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The Turkish olive oil sector, which has been suffering a decline in exports for two seasons, aims to overcome the bottleneck in exports through an accurately assessed harvest and a quota to be secured from the European Union.
The Turkish olive oil sector gathered at the “Olive and Olive Oil Sector Meeting” organised by the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association. It mapped out a roadmap for the sector’s future. The accurate assessment of the harvest and securing a quota from the EU were the key topics at the sector meeting. Export champions in the olive and olive oil sector received their awards
Pointing out that Türkiye has become the world’s second-largest producer of olive oil after Spain, Uygun said, “The symbolic 100-tonne quota imposed on us in the European Union market is incompatible with our production capacity and objectives. Whilst competitor producer countries in North Africa are granted duty-free access for tens of thousands of tonnes, this restriction imposed on Türkiye constitutes clear negative discrimination. Our expectation is not a privilege; it is a fair competitive environment in line with the spirit of free trade.”
“The European market is of critical importance for our vision of value-added and packaged exports. This tariff barrier preventing us from offering this unique product of our region to European consumers under our own brands must be overcome. At this stage, ensuring that olive oil secures the quota it deserves during the Customs Union update process will directly impact our position in the European market,” he noted.
“In this process, it is of the utmost importance to strengthen the hand of our valued officials negotiating in Brussels, provide them with all necessary data, and act as a united sector. The collective resolve emerging from this hall today will be our nation’s strongest pillar of support,” he added…
