@techreport{Flatau2007Supply,
abstract = {Olive oil is a typical product of the Mediterranean basin, where almost all of the world
production takes place. Due to campaigns for a healthier way of living, consumption of olive
oil has also increased in non Mediterranean countries in recent years. As a result of the
expanded demand the different participants in the supply chain of olive oil strengthen their
efforts to obtain a higher market share in these non-traditional markets.
Germany with 82.5 million inhabitants is of special interest for olive oil producing countries as
it serves as an attractive export destination. Although during the period 1997/98 Germany
imported only about 2.6 % of the world?s imports of olive oil and consumed about 0.9 % of
the world consumption, it is considered to be a very dynamic market (Ward et al., 2002).
Olive oil becomes more and more popular in Germany not only through the ?for a healthier
life? campaigns but also through immigrants coming from the Mediterranean basin. Another
reason for the growing popularity of olive oil is the increasing convergence of the
consumption habits of the European people as a consequence of the expanded tourism to
southern countries. The Germans are integrating the Mediterranean diet into their own habits
and thus changing gradually their way of cooking in using more and more olive oil in their
dishes.
Against this background this report aims to analyse the supply chain of olive oil in Germany.
For this purpose the report is organised in five chapters. Following the introduction, the
second chapter deals with the demand and the third one with the supply of olive oil in
Germany. Quality and labelling issues related with the consumption of olive oil are discussed
in the fourth chapter. In the fifth chapter the institutions and organisations in Germany
occupied with olive oil are briefly presented. After the conclusions follows the annex including
detailed tables.},
author = {Janine Flatau and Volker Hart and Aikaterini Kavallari and Peter Michael Schmitz},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330},
language = {eng},
number = {35},
title = {Supply Chain Analysis of Olive Oil in Germany},
type = {Discussion Papers / Zentrum f\"{u}r internationale Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21931},
year = {2007}
}
