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Olive oil is made from olive tree fruit. We find olive trees in
the mediteraneen countries such as Italy, Spain, Greece and Tunisia and also California (Usa). Since many hundred
of years, olive tree has been cultivated for its fruit. It was also
used in medecine.
Statistics
Olive production in the world is about 460 million of gallons a
year (an UK gallon = 4.8 L). The world wide olive oil consumption is
over the production (more than 486 millions of gallons). The largest
producer world wide countries are Spain, Tunisia, italy, Portugal
and Greece. Tunisia has more than 56 millions of olive trees. Spain
has 190 million trees. More than 72% of he Tunisian production is
bought to Spain. And 26% to Italy. The rest is exported to american
and asian countries. There are more than 1360 factories of olive
oils in Tunisia. With a ton of olive fruit, we can produce between
12 and 50 gallons of olive oil.
The city of Chaal, between the cities of Ghraiba and
Mahres is the largest producer of olive oil in Tunisia. Ghraiba
(Graiba) , Mahres, Manzal Chakar, Mouassat, Sfax are also great
producers. The olive oil in Sfax gouvernorat participates largly in
the economical developpement of the region. The Tunisian Sahal and
the South regions have also many olive oil trees and good quality
too. 38% of the olive oil production in Tunisian is the virgin olive
oil (extra virgin and virgin).
Tunisian olive oil is conform to the European and International
olive oil directives. Tunisia is a respected country in the world
due to its stability. Tunisian olive oil exportation in 1998 had
reached more than US $ million 256. The olive tree is protected in
Tunisia. Building a house in the place of the olive tree is
forbidden by the law and is not permitted without an exceptionnel
case. This is because the olive tree can take more than twenty years
to be productive.
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