Olive Oil
In The News Archives |
India to be International Olive Oil Council's Focus in 2007-9 |
| As the International Olive Oil Council explores its mandate to increase the production and consumption of table olives and olive oil in world markets, even while keeping a strict eye on the quality, its Promotion Division will target the Indian market in 2007,  |
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Indian Import Duties Too Stiff, Says Habib Essid |
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high price of olive oil in the country is due
to two factors: stiff government import duties
and "a lack of diversity in choosing olive oil
producing markets," The Hindu Business Line
quotes Habib Essid, Executive Director of the
International Olive Oil Council (IOOC), |
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International Olive Oil Council Announces Rs-58mn India Campaign |
| A Madrid-based inter-governmental
organisation will spend a million euros (Rs
58 million) in a three-year campaign to ramp
up olive oil sales in India by pointing to its
culinary and health benefits, reports the news
agency IANS.
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