Olive and Olive Oil

April, 2025… Türkiye’s Aegean province of İzmir hosts a remarkable gene bank safeguarding the genetic heritage of hundreds of olive varieties cultivated across numerous countries for posterity. The İzmir World Olive Gene Bank harbours the genetic material of 364 distinct olive varieties from 18 nations, spanning from France to Morocco and from Greece to …

Press release… Stating that the Japanese people consume healthy and quality food, Emre Uygun, Chair of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters Association, said, “The Japanese people have recently braked in consumption due to the rise in inflation figures in Japan in recent years and the depreciation of the …

Ali Yılmaz Diker, Head of Edremit Chamber of Agriculture, announced that the “Körfez10” olive variety was registered and put into production. The new olive variety is expected to make a significant contribution to olive producers in the region. Ali Yılmaz Diker, Head of Edremit Chamber of Agriculture, reported that the …

Press release… Aydın Commodity Exchange continues to carry Türkiye’s agricultural values to the highest level in the international platform. Aydın Commodity Exchange Chairman Fevzi Çondur, who made a statement about the geographically marked product of Aydın Memecik Olive (variety) registered in the European Union, said that Geographical indications reflect the …

Press release… The award-winning olive oils produced from Salihli’s (district of Manisa province) quality olives have led the relevant institutions in the district to conduct research on geographical indication registration. The Chairpersons of Salihli Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Salihli Commodity Exchange and Salihli Chamber of Agriculture came together with …

Press release… The Turkish olive sector organised a ‘Sectoral Trade Delegation’ to ramp up its olive oil and table olive exports to the United States of America, the largest consumer after the European Union with an annual consumption of 370 thousand tonnes of olive oil and 185 thousand tonnes of …

According to the prediction of Filippo Berio, who exports olive oil products produced in Italy, Greece, Spain and Tunisia from Italy to other countries, olive oil prices will fall within 3 months. Of course, the reflection of this decline on all countries may not be so direct. In Spain, which …

Press release… Köklü Olive, one of Türkiye’s largest olive oil exporters and an international flavour award-winning olive oil company, is preparing to take part in the Japan Foodex fair between 11-14 March. Köklü Olive aims to ramp up its exports to Japan, where annual olive oil consumption exceeds 50 thousand …

Press release… The TURQUALITY Project named Turkish Tastes, which was implemented 6 years ago by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) with the support of the Ministry of Trade in order to ramp up the export of Turkish food products to the United States of America, the world leader in food …

Edremit Chamber of Commerce (ETO) Board Member Savaş Can attended the olive oil sensory analysis training organised by the Tunisian National Olive Oil Office (ONH) in cooperation with the International Olive Council (IOC) and the International Centre for Advanced Agricultural Research in the Mediterranean (CIHEAM) in Zaragoza. In the training …