IZMİR, TÜRKİYE — August 3, 2026 — Artem Oliva Gıda Sanayi Ticaret Limited Şirketi, a Turkish olive oil manufacturer and exporter based in İzmir, today reported 30% growth in export volumes for the first half of 2026 compared with the same period of 2025.

The increase ran against the national trend. Turkish olive and olive oil exports totalled USD 260 million between November 2025 and May 2026, down around 34% year on year, according to the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters' Association, which attributed the decline to earlier export restrictions and to Turkish prices remaining above those of competing origins.

Artem Oliva said most of its H1 volume came from importers who had bought in a previous season rather than from new accounts. New buyers were added in South Korea, Ukraine, Thailand and the United Kingdom during the period.

"Everyone in Turkey was selling into the same difficult market this year, at the same disadvantage on price," said the CEO of Artem Oliva, who has run the company since 2016. "We did not discount our way through it. Buyers reordered because the last container matched the specification, and because our Certificates of Analysis hold up when the goods are tested again at the destination port. In a bad year that is worth more than a lower quote."

The company said it recorded no quality rejections or destination-port re-analysis disputes during the period.

Capacity and specification control

Artem Oliva operates 1,250 metric tons of olive oil storage capacity and a 1,000-metric-ton table olive processing facility in İzmir. Its production covers extra virgin olive oil at free acidity of 0.8% or below, organic and early harvest EVOO extracted below 27°C, pure olive oil, olive pomace oil, and green and black table olives.

Shipments go out in glass, PET, tin, IBC totes, steel drums and FlexiTanks, under the company's own brand and under private label and OEM arrangements for retail chains and distributors. Production follows CODEX STAN 33-1981 and International Olive Council trade standards, and the company holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 22000:2015, HACCP, FDA registration, Kosher, Halal, Non-GMO Project, EU Organic, USDA Organic and JAS certifications.

Bulk remains the company's largest volume channel. Artem Oliva says loading in FlexiTanks rather than retail packaging raises the volume carried per container by 40 to 50% and lowers the cost per litre by up to 25% for importers that bottle at destination.

Outlook

The Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters' Association has projected that the 2026/27 Turkish crop could set a national production record, with combined olive and olive oil exports potentially passing USD 1 billion if export channels stay open. Türkiye is currently the world's largest producer of table olives and its second-largest producer of olive oil.

Artem Oliva expects the larger crop to narrow the price gap that held back Turkish exporters through the current season, and is now quoting 2026/27 harvest contracts for bulk and private label buyers.

Specifications, Certificates of Analysis, samples and quotations are available at www.artemoliva.com or from [email protected].