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April breaks with the tonic of strong growth and sales of olive oil, which fell by 30%
April has meant an important gap in the trend of strong growth that in the previous six months have been experiencing the market outflow of olive oil. Thus olive oil sales in this month have fallen by 30%, as confirmed by the packers and exporters of olive oil from Spain, (ANIERAC and ASOLIVA), with data made public by the Food Information and Control Agency (AICA).
Global food prices down for fourth consecutive year
The FAO index records that food prices stood at an average value below its November with the fall in international prices of all foodstuffs, including meat, dairy products and cereals, except in the case of sugar and oils. The year 2015 ends with almost 19% decline in prices compared to 2014, representing the fourth consecutive annual decline.