World trade in olive oil in the first four months of the current crop year

The table below shows figures for trade in olive oil and olive-pomace oil in the top eight markets in the first four months of the current crop year (October 2018 – January 2019). Increases were found in Japan (23%); China (15%); Brazil (14%); Australia (13%); Russia (12%); the US (8%) and Canada (4%) compared to the same period the previous crop year.

In the first seven months of the current crop year (2018/19), intra-EU acquisitions rose by 6% and extra-EU exports fell by 8% compared to the same period the previous crop year.