The olive harvest and production of olive oil in the EU in 2017 have been good despite the spread of the Xylella fastidiosa disease, according to the latest estimates published on 7 November by Copa-Cogeca (farm organisations and cooperatives in the EU).
The production of olive oil grew in virtually all countries po9rducting it: Italy (+75% to 320 000 tonnes), Greece (+46 % to 285 000 t), Portugal (+58% to110 000 t) and France (+64 % to 5 000 t). Only Spain saw a fall, by 14% to 1.1...