Growing Thirst for Olive Oil in Japan and India
The pace with which olive oil demand is rising in Japan is outstripping even that of China, according to recent IOC figures.
The pace with which olive oil demand is rising in Japan is outstripping even that of China, according to recent IOC figures.
The Olive Japan competition, trade show and seminars, focused on olive oil quality in the world’s fourth largest import market for olive oil.
Imports are up 31 percent in Japan, 24 percent in China, 15 percent in Canada and just 3 percent in the United States.
Olive oil prices in India are set to go up substantially owing to a hefty increase in olive raw material costs in Spain and Italy over the last six months.
Cheap labor costs, good access to water and ambitious expansion plans could give rise to another olive oil global power.
IOA objected to the mismatch between the standards proposed by FSSAI and those established by Codex and the International Olive Council.
Olive oil producers and exporters in Turkey have set an ambitious target to increase olive oil exports twentyfold in 10 years.
India’s olive oil imports might rise by 45 percent, but it's still an incredibly small amount for one and a quarter billion people.
IOA President VN Dalmia said India’s olive oil imports had grown by nearly 40 percent from 5,000 tons in 2010-11 to 6,900 tons in 2011-12.
The deal gives the Italian olive oil producer a 27 percent stake in India's leading distributor, Dalmia Continental.
India’s leading agricultural state has received an official go-ahead to introduce olive cultivation across the state in a planned manner.
Dalmia Global, marketer of the Leonardo brand of olive pomace oil, responded to complaints of making false health claims in its advertising.
Sell your oil in small bottles and stress the health benefits. Those are among tips from Spain’s Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX) for companies seeking a slice of the world’s third biggest economy.
A new report titled “Indian Olive Oil Market Forecast to 2017” provides information and insights for olive oil producers and exporters.
An Indian government-owned edible oil brand plans to import olive oil from Italy and Spain for wide distribution at affordable prices in the Indian rural and urban markets.