TIRANA, December 20/ATA/ The production of olives in the country increased by 43.16%, according to the data recently published by INSTAT.
About 87% of the total olive production in our country is mainly concentrated in 4 regions. Meanwhile, Fier region leads the olive production with 27.8%, followed by Berat with 27.1%, Elbasan with 17.4% and then Vlora region with 14.5%.
Other regions account for 13.2% of the total olive production.
The cultivated olives in Albania are of two main varieties, oil variety olives that represent 81.7% of olive production and table olives that account for 18.3%. While taking account of the weather conditions, it is noted that the highest level of olive production is in the lowland and coastal areas.
According to INSTAT data, the lowest level of olive production was recorded in the regions of Gjirokastra, Shkodra and Lezha. The northeastern and southeastern areas, with a cold weather, such as Kukës, Korça and Dibra regions, are areas that do not cultivate olives./p.s./
