Olive and Olive Oil

The regulation permitting mining in olive groves has not been accepted at the parliament once again, with villagers celebrating the decision with tears of joy. “If an energy crisis occurs in the coming years, it is the people who try to impress us here by making a crown from an olive branch,” …

Press release… Davut Er, Chairperson of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), stated that their packaged olive oil exports amounted to 107 million dollars. “We sent 53 percent of our total olive oil exports with packaging. The total exports of our sector soared by 399 percent to …

Press release… Ayvalık (Türkiye’s western province Balıkesir’s district) Mayor Mesut Ergin celebrated the ‘World Olive Tree Day’ of everyone who earns their bread from this sector in Ayvalık region and throughout the country. Every year, 26 November has been recognized as “World Olive Tree Day” by UNESCO in order to …

Press release… Aegean exporters introduced Turkish agriculture to 39 countries at Halal Expo… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), which is at the peak of agricultural exports in Türkiye, ramped up its agricultural exports by 17 percent to 6.6 billion dollars in the last one-year period. Aegean Exporters’ Associations, which introduced Turkish …

Country on track to produce less than 800,000 tons of olive oil this year, down from 1.4M in 2021… Alyssa McMurtry… OVIEDO, Spain The Spanish agriculture minister said Monday he was worried that olive oil could become a “luxury product” in Spain. “Gourmet products add a lot of value to …

Press release… Between November 1, 2021 and October 31, 2022, Türkiye achieved a foreign exchange income of 201 million 687 thousand dollars with a spike of 50 percent in return for the export of 58 thousand 313 tonnes of olive oil. Olive oil exports soared by 32 percent on amount …

Press release… “Don’t Forget Us” call from olive producers! The agricultural premium support in the olive sector, where record yields are expected this season, was disappointing once again. In the agricultural supports announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, there was no hike in olive and olive oil premium …

Türkiye’s olive production has hit an all-time-high of 2.94 million tons, according to Mustafa Tan, head of the National Olive and Olive Oil Council (UZZK). “We have met the targets which we set 15 years ago. The number of total olive trees have reached 196 million which produced 2.9 million tonnes of olive,” …

Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast province Mersin’s district Mut Chamber of Agriculture President Hıdır Kar, asking the producers to try not to collect olives these days, said, “Let’s not collect our olives until the 15th of October. Not all of our traders have arrived. The majority did not come, it did not …

While the price of olives decreased in Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast province Mersin, where the harvest has begun, the price of olive oil doubled. One kilogram of olive fell from 6 liras to 4 liras, the weight of large olives decreased from 14 liras to 13 liras and the weight of …