In the first quarter of Türkiye’s olive export season, which started on 1 October 2024, Iraq was the country that imported the most olives. Black olive exports soared by 23 percent, reaching 21 thousand 525 tonnes, while green olive exports soared by 28 percent.

Iraq was the country that imported the most black and green olives in the first quarter of Türkiye’s olive export season, which started on 1 October 2024.
The olive export season starts on 1 October and ends on 30 September of the following year. In this context, in the first quarter of the export season, which started on October 1, 2024, the country’s black olive exports surged by 23 percent from 17 thousand 498 tonnes to 21 thousand 525 tonnes and by 23 percent in value to 54 million 711 thousand dollars.
Iraq came first in black olive exports. Exports to this country went up from 4 thousand 200 tonnes to 5 thousand 173 tonnes in quantity and from 7 million 743 thousand dollars to 10 million 406 thousand dollars in value. Exports to Iraq ramped up by 23 percent in quantity and 34 percent in value…