TIRANA, July 4 /ATA/ – Albania’s table olive production rose 2%year-on-year to over 110.164 metric tons in 2021, data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development showed.
The southern region of Fier is estimated to record highest production with over 34.241 tons, followed by Elbasan with 21.102 tons and the coastal region of Vlora 20.298 tons.
The oil olive varieties represent 87.60% of total production and table olive varieties represent 12.40%.
Increasing olive plantations and production, boosting the producing industry and improving the extraction technology have improved Albania’s score among world olive oil export countries and Made in Albania olive oil is now highly sought in the European market.
The locally grown olive production meets the domestic demand and a significant part of the production is used for olive oil production.
Olive growing is a centuries-old tradition, and the value and importance of this production has been intensively supported by the government in recent years.
The government has earmarked 1 million euro in grants under the Sustainable Development of Olive Sector program this year, in a bid to boost support for farmers growing and investing in increasing olive plantations and improving mechanisms and olive oil production capacities.
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