Italy accumulated twice as much Spanish and Greek olive oil in one year

In one year it is Community extra virgin olive oil increased by exactly 100% ready to be launched on the Italian market. They were 19.467 tons of oil (mainly Spanish, but also Greek) in storage in the tanks of large national oil industries on 31 October 2024, are doubled to the decimal point (38.934) on October 31, 2025And this despite the strong introduction of this type of oil into large-scale distribution channels in the same month of October. (over 11 thousand tons).

This is the most striking fact in the detailed report that the Fraud Prevention Agency publishes based on data from the electronic oil registers. Nor does it escape notice that lower quality oils (virgin, lampante, pomace oil and refined) we are on the order of almost 40 thousand tons, significantly increased compared to last year, confirming the market’s interest in these categories of oils as well.

Numbers ten times lower than those of community oil, but still increasing compared to the same period last year, for extra EU oil which is present for 3.438 tons (+47,7), with blends (a mixture of extra virgin olive oils from different origins) amounting to over 5 thousand tons.

E Italian extra virgin olive oil? Se last year it accounted for 43% of the total oil present in the tanks of the oil industry, warehouses and oil mills, as of October 31, 2025 represents just 35,3%Practically only a third of the oil produced in Italy today is national EVO.

Waiting in fact the Apulian production which is in full swing and that with the data from the end of November should give us a reliable growth projection, National extra virgin olive oil production recorded at the end of October does not exceed 50 thousand tons, just 4 thousand more than last year, but with the campaign now concluded throughout the entire central-northern area, which brought forward the times for early ripening and prevention of strong fly attacks.
All for one Total oil stocks as of October 31st amounted to 138.982 tons, 32,7% more than last year.

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