World olive oil production: 460 million gallons
World olive oil consumption: 486 million gallons
Average annual world olive oil consumption over the last 30 years: 1,465,000 metric tons
Largest producers worldwide: Spain, Italy, Portugal, Tunisia, Turkey and Syria.
Estimated World Olive
Production for 2000-2001 years in (1,000 metric tons)
|
Algeria |
31
|
|
Yugoslavia |
7 |
| Turkey |
180 |
|
Palestine |
20 |
| Autralia |
1 |
|
Croatia |
6 |
| Egypt |
0.5 |
|
Argentina |
3 |
| Syria |
165 |
|
Libya |
4 |
| Mexico |
1.5 |
|
Cyprus |
5 |
| Iran |
3 |
|
Tunisia |
150 |
| Jordan |
7 |
|
Lebanon |
6 |
| Morocco |
35 |
|
U.S.A |
0.5 |
| Others |
7 |
|
|
|
| Subtotal for |
|
|
|
|
| Rest of World |
641.5 |
|
|
|
| E.C. |
1912 |
|
|
|
| World |
3195 |
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