WORLD OLIVE OIL MARKET – 2014/15 Imports of olive oil by a number of countries under customs heading 15.09 and of olive pomace oil under customs heading 15.10 in the first nine months of the 2014/15 crop year (October 2014–June 2015) are reported in the table below. The data reveal year-on-year import increases of +12 pc in Japan with strong growth from March 2015. US imports remain stable after seeing decreases in March and April followed by increases in May and June. Imports by China likewise hold steady. On the contrary, imports have being going constantly downwards in Australia (−16 pc as of November 2014), Canada (−12 pc) and Brazil (-4 pc), which recorded sharp decreases in May and June. Lastly, through the eight-month period from October 2015 to May 2015, imports were lower in Russia (−26 pc), prompted by a switch of trend in December 2014. The June 2015 data were not available for the EU at the time of publication but the figures for the first eight months of 2014/15 show an

Fonte: World imports of olive oil and table olive on June 2015 | Olive Oil Market