Olive growing in Ordu
Karadeniz region · 8 t of olives and 0 t of olive oil in 2024-25.
In the 2024-25 season Ordu harvested 8 tonnes of olives from 1.000 bearing trees — an average of 6.8 kg per tree. Of that crop 8 t went to the table and 0 t to pressing, yielding 0 tonnes of olive oil.
Where it stands
- 5 of 10 in the Karadeniz region — 0.8% of the region's crop, 0.0% of Turkey's
- 6.8 kg per tree — 0.2 kg below the regional average of 7.0 kg
- 100% of the crop goes to the table (regional average 71%) — table-oriented
Olives in a hazelnut province
Ordu's agricultural identity is bound to hazelnuts; olives sit at the margin of production here, in sheltered ground near the coast.
Black Sea olive growing — in Artvin, Sinop, Trabzon, Kastamonu, Ordu, Zonguldak, Samsun, Amasya and Giresun — is confined to narrow coastal strips and takes the form of table olives for household use. Ordu sits in the middle of that list.
The province's figures illustrate the difference between an olive being present in a region and its being an economic crop: there are trees and a harvest, but no sector.
2024-25 season
| Bearing trees | 1.000 |
| Olives | 8 t |
| To the table | 8 t (%100) |
| For oil | 0 t |
| Olive oil | 0 t |
| Per tree | 6.8 kg |
Only the current season is published for this province; the eleven-year series exists for İzmir, Aydın, Manisa, Muğla, Bursa and Çanakkale.
Varieties of the Karadeniz region
Varieties are recorded by region in the source, not by province.
Ordu in our articles
- From olive to oil: the price gap, 2019-2026
- Olive oil trade in the Ottoman Empire: Britain the buyer, the crop the price
- Chilling requirement in olives: which variety grows where?
- Are my olives spoiled? Mould, bulging lids and softening
- The table olive sector: 461 registered, 8,000 unregistered
- The olive in mythology: from Athena's gift to Noah's dove
- The same olive, six times the price: the quiet advantage of table olives
- Olive groves and mining: the legislative record from Law 3573 to Law 7554