Producers of olive oil complain to competition about a possible price pact

The price of olive oil is back to current, after being one of the products that became most expensive during the last inflationary episode. Now, when the recent harvest 2024-2025 is higher than the 1,4 million tons (the previous one was 852,300 tons) and inflation has loosened, the 'green gold' is placed around 5 or 6 euros per liter and the controversy does not abandon it.

JAÉN, 14 (EUROPA PRESS) The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Junta de Andalucía, Ramón Fernández-Pacheco, has lamented the price fluctuations in olive oil that are "alien to farmers' good doing" and that are "a problem", while he has advocated for walking towards balance. [...] The entrance Andalusia laments price fluctuations in olive oil "alien to farmers' good doing" appears first in Forbes España.

The agricultural frost seen in the Kadirli district of Osmaniye in recent months and affecting many provinces also hit olive groves. Producer Ergün Döş said, "I do not think that the price of the newly produced olive oil this year will be less than 500 lira per kilo."

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His complaint is supported by the conclusions of a study carried out by experts from the universities of Jaén and Córdoba and the Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera (Ifapa), dependent on the Junta de Andalucía for the Provincial Council of Olive Oil of the Provincial Council of Jaén. According to that report, extra virgin olive oil (AOVE), should be quoted between 5.55 euros a kilo and 6.14 euros in the current campaign 20…

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