According to leading olive oil publication, Olive Oil Times, the major organisations of producers, exporters, and other olive oil professionals in Greece, have united under the one roof of the National Interbranch Olive Oil Association, and have devised a national strategy to create a stable environment for the olive oil industry and, in the long term, promote the annual exports of Greek standardised olive oil to 100,000 tons from about 40,000 tons currently shipped abroad.
Olive oil is an extremely important product of the Greek agricultural sector, being the principal source of income for more than 500,000 families in the country and adding more than 1 billion euros to the annual GDP.
The strategy includes certain measures and provisions targeting the production chain.
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