Tunisia: Revenues from olive oil exports up by 80% to 4.3 billion dinars

TUNIS: Revenues from olive oil exports increased, at the end of June 2024 (2023-2024 season), by almost 80 percent, to reach 4.3 billion dinars, according to a press release published by the National Oil Office (ONH), according to Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP). The ONH stressed that Tunisia has exported, since the launch of the season (November 1, 2023), nearly 165, 205 tonnes of olive oil, including 20,392 tonnes packaged, worth 590 million dinars (MD). During the 2022-2023 season, Tunisia exported, nearly 150, 827 tonnes of olive oil in bulk, worth 2.4 billion dinars, Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported During the 2022-2023 season, the exported quantities of packaged olive oil reached 15,489 tonnes, with revenues of nearly 320 MD. The ONH underlined that Tunisia recorded, during the current season, an increase in the share of packaged olive oil of nearly 32 percent. Source: Emirates News Agency