 Table olives import by country (Extra-EU) (20057000)

1.5.1 Import unit value (€ / 100 kg)

1.5.2 Import volume (tonnes)

1.6 Flows

1.6.1 Extra-EU, volume (2020/2021) (tonnes)

1.6.2 Extra-EU, value (2020/2021) (€ - ×1000)

1.6.3 Extra-EU, volume (2021/2022) (tonnes)

1.6.4 Extra-EU, value (2021/2022) (€ - ×1000)

1.6.5 Extra-EU, volume (2022/2023) (tonnes)

1.6.6 Extra-EU, value (2022/2023) (€ - ×1000)

2 Intra-EU

2.1 Table olives

2.1.1 Import unit value (€ / 100 kg)

2.1.2 Import volume (tonnes)

2.1.3 Import value (€ - millions)

2.1.4 Import average price (€ / 100 kg)

2.2 Flows

2.2.1 Intra-EU (2020/2021) (t)

2.2.2 Intra-EU (2021/2022) (t)

2.2.3 Intra-EU (2022/2023) (t)


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.

Latest update: Mon Mar 25 16:44:53 2024


IOC own elaboration based on data from the European Commission; EUROSTAT; the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain; ISMEA (Italy); and information provided by member countries.

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.

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

Olive crop year means the period from 1 September of year t to 30 August of year t+1 for table olives.

Trade value in FOB type (free on board).

Import unit value in € / 100 kg.

Import value in € (1 million = 106; 1 billion = 109).

Import volume in tonnes, 1t=1000kg=1Mg.

The unit value index of imports is based on Paasche’ Chain Index method. The data are not seasonally adjusted. The unit value is calculated as (trade value)/quantity.

Harmonized System Codes: Table olives = 20057000 + 20019065 + 07108010 + 07112010 + 07099210 .

20057000 olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen)

20019065 liben olives, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

07108010 liben olives, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen

07099210 liben fresh or chilled olives (excl. for oil production)

07112010 liben 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, for oil production