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Olive Producing and Consuming

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Spain is the largest olive-producing country in the world. It has more than 300 million trees covering more than 5 million acres. 92 percent of the trees are grown for olive oil. Martos claims to be the “World Capital of olive oil.”

Italy produces approximately 555,000 to 777,000 tons of oil a year. Nearly half of it comes from Puglia, in southern Italy.

Greece has about 150 million olive trees covering more than 2.4 million acres. There's about 2,800 mills and more than 100 olive cultivars. They produce about 330,000 tons of oil each year.

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Main Oil Producing Countries in 2005

Percent of World Supply Produced

36 percent	Spain
25 percent	Italy
18 percent	Greece
8 percent	Tunisia
5 percent	Turkey
4 percent	Syria
3 percent	Morocco
1 percent	Portugal

Main Oil Consuming Countries in 2005

Percent of World Supply Consumed

30 percent	Italy
20 percent	Spain
11 percent	Other non-European
9 percent	Greece
8 percent	United States
5 percent	Other European
3 percent	Syria
2 percent	Algeria
2 percent	Morocco
2 percent	Portugal

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