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The Brazilian table olive market performed well in the 2016/17 crop year (September 2016 – August 2017) reaching 114 283.85 t which is an 18% increase compared to the previous year. Graph III shows that imports over the last 20 crop years have gone from 4 6849.7 t in 1996/97 to 114 283.85 t in 2016/17, resulting in a 144% increase.

Table II shows the imports of the last crop year per country of origin. Argentina is the largest provider in this market with 54% of the volume of imports (61 874.86 t), followed by Egypt with 27% (31 064.43 t); Peru with 10% (11 754.13 t), Spain with 7% (7 914.87 t) and Portugal with 1% (1 068.47 t). Section I.2 shows the monthly movements of this market.

International Olive Council MARKET NEWSLETTER No 120 – October 2017