In the first 10 months of the 2024/2025 olive oil season,Italy imported 67.700 tons of olive oil from Tunisia. She made it known onNational Observatory of Agriculture (Onagri) of the North African country, from which it emerges that our peninsula is by far the main market, with the 26,8% of exportsBehind Italy is the Spain with 25,5% of the volumes, followed by United States to 20,1%. Practically these three markets absorb more than 80% of the oil that Tunisia has sent abroad, which in these first 10 months has been equal to 252,7 thousand tons.
Despite the significant increase in exports compared to the same period of the previous campaign (when 181,3 thousand tons of oil had been delivered outside the national borders), equal to a + 39,4% fruit of a super-production, the export value has dropped dramaticallya decline in revenues of the 29,5%The main reason is the collapse of prices on international markets. The average price of exported olive oil has dropped by 50,1% in August 2025 compared to the previous year, with values ranging between 7,57 dinars (approximately 2,29 euros) and 17,22 dinars per kg (approximately 5,22 euros).
Export Details
Type of oil: Most of the oil exported is bulk, which represents the85,3% of the total. Packaged olive oil, on the other hand, rose to 14,7% of total exports, a slight increase compared to the previous year. Extra virgin olive oil represented the highest share, equal to 78,5% of the total volume.
Main markets: theXNUMX-XNUMX business days confirms itself as the most important commercial partner for Tunisia, absorbing the 57,4% of the volumes. They follow the North America (27,0%) and theAfrica (9,5%).
Main importers: at the level of individual countries, theItaly is the main buyer, with the 26,8% of exports, followed by Spain (25,5%) and United States (20,1%).
Focus on organic oil
Exports of organic olive oil have reached 48,9 thousand tons by the end of August 2025, for a value of approximately 664,8 million dinars (201 million euros). Even in this segment, packaged oil represents only a small part of the total, namely 6,1%The main importers of Tunisian organic olive oil are always the same: Italy in first place, with a share of 51,6%, followed by Spain with 19,7% and the United States with 17,4%.
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