EU tariff quota for Tunisian olive oil reopens

The EU–Tunisia agreement allows 56,700 t of Tunisian virgin olive oil into the Union duty-free each quota year, a volume that in recent years has been taken up in the opening months. Two things are contested at each reopening: a pending proposal to raise the ceiling to 100,000 t, and the far larger volume that reaches Spain outside the quota altogether under inward processing: 65,500 t in 2025 by COAG's count.

The reopening matters most for the oil that competes directly with Tunisian bulk in the blending and packing pool. An enlarged quota would be a clear negative for Spanish values; activation of the safeguard clauses that producer bodies are demanding would be the opposite.