Exports of Denominación de Origen Majorcan olive oil last year increased by 5.5 percent, the Balearic Minister for Agriculture and Environment, Biel Company announced yesterday.
In total, 193,439 litres of recognised Majorcan olive oil was sold overseas during 2014, the largest amount since the Denominación de Origen was created in 2002, the Minister said during a presentation of Oli Novell oil in Palma.
The biggest surge in demand has been in the European Union market.
Last year, Majorca exported a total of 20,342 litres of olive oil to 13 EU countries, 28 percent more than in 2013.
Majorcan oilve oil exports grow