After 4 days of meetings between members of the international organization, the event chaired by Argentina ended on Thursday (21.6.2018), with the words of the Secretary of International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Horacio Reyser, and the Secretary of Agroindustrial Markets of the Ministry of Agroindustry, Marisa Bircher.
“Our country is seeking to position itself as one of the new players in global olive growing outside the Mediterranean basin,” said Horacio Reyser at the close of the 107th session of the International Olive Council (IOC) held at the Palacio San Martín.
Iconic sector
The official considered the olive oil and olives sector as “a strategic and very relevant area for our economy” and said that “the cooperation between countries of the IOC appears to be essential to sustain growth in the olive sector.”
For her part, Marisa Bircher added: “the olive sector is emblematic, both for the quality of our production as for your international penetration".
Argentina is the main producer and exporter of the American continent, the 5th world exporter of table olives and the 6th of olive oil.
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