Exports Surge as Values Collapse
In August 2025, EU olive-oil exports rose even as their value fell more than 40% — the clearest sign yet that the great price spike had fully unwound.
What happened
In August 2025, extra-EU olive-oil export volumes reached 51,406 tonnes, up 15% year-on-year (70.8% of it extra virgin) — yet the unit value fell to about €532/100 kg, down 41.9%. More oil moving, for far less money.
⚠ Why it matters
That gap — volumes up, value down by two-fifths — is the whole crisis unwinding in two numbers. The world is awash in affordable oil again, which is a genuine good. But “more for less” is exactly the arithmetic that leaves growers underwater, and sets the stage for the next shortage when groves go unrewarded. The cycle never rests.
Source, Aug 2025: International Olive Council.