Archive for the 'Asia' Category

01 Sep

Australia:Qld triples olive leaf extract exports to Korea

A Queensland company has found global success exporting unique olive leaf products to Korea’s burgeoning natural medicine and equine industries.
Coominya-based company Olive Leaf Australia has tripled its already significant health supplement exports to Korea in the last 12 months.
The company’s Olive Leaf Extract is predominantly for use by natural medicine practitioners and their patients, [...]

12 Aug

Sri Lanka to grow olives for export

An experiment to grow olive trees in Sri Lsrianka is to be launched as a Board of Investment (BOI) approved project with the objective of exporting olive oil.
An agreement to this effect was singed between the BOI and the Broucke Eco Enterprises Australia last week.
This project will experiment with growing olive trees imported from Cyprus [...]

13 Apr

Pakistan: Govt planning to boost olive oil production

By Ijaz Kakakhel,
Realising importance of olive oil, the government is planning to encourage its production for meeting local requirements as well as for the export purposes.
An official in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock told Daily Times here on Saturday there is a lot of potential for olive cultivation in the country.
According to an [...]

16 Mar

The humble olive

JAMES HIPKISS writes on the history, varieties and best ways to enjoy olives.
Most Malaysians are familiar with olive oil. It is now commonly available in ever increasing varieties in nearly all supermarkets and specialist shops.
However, the olive itself is not so commonly used here, and perhaps not so often seen in most Malaysian kitchens.
After all, [...]

24 Feb

Pakistan and Greece to sign MoU for olive oil production

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Pakistan and Greece are likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in olive cultivation and olive oil production.
According to the information reaching Trade Development Authority (TDAP) here on Saturday, MINFAL has already accepted the draft of the MoU which has now been forwarded [...]

26 Jan

Turkish Olive oil sector aims for Asia

To increase foreign trade, the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) is preparing some overseas publicity activities for all sectors, particularly olive and olive oil.
China and India are the priority targets for the advertising campaigns, TİM Chairman Oğuz Satıcı said midweek at a press conference held by olive and olive oil sector representatives at the Foreign Trade [...]

29 Dec

Pakistani Government to enhance olive oil production

The government has planned to enhance olive oil production and processing areas in 12 districts of Balochistan to bring 6,000 acres land for cultivation of olive orchards.
According to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture sources, during the five years, 675,000 plants in these districts which are considered as low delta crop for mass propagation of [...]

07 Nov

Chinese olives - Nam Leab

This is also known as kan lan, qing guo, huang lan and/or bia lan
Chinese olives taste different than Western olives. There is a hint of five spice and very little of the Mediterranean flavor tones.
The olives come in two forms, canned with pits and dry packed. Not to be obvious, but if you get the [...]

25 Sep

Pakistani Governement has planned to enhance olive oil production

The Federal Government has planned to enhance olive oil production and processing areas in 12 district of Balochistan to bring 6000 acres of land for the cultivation of olive orchard.
According to the ministry of food and agriculture sources during the five years, 675000 plants in these districts which are considered as low delta crop for [...]

18 Jul

Olive oil producers seek Chinese, Indian buyers

A global body representing olive producers based in Madrid said yesterday it planned to launch marketing campaigns in China and India to promote the consumption of olive oil in the two emerging markets.
The International Olive Council will launch the promotional campaign in India in September and in China next year, its president Habib Essid told [...]

21 Apr

Eight Jordanian companies showcase olive oil in Beijing

Eight companies have participated in the Jordanian pavilion at the 3rd Olive Oil Exhibition which concluded its activities on Friday in the Chinese capital, Beijing, alongside 150 other companies from 15 countries.
The exhibition is one of the most important events for marketing olive oil to meet the demand in the Chinese market.
CEO of the Jordanian [...]

17 Apr

Egypt to donate olive trees to mark HM birthday

By Marisa Chimprabha,
Cairo - Egypt will donate 80 olive trees to Thailand to jointly celebrate HM the King’s 80th anniversary and to show the strong relationship with Thailand, Thai Ambassador to Egypt Noppadol Theppitak said Tuesday.
The delivery of the trees are expected to conduct around July, the ambassador said.
He was speaking during a three-day official [...]

26 Mar

Olivasia: 3rd edition, China and Asia’s largest International Olive Oil Competition

3rd edition, China and Asia’s largest International Olive Oil Competition will be presented at the 2007 edition of SIAL China Shanghai 10-12 May,
Take the opportunity to break into the Chinese market’s enormous potential!
REGISTRATION DEADLINE APRIL 6th, 2007
For the application form; please send an email HERE
Julien GARCIA
Tel +33 1 49 68 56 21
Fax +33 1 53 [...]

20 Mar

New joint Israeli-Palestinian olive oil brand launched

After Peace Olive Oil, new brand of olive oil, Olives of Peace, produced by Palestinian and Israeli peace promoters to be marketed in Japan.
Israeli and Palestinian olive oil manufacturers have launched a new brand – Olives of Peace. It is a new product manufactured jointly by peace advocates from both sides of the divide.
The oil [...]

10 Mar

Canola Oil Is the Poor Man’s Olive Oil”…

…Says Dr. Bruce McDonald of Univ. of Manitoba, Canada
By Thorsten Ludwig,
“I believe that Koreans are open to adopting new healthy food products from around the world, in addition to their own traditional health food,” the Canadian Ambassador to Seoul Mr. Marius R. Grinius said in his opening speech to a seminar on canola oil hosted [...]