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Statistics from the International Olive Council for the years 2019 and 2020 reveal that Syria is the most Arab country in terms of per capita olive oil consumption, while Morocco tops the list of total consumption and that Tunisia is well ahead of the Arab countries. in terms of exporting this food.
According to statistics from the International Olive Council, an intergovernmental organization comprising 44 countries that account for 98% of world olive oil production, per capita consumption in Syria is the highest in the Arab world at 4.5 kilograms per year, followed by Tunisia with 3.5 kilograms, Morocco with 3.3 kilograms and Palestine fourth with 3.1 kilograms, Lebanon is fifth with 2.9 kilograms.
In the last rows, we find Jordan (2.2 kilograms), then Algeria (2 kilograms), then Egypt (0.4 kilograms).
The gap remains significant between the Arab countries leaders in the field of individual consumption of olive oil, and the large producing countries of the north of the Mediterranean: Greece at the head of the world with 12.4 kilograms, then the Spain with 10.2 kilograms, Italy with 9.2 kilograms, then fourth. Portugal with 7.3 kilograms, Cyprus weighs 5.3 kilograms.
order change
However, the Arab ranking differs when it comes to the total consumption of countries. Figures from the International Olive Council indicate that Morocco tops the list and ranks fifth in the world with 4% of the total world consumption of olive oil. ‘olive, according to the expectations of the current agricultural season, because they speak of a consumption of the Kingdom of about 120,000 tons against 150,000 during the previous season.
Syria ranks second in the Arab world and seventh globally, with a share of 2.8% of world consumption, as its total consumption is expected to reach 86,000 tonnes this season, compared to 75,000 the previous season. Algeria came third at the Arab level and eighth at the world level with a rate of 2.7%, with a consumption of around 84 thousand tons, according to the expectations of the current season, against 86 thousand the previous season.
Tunisia ranked fourth in the Arab world and ninth globally for total consumption of 1.4 percent, or about 43,000 tonnes in the current season, up from around 40,000 tonnes the previous season, and ranked fourth in the Arab world and tenth globally, with a share of 0.9%, with estimated consumption of 29,000 tonnes this season compared to around 21,000 the previous season.
Inside an olive press in western Idlib governorate, northern Syria (Reuters)production
In terms of production, data from the International Olive Council indicates that world olive oil production for the 2018-2019 season is around 3.2 million tonnes, compared to an expected production of 3.1 million tonnes. for the current season, a decrease of 2.3%.
Tunisia leads the Arab countries in terms of production, with production which last season reached over 140,000 tonnes, and this season is expected to reach 300,000 tonnes, which represents 9.5% of production, and the Morocco came in second place with 4.6% of world production. , and with a crop of the year last season was 200,000 tonnes, and is expected to decline this season to 145,000.
Syria came third at the Arab level with 3.8% of world production, and its harvest last year was around 100,000 tonnes, reaching, according to expectations, 120,000 for the current year.
And in fourth place in the Arab world, we find Algeria with 2.6% of world production, and the volume of its harvest is expected to increase from 97,000 tonnes last season to 82,000 this season. Egypt was fifth at 0.9%, with an estimated production of 7,000 tonnes last season, and this season is expected to rise to 28,000.
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import
In terms of import, the ranking is completely different. Saudi Arabia tops the Arab list, importing 35,000 tonnes last season, and the quantity is expected to stabilize in the current season, followed far behind by Morocco, which imported 5,000 tonnes. last season, and the quantity is expected to increase this season to 9 thousand.
Jordan came third and is expected to import 4.5 thousand tonnes this year, according to the expectations of the International Olive Council, then we find Lebanon fourth. Last year it imported 3 thousand tons, and it is expected to import 4 thousand this year.
In the field of the export of olive oil, Tunisia has for many years taken the Arab leader by a very big difference with the rest of the countries. It is one of the largest exporting countries in the world. Tunisian authorities expect its exports to reach 300,000 tonnes by the end of the current season, and the African country has acquired a fifth of world exports.
single case
Tunisia is a unique model within the Arab region and among the main exporting countries in the world, because it is the only country that exports quantities that far exceed what it consumes internally from the oil harvest. ‘olive, which makes this material a strategic location in agriculture. production and exports.
Tunisia produced 140,000 tonnes last year, and only 40,000 consumed, the rest was entirely for export. The same applies to the penultimate with different numbers. On the other hand, all olive oil exporting countries, whether in Arab countries or the European region, far exceed their volume of internal consumption of its exports.
And in the Arab world in terms of olive oil exports, Syria came in with around 34,000 tonnes expected for the current season’s exports, up from 25,000 the previous season, then Morocco came third with 20,000 tonnes versus 28,000 tonnes compared to the previous season Palestine with exports of around 6,000 tonnes According to expectations for the current season, up from 2.5,000 tonnes, and Lebanon came fifth, with estimated exports to 3,000 tonnes this year, up from 7,000 tonnes last year.
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