Hi, Joan57 !
I couldn't find precise figures for you, especially since there are so
many small companies now selling olive oil directly on the web, but
here are some useful details and links which you - or another
researcher - may find of use.
http://www.oliveoilnews.com
which links with the site:
http://www.oliveoilsource.com
The Olive Oil Source.
voice - 415-461-6267 Fax 415-461-1815 390 Vista Grande, Greenbrae, Ca
94904
lists 262 olive growers. producers and processors within the USA with
hyperlinks to details of products, company contacts etc. The page was
updated 08/19/02 so is very current. Each companies brand may have one
or more associated products, for example The Reas Olive Ranch has five
products.
For example, clicking on "Abreu Vineyard" (Rutherford CA) in the list
gives their address, varities grown, and age and number of trees, as
well as contacts. Ckicking on their product name "Madrona Ranch" gives
details of the brand (kosher - no extra virgin - yes).
Most companies they list are in California, with one in Oregon, four
in Texas , one in Connecticut, one in Arizona, one Hawaii, and a
couple with no state listed.
This site also lists International growers and organisations.
The site of Antinori Agricultural Farm, Montefalco in Umbria, Italy
http://www.agricolamontefalco.com/plant/oil_consum.asp
has a chart on worldwide consumption of olive oil in non-traditional
producer countries and says:
"World wide consumption of olive oil is estimated at about 2,2 million
tons, of which 69% is concentrated in European Union Countries: these
producer countries cover alone about 66% of world wide consumption.
The various Southern Mediterranean extra-communitary countries cover
14% of this total and consumption is mainly confined to these producer
countries. The remaining 17% of the total is registered from countries
outside Europe, due to the progressive increase of this percentage."
They list the principal suppliers to the United States for the 1997-98
as:
ITALY 70.5 %
SPAIN 13.3%
TURKEY 7.7%
GREECE 3.0%
MOROCCO 2.0%
OTHERS 3.5%
http://www.oliveoil.net/gb/right.html
has contacts for importers and exporters worldwide including importers
in the USA including:
Rasna
http://www.rasna.com
Imports and delivers Tuscan extra-vergine oil in the US - order on
line or email rasna@dada.it
Extra Virgin Olive Oil of the Month Club offers oils from different
regions of the Mediterranean. Their link at Evoomc.com was not working
when I tried it.
Papa's Haven is an importer, wholesaler and on-line retailer of
certified organic, single estate, extra-virgin olive oils from the
Mediterranean. (Biolea and Casale Cassitto). This link has problems,
too.
http://www.Ocasha.com
is an importer of Syrian olive oil in North and South America.
PO Box 398344 Miami Beach, Florida 33239 TEL: 305.672.3583 - FAX:
305.675.5896
Aralia Imports
http://araliaimports.com
is a USA based company importing the finest greek olive oil. Again you
can order on line.
Volcani Cucina, Napa Valley
volcanicucina.com
is an olive oil site and online store offering a choice of the worlds
olive oils available in the U.S.A.
Finally
tgisbserver.com "the site for importers and exporters" has links to
worldwide olive oil importers and exporters at:
lhttp://www.tgisbserver.com/export/lawala.htm
with links to lots of articles and conference papers on the subject.
I hope you find this useful.
Search terms:
olive+oil+USA+producers
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