The International Olive Council (IOC) at the Fancy Food Show
The Summer Fancy Food Show will be coming up soon in New York City, from 29 June to 1 July. North America’s largest speciality food and beverage show brings together 2 400 companies from 80 countries who will be exhibiting some 180 000 products.
A gathering of this type is a unique opportunity to spread the word about the health benefits of olive oil, which is why the IOC is organising an educational seminar at the Show on Monday 30 June, from 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., at the Jacob Javits Centre (Room 1E07).
43rd meeting of the IOC Advisory Committee
At the invitation of the Croatian authorities, the town of Split was the venue for the 43rd meeting of the IOC
Advisory Committee on Olive Oil and Table Olives, which met on 22 May 2014. This committee brings together
representatives of stakeholders – producers, consumers, processors and marketers – in the olive and olive oil
world. The representatives from IOC member countries at the meeting were also joined by observers from
Australia, Brazil, India, Japan and the United States.
WORLD MARKET FOR OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES
Between October 2013 and March 2014, the first six months of the 2013/14 crop year imports of
olive oil and
olive pomace oil increased in Russia (+6 pc) and Japan (+2 pc) but decreased in China (-28 pc), Brazil (-12 pc), Australia (-9 pc), Canada (-8 pc) and the United States (-7 pc).
In the first six months of the 2013/14 crop year (October 2013–March 2014)
table olive US imports went up (+3 pc) while imports by Russia went down (-13pc). They also decreased in Brazil (-9 pc) and in Canada (-4 pc). In the case of Australia, monthly import movements are very irregular but show a slight decrease of 1 pc.
PRODUCER PRICES
Greece. From mid-December 2013 until late January 2014 producer prices in Greece held steady at €2.46/kg.
After rising a few times, they hit a level of €2.49/kg at the end of May, which represents an increase of 6 pc on
the same period of the preceding season.
for more information:
http://www.internationaloliveoil.org/news/view/666-year-2014-news/502-market-newsletter-may-2014
