Economic Affairs & Promotion Services

The Economy and Promotion Unit of the IOC Executive Secretariat helps to achieve these objectives by carrying out the following activities:  

• Market-related activities
• Activities relating to IOC work
• Activities relating to the IOC Executive Secretariat

• Regular market tracking and analysis (markets for olive oils, olive-pomace oils, table olives, other oils and fats). This work involves:
• Updating and processing the IOC statistical database on the world markets for olive oils, table olives and for other fluid edible vegetable oils and fats.
• Reviewing market conditions.
• Tracking olive oil and table olive imports by the countries where the IOC conducts promotional activities.
• Conducting retrospective and prospective studies on the olive oil and table olive market.
• Monitoring national policies, with the focus on:
  • Tracking national olive acreage and geographical distribution of world olive resources.
  • Tracking policy measures concerning production, marketing, domestic consumption and international trade in olive products and other national developmental policies.
  • Tracking bilateral or multilateral agreements between countries on trading in olive oils and table olives.
• Implementing the measures agreed upon by the World Trade Organisation for market access, domestic support arrangements, the reduction of subsidies and special clauses.
• Monitoring economic surveys, studies and research on the olive/olive oil sector carried out by research and development agencies.

• Preparation of working documents describing and analysing economic conditions on the olive oil and table olive markets, which are then examined by the IOC at its sessions.
• Carrying out of market research and other economic analysis and statistical work on the olive/olive sector requested by the IOC Members.

• Regular contribution of sectoral analysis articles for the IOC magazine, OLIVAE, and review of economic manuscripts submitted by outside authors.