Da 110 to 115 euros per quintal of olives. And only as a deposit. It is the figure put on the table for the contributions for the month of November to producers after the agreement between Coop. Puglia Quality andOP PugliaOlive. In particular they were recognized 7,40 € / kg for extra virgin olive oil (average €110,00 per quintal of olives) to 8,00 € / kg for organic oil (average €115,00 per quintal of olives).
“Considering that the prices of olives in the month of November were on average around €100,00/ql and considering that at the moment only a deposit is being paid, it is clear that the combination between theOP PugliaOlive , Coop. Olivicola Puglia Quality it is already a success", declared the president with satisfaction Nicolò D'Orfeo.
Satisfaction also expressed by the OP technician Michele Volpe, for the excellent result that is being achieved, "the result of great teamwork and new cutting-edge transformation techniques carried out at the Consorzi Agrari d'Italia facility (in Palo del Colle), where the olives from members' oil. The selection of olives from the field to the transformation in the mill, as well as to the bottle on the shelf of large-scale retail trade, guarantees serious traceability of the supply chain for an excellent product which is increasingly requested by the market today", were his words".
“The challenge that we have always set ourselves and in particular this year, involves placing the extra virgin olive oil supplied by the members at the best market conditions through partnerships with some important bottlers on the national and international scene, in order to guarantee a stable and long-lasting commercial outlet, as well as remunerating the associated producers at prices much higher than the current average" added the director of OP PugliaOlive Antonio Greco, which concludes; “We have decided that for the current year the cost of pressing already defoliated olives corresponds to suns €5,50/ql; from this too we can deduce the healthy desire to return the maximum profit to the producer by optimizing the resources available".
“We had set ourselves minimum delivery quantities, which to date have almost been met,” he observed Tiziano Scagliola, Coldiretti area secretary - a tangible sign of the trust that is being given to us by the associative base, for the opening of a new and prolific season of aggregation".
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