Australia Table Olive Imports 2002/2003
Table Olives
Commentary
Table olive imports also reached record levels in 2002/2003 with a total of 13,198 tonnes arriving in Australia with a customs value of over $39 million. The tonnage of table olives imported has therefore doubled over the last ten years.
Black olives dominated with 68% of imports with an average price of $2.95 per kilogram. Green olives averaged slightly higher at $3.13 per kilogram.
November and December 2003 showed a substantial increase of 1,249 tonnes over the same period in 2002. The percentage of black olives was up 5% compared with the same period the previous year but down approximately 8% on the previous year’s average. Prices of black olives were up 11.6% on the same period in 2002, probably reflecting the relatively small crop in Greece.
Simon Field
Commercial Olive Research
Annual Trends
|
Year |
Green |
Black |
Provisionally Preserved* |
TOTAL |
|
Tonnes |
Tonnes |
Tonnes |
Tonnes |
|
|
1992/93 |
1,414 |
2,188 |
3,134 |
6,736 |
|
1993/94 |
1,739 |
2,859 |
2,678 |
7,276 |
|
1994/95 |
1,819 |
2,913 |
3,537 |
8,269 |
|
1995/96 |
1,327 |
2,698 |
3,268 |
7,293 |
|
1996/97 |
1,756 |
3,405 |
3,630 |
8,791 |
|
1997/98 |
1,612 |
2,975 |
4,046 |
8,633 |
|
1998/99 |
2,084 |
3,130 |
4,268 |
9,482 |
|
1999/00 |
2,187 |
3,399 |
5,348 |
10,934 |
|
2000/01 |
2,633 |
2,991 |
5,897 |
11,521 |
|
2001/02 |
2,816 |
3,201 |
6,634 |
12,651 |
|
2002/03 |
2,998 |
4,544 |
5,656 |
13,198 |
|
2003/04 (2 months) |
656 |
914 |
1,024 |
2,594 |
|
Analysis 2002/2003 |
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|
Total tonnes |
13,201.93 |
|
|
Total value |
39,714,828.00 |
|
|
$/kg overall |
3.01 |
|
|
Tonnes black |
8,983.05 |
|
|
Value black $ |
26,498,421.00 |
|
|
$/kg black |
2.95 |
|
|
Tonnes green |
4,218.88 |
|
|
Value green $ |
13,216,407.00 |
|
|
$/kg green |
3.13 |
|
|
%black |
68.04 |
|
|
Analysis Year to date 2003/2004 (2 months) |
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|
Total tonnes |
2,594.93 |
|
|
Total value $ |
8,012,731.00 |
|
|
$/kg overall |
3.09 |
|
|
Tonnes black |
1,555.50 |
|
|
Value black $ |
4,775,659.00 |
|
|
$/kg black |
3.07 |
|
|
Tonnes green |
1,039.42 |
|
|
Value green |
3,237,072.00 |
|
|
$/kg green |
3.11 |
|
|
% black |
59.94 |
|
|
Analysis Previous Year Same 2 months |
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|
Total tonnes |
1,345.71 |
|
|
Total value $ |
3,948,044.00 |
|
|
$/kg overall |
2.93 |
|
|
Tonnes black |
734.44 |
|
|
Value black $ |
2,023,151.00 |
|
|
$/kg black |
2.75 |
|
|
Tonnes green |
611.28 |
|
|
Value green $ |
1,924,893.00 |
|
|
$/kg green |
3.15 |
|
|
% black |
54.58 |
|
|
Source of primary data: Australian Bureau of Statistics |
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