Olive Oil China

China's quality watchdog has ordered local inspection and quarantine organs to thoroughly investigate olive oil imported from Italy to ensure the quality of the oil

Some media have reported that four out of five bottles of Italian olive oil were adulterated with lower quality oil from other Mediterranean countries, according to a People's Daily report.

To see a list of olive oil importers from China, check our Asian Olive Oil Importers Directory.

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China is taking a great leap forward with its olive and olive oil production and Spain is being urged to get onboard or see Italy or Israel take the lead.

The Chinese Government is reported to be planning a 500 percent increase in its current 33,000-40,000 hectares of olive groves in the next five years with the plantation of 160,000 hectares in the Himalayas, close to Tibet.

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Portugal, the world's sixth largest wine producer and a major olive oil exporter, held a promotional event on October 19th 2010 at the Royal Meridien Hotel in Shanghai. The country's food exporters displayed wines and olive oil in the food show. You can see some photos here.

To see a list of olive oil importers from China, check our Asian Olive Oil Importers Directory.

Spain continues to dominate the Chinese olive oil market as an optimistic report shows that in 2009 Spanish producers exported more than 10 million kilos of olive oil to the Asian giant. This represents significant control in an emerging market - the Olive Oil Times is reporting.

The study found that, while consumers can choose among some 86 different brands of olive oil in China, only seven have a consistent presence in the market and four of these seven olive oil brands are of Spanish origin.

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Spanish Foreign Trade Institute has created a dedicated website called www.oliveoilfromspain.cn to to promote Spanish olive oil in China. Everyone wants a portion of China Olive Oil market. You can check the website from here.

Kondor SA Beijing, the Chinese branch of Kondor, one of the largest food and beverage distributors in Greece, is betting big on the China market to to stimulate demand for Greek olive oil, China Daily is reporting.

China imported 8,017 tons of olive oil in 2007, up from 393 tons in 200. Currently, around 50 companies export Greek olive oil to China.

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Oil China 2011 (7th China International Exhibition of Olive Oil & Edible Oil), which is supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), will be held during April 18th - 20th 2011 in Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center.

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