Spain dominates booming American market for bulk olive oil

Slowly but surely over the past twenty years, olive oil in bulk containers is replacing imports of oil already packaged in bottles and tins, according to figures released today by the International Olive Council (IOC). While no one exports more packaged olive oil to the US than Italy, it is Spain, the world’s leading olive oil producer, that dominates the growing demand for bulk shipments with 28% of the market, followed distantly by Tunisia with 4%, Argentina and Italy, which supplies just 2% of bulk imports.