Peruvian olives facing the United States market
According to estimates of the Foreign Trade Institute of Spain, United States consumes about 170,000 tons of olives annually, which accounts for over half a kilo per habitant. That could be explained because of the higher conscience of Americans about healthy products as well as the new preferences for exotic products. Therefore, olives are consumed in salads, as snacks, in pizzas and sandwiches.
Even though the United States produces olives, it is important to notice that it is a net importer because almost all of the production responds to black olives and is used mostly for olive oils. Then, it is observed that the US imports of fresh and processed olives grew 26% between 2003 and 2006, being the fresh and frozen olives the ones that registered the biggest change. These same figures reveal that the value of the imports has grown more than the volume, which suggests that the United States is now consuming olives of a higher quality and added value, a situation that favours exporter countries like Peru.
Nowadays, the main exporter of this product to the United States is Spain, who is responsible for over 38% of the total amount, followed by Mexico, Greece and Morocco who account for 22%, 13% and 6% respectively. However, figures in 2005 reveal that Spain is loosing market share while countries like Morocco and Honduras, both countries with active FTA with the US, are growing in the market.
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Olive & rosemary focaccia
Recipe by Kerrie Sun,
Photography by Steve Brown,
Savour this soft focaccia studded with olives and rosemary as part of an authentic antipasto platter or with a hearty Italian-style soup.
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
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Aid boom brings olive oil and cornflakes to Darfur
The piles of dates and bowls of fragrant ginger and cumin at the entrance give a traditional Sudanese feel to Mohamed Osman Babkir’s dusty general store.
But step inside and the unprepared customer is transported to a trendy European foodhall. Bottles of olive oil from Spain, balsamic vinegar from Italy and jars of preserved cherries are stacked neatly on shelves.
While two million people languish in Darfur’s humanitarian camps, canny Sudanese businessmen are making a killing from the foreign aid workers who have flooded the region.
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Turkish historic olive oil factory ‘reborn’ as museum
A historical building which served as an olive oil factory for 200 years and was later used as camel shelter, a gin factory and woodshed in Muğla’s Milas district will be converted, with the help of the Milas Museum project, into what will be the most modern museum in the Aegean, luring both local and foreign tourists to the region.
The building is owned by one of the most distinguished families of Milas. The protected area where the historical building is located is estimated to cost $500,000 alone and covers an area of 14,000 square meters.
Milas Museum director Erol Özen said the historic factory has been idle for 30 years. “We will convert the ancient factory into a museum where we will display the artifacts excavated in and around Milas. We will also restore the olive oil factory, which will be able to work traditionally as it used to work in its time, so that the visitors will view the process of olive oil production,” he said.
The area surrounding the musem will be developed into a complex with cafes and restaurants, archaeology workshops, an amphitheater and souvenir stands. “Our museum will be the largest and richest archaeology, ethnography and industry museum of the region with its facilities. Tourists will flock to our region when our project is completed,” said Özen.
The 5,000-year old artifacts, he says, will be displayed in a contemporary approach, displaying them in museum as well as through slide shows and events.
The family who owned the factory said they were pleased with the project. “The situation of the olive oil and gin factories, which have been idle for years, has also worried us. We wanted to turn the establishments into olive oil museum where we would display the olive oil production in phases from past to present, contributing to the history and culture of the region,” they said.
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Panhandle olive grove produces first commercial harvest
By Tony Bridges,
Don Mueller has spent eight years raising an olive grove from a sandy, secluded piece of ground in the Panhandle’s Jackson County.
That’s 220 trees planted, irrigated and nursed through summer grasshopper invasions and winter cold spells, with only what help he could cajole from friends and in spite of doubts that he would succeed. The work has been arduous, the details that needed minding seemingly infinite.
As hobbies go, it is not the easiest choice for a septuagenarian retiree, even one as robust as Mueller. But ask, and he will tell you he has done it happily, just for the joy he gets out of tending that tiny Mediterranean fruit.
Now, the labor is beginning to pay off in other ways, too. Green Gate Groves is wrapping up its first commercial harvest, ending the season with a modest 200 pounds of olives sold to local buyers.
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