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Commercialized 145,400 tons of oil in July

The dynamism of the olive oil market is maintained, with 145,400 tons sold in the month of July. To date, the total quantity sold is 1,303,500 tons, 16% above the previous season, with a monthly average marketing of 130,400 tons.

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Olive oil production will fall more than 40% next season

Cooperatives Agro-alimentary of Spain estimates a reduction of more than 40% in the production of olive oil for the next campaign. Andalucía and Castilla La Mancha lead the decline, which in the case of the latter region, could be up to 60%.

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Spanish olive exports fall by 5%

According to data from the General Directorate of Customs, olive exports fell by 5% in 2018, from 308,380 tons to 292,

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The US confirms the tariffs and Asemesa asks the EU to take the case to the WTO

The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has formally published its final resolution regarding the impact of imports of black olive from Spain on the California producing sector. As it happened in the preliminary ruling of early August of last year, the USITC has affirmatively decided to conclude that imports of Spanish laws cause harm in that sector.

Portugal will hold the World Olive Oil Summit congress for the first time

Portugal will host for the first time the World Olive Oil Summit, a new international forum for the olive sector that will be held on June 7 and 8, 2018, wheres Santarém will be the hostess. This event, that will celebrate with the main thematic “Olive and Oil”, will be held at the National Exhibition Center .

US punishes with tariffs the Spanish export of table olives

The latest measure by the Donald Trump government to protect its agro-food productions to the detriment of international trade has been a severe blow to the Spanish table olive sector, whose exports will be taxed with a tariff. The first reactions to a measure that had been brewing since this summer, when Californian olive-table companies filed a complaint against the Spanish olive, accusing it of unfair competition, have not been delayed. Thus, the Union of Small Farmers and Cattle Ranchers (UPA) urges the EU to express itself immediately and forcefully against this “illegal and unjust” tariff, which will represent a commercial barrier of between 2 and 7%.

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Olive production up to May surpasses the average, with a total of 1,279,500t

National olive production up to May exceeds the average of previous campaigns, with a total of 1,279,500 tonnes, according to data published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) in the Oil Market Bulletin of olive for the month of May. This Bulletin analyzes the data provided by the Food Information and Control Agency (AICA) on 30th April, as well as the market situation, with an increase in available resources, despite the reduction of imports.