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News from the olive and olive oil sector

Company, regulatory, court and investment news from the olive and olive oil sector, reported with its source.

What is happening in the sector: concordat and bankruptcy rulings, regulatory changes, plant investments, inspection results. Every item links to its source.

Article A 282-member doctors' cooperative puts sensors in the olive grove A cooperative founded by doctors in Adana is monitoring water and fertiliser with buried sensors across 100 of its 135 dönüm of bearing olive grove, funded with 2 million lira.

Article In Söke, one day's wage costs ten kilos of olive oil Over 1,000 tonnes of table olives are expected in Söke's Ağaçlı. Two figures given by the headman sum up the season: oil at 160 lira wholesale, a day's wage at 1,600.

Article Table olive tasting panel training in Aydın Aydın Commodity Exchange is extending its sensory analysis experience from olive oil to table olives, with 20 panellists trained over three days.

Article Recall in Germany: MOSH/MOAH in pomace oil — not olive oil Germany's official food safety portal has recalled a 4-litre pomace oil sold in Turkish shops. The product is not olive oil but olive pomace oil; we explain the difference and what MOSH/MOAH are.

Article EIA approval for a 200 t/day olive oil plant in Mudanya A 9.5 million lira olive oil plant planned in Mudanya, Bursa, has received a positive environmental impact decision: 200 tonnes of olives a day, around 100 operating days a season.

Article The 12.5% US tariff: the competitor is exempt, the Turkish exporter is not Mustafa Kürlek notes the 12.5% additional US tariff on Turkish olive products is not applied to competitors such as Tunisia, and calls for DFİF and Eximbank measures.

Article Two pressures before the harvest: costs and 100,000 tonnes carried over The chamber of agriculture wants 50 lira per kilo; daily labour has passed 1,500 lira. Exporters report 100,000-120,000 tonnes carried over from previous seasons.

Article Tunisia exported 368,000 tonnes of olive oil — but earned less per tonne Tunisia's agriculture observatory ONAGRI reports olive oil exports up 55.3% by volume and 44.4% by value in the first nine months of 2025/26. The gap between the two means about 7% less earned per tonne.

Article Concordat in Akhisar: a one-year moratorium for Baktat Zeytin A Turkish commercial court has granted a one-year definitive moratorium to Baktat Zeytin, a table-olive processor in Akhisar. We set out what the ruling means and why it matters for the sector.