Farmers, millers and bottlers in the North African country of Tunisia celebrated an award-winning finish to a fruitful 2023/24 harvest.
Tunisian extra virgin olive oil brands earned 26 awards at the 2024 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, with a success rate of 72 percent.
This figure, which measures the number of awards compared to entries, has steadily increased, from just 20 percent in 2014 to 84 percent in 2022. Tunisian producers and bottlers earned 11 Gold and 15 Silver Awards for their world-class oils this year.
These achievements come on top of a bumper harvest. Government officials estimated the 2023/24 crop year finished with production reaching 220,000 tons, slightly surpassing initial expectations.
Although these volumes are still below the five-year average, they represent a significant improvement over the 180,000 tons reported in the previous campaign.
Producers earned the awards despite ongoing uncertainties in the international market, rising production costs, and supply chain disruptions.
You can read more at this Olive Oil Times article.
