Olive growing in Tunisia

Tunisia is a top ten producer of olive oil in the world. Its two most common cultivars / varieties are:

• Chemlali
• Chetoui

A third cultivar, Koroneiki, which is indigenous to Greece, is becoming more popular in Tunisia because of the quantity of trees that can be planted per hectare, and tree’s time from when planted to market. (This Tunisian olive orchard planted 400 Koroneiki trees)

These regions of Tunisia are confirmed to have the production of olive trees and olive oil:

• Sfax
• Segermès
• Gafsa
• Zaghouan
• Moknine

These are cited Tunisian Extra Virgin Olive Oil companies:

• Al Jazira (North & Centre)
• Bio House (Chemlali—Gafsa)
• Carrefour Tunisie – 1 (Region unknown)
• Ferme Ali Star (Zaghouan)
• Kaïa (Chemlali—Centre-east)
• Lah neya (Zaghouan)
• Les Oliveries de Jugurtha – Dominium (Chetoui—Moknine)
• Mon coin nature (Chetoui)
• Segermès (Chemlali, Chetoui—Segermes)
• Terra Delyssa (Centre-east)
• Terroliva (Sfax)
• Trozza (Zaghouan)

(The above information isn’t conclusive and will be added to overtime)