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Greece is the world's largest exporter of Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Greek olive oil production is in excess of 300,000 tons annually and as much as 70% of all oil production in Greece is Extra Virgin Olive Oil.	The three largest producers of olive oil worldwide in order of total production are: Spain Italy Greece These countries produce about 70% of the world production of olive oil.
Greek Olive Oil is mainly exported to the EU 90% of total olive oil exports (80% in bulk plus 10% Greek brand name olive oil). There is a rise though in other countries as well, such as Canada, Australia, Japan and the US.	Greece has the largest per capita consumption of olive oil in the world. Almost 16 kilos (32 pounds) annually! Still, there is enough left for over 1/3 of the annual production (135,000 tons) to be exported.

From the production of Greek olive oil that gets exported in the EU about 90% is beeing directed to other oil producing countries, mainly Spain and Italy, where it gets mixed with the local oil and gets re-exported under the name of the respective country.

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