Iraq is second in importing olives from Turkey

by **RamblerNash** Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:34 pm

Wednesday 22 December 2021 10:41

Baghdad / NINA / - The Association of Olive and Olive Oil Exporters in the Aegean announced today, Wednesday, that Iraq came second in importing olives from Turkey during the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

"Our table olive exports amounted to 88.5 thousand tons, with a financial value of 150 million dollars, while our olive oil exports amounted to 45 thousand tons, worth 135 million dollars during the export season for the years 2020 and 2021," the association's president, Dawood Air, said in a statement.

He added that "the countries that have exported more than others in the past two seasons for table olives came Germany first, Iraq second, Romania third, the United States fourth and Bulgaria fifth, while the United States of America, Spain, Japan, Iran and Saudi Arabia were the most importers of olive oil."

He pointed out that "the association's goal in the coming years is to reach one billion dollars in our exports, with more support from our producers and exporters, and to achieve the expected increase in production."/ End 8

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