Four months after the initial estimations of olivenewsgr First estimations for the 2018/19 production we revisit this issue with the new scenery of the biggest countries in the Mediterranean, which cover around 85 of global production
We donrsquot really notice great differences overall besides Greece, where the diverce climatic conditions climatic changes show their teeth As a result, we are going to have to lower the bar of the anticipated crop quantity for 2018/19 Meanwhile the messages confirm that after last yearrsquos 2017/18 excellent greek qualities, this year the problems are many high acidity, poor organoleptic either due to olive fruit fly, either/ or due to mycological diseases gloeosporium
Therefore, the new map of the projected olive oil production is the following
nbsp | November 24th, 2018 | July 24th, 2018 | Modification |
Spain | 1650000 | 1550000 | +100000 |
Greece | 180000 | 240000 | -60000 |
Italy | 190000 | 190000 | zero |
Turkey | 200000 | 220000 | -20000 |
Tunisia | 160000 | 160000 | zero |
Morocco | 110000 | 110000 | zero |
Syria | 120000 | 100000 | +20000 |
Portugal | 105000 | 90000 | +15000 |
Total | 2715000 | 2660000 |
+55000 +2,07 |