Olive and Olive Oil

Press release… Olive Oil Export Champion VERDE Takes Its Place in ISO 500… Known as the locomotive of Turkey’s olive oil exports, VERDE Yağ (Oil) managed to enter the ISO (İstanbul Chamber of Industry) Top 500 list in 2020. Behind the rapid rise of the well-established company lies huge investments …

Mardin Olive Workshop will be organized by Mardin Artuklu University (MAÜ) for the development of olive production in the region. According to the statement made by MAÜ, the olives grown in the province and the surrounding provinces of the region, which received gold and silver medals in the International Olive …

Press release… The average export price of Turkish olive oil has increased during the pandemic process. In the first half of the 2020/21 season, the average export price of Turkish olive oil rose by 16 percent on dollar basis, from 2,397 dollars to 2,786 dollars. Davut Er, Chairperson of the …

Press release… Er: “We have 500 thousand farmers engaged in olive cultivation” Pointing out that olive farming has been done in Anatolia, the homeland of the olive tree, for 6 thousand years, Davut Er, the chairman of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), said, “After 2002, Turkey’s …

Last month, Germany and Iraq took the lead in Turkey’s agricultural exports. According to the information compiled from the data of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM), Turkey’s exports increased by 109 percent last month compared to the same period of 2020 and reached 18 billion 766 million dollars. Agricultural exports …

Hilmi Sürek, Chairperson of Tariş Olive and Olive Oil Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union, stated that by showing the uncertainty and increasing oil prices created by the pandemic process as a reason, the export of bulk and barreled olive oil has been banned and also said that this ban would victimize …

Branding and geographical indication has been increasing in olive oil across Turkey in recent years. The number of brands that received approval from the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TPMK) reached 688 as of March 23, 2021 and the number of geographically marked olive oils reached 16. Reşit Özer, Chair …

Press release… Olive oil exporters disagree with the ban on the export of bulk and drum olive oil… Citing the uncertainty caused by the pandemic and the increasing oil demand, the Ministry of Trade banned the export of bulk and barreled olive oil at the request of the Ministry of …

Press release… Olive oil exports banned after 20 years… Olive oil cannot be exported in bulk until October 31, 2021. Only boxed, packaged export is allowed. The General Directorate of Exports of the Ministry of Trade banned the export of olive oil in bulk after 20 years, upon the request …

Press release… Olive oil, the elixir of a long and healthy life spreading from the Mediterranean to the world, was introduced to the leading importers in the US food industry and the purchasing directors of hotels and restaurants with the Hybrid Tasting event. US has become the first country that …