Greek olive oil exports to Japan rise

According to the information contained in this document, the amount of Greek exports of virgin olive oil, during the period January - July 2014 amounted to 2.28 million euros as against 2.06 million euros for the corresponding period of 2013.

As a result, Greece remained 4th among countries - suppliers of olive oil to the Japanese market. In the first three positions are Italy, Spain and Turkey.

In recent years, the Japanese oil market is growing at a rapid rate, which reached + 60.2% in 2013 and + 14.2% in 2012, while Greek exports are growing but still slower, + 43.4% in 2013 and + 4.5% in 2012.

The sad fact is that despite the third largest olive oil producer, and arguably the top in quality, Greece remained in fourth place in Japan.