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38 olive presses operating in Hama and Sweida .. and high production costs increase oil prices

2019-11-06T14:52:48.625Z


Sweida-Hama-Sana The operations of the olive presses continue in the Hama and Sweida presses throughout the harvest season


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The olive presses in the Hama and Sweida mills continue throughout the harvest season and the olive age, which began in mid-October last year in light of high production expectations.

A number of contemporary owners in Hama talked to the economic newsletter SANA about the reality of work. Between Hashem Saleh, owner of an olive press in the Valley of the eyes that the production of oil for the current season better in terms of quantity production capacity of 30 to 50 tons per day and wage era per kilo 16 pounds, pointing out that the proportion of oil extraction This season is higher than previous seasons and ranges from 28 to 36 percent.

In Hama press, the owner of the press, Bassam Kilani, said that there is a variation in the quality of production, according to the service of olive trees and areas of cultivation, pointing out that the extraction of oil ranges between 20 and 25 percent and sometimes up to 35 percent. He pointed out the lack of fuel allocations for the press and low wages of the era compared to the coast.

The farmer Saleh Zarouf said that there is a rise in the wages of olive age and transport fees to the contemporary, while selling oil prices ranging between 25 and 30 thousand pounds per plate in the Masyaf and its countryside, which is one of the most important areas of olive production and oil at the governorate level.

For his part, Abdel-Moneim Sabbagh, Director of Agriculture Hama in a statement to the economic bulletin that the province's production of olive fruits for this season is estimated at 63 thousand tons, an increase of about 5 thousand tons from last year production, in addition to increasing oil extraction by more than 10 percent.

For her part, Sawsan al-Qaisi, head of the olive branch in Hama, said there are 32 presses operating in the governorate that are being followed up daily. There is an increase in quantity and quality in production and the percentage of oil extraction reached 40 to 45 percent in Masyaf area, while it did not exceed 20 percent last year. .

Al-Qaisi added that a central committee was formed at the governorate level to monitor and follow up the mechanism of olive presses in the governorate and to ensure that the owners of the presses adhere to the technical conditions for the production of olive oil and the deportation of peat according to the established criteria and standards.

The olive presses in As-Suwayda governorate are witnessing increasing demand with the expansion of olive harvesting operations which started after mid-October and last for two months.

The Director of Agriculture Sweida Eng. Ayham Hamed to SANA Economic Bulletin that the number of automatic presses operating in the province currently 6 presses are being monitored permanently, pointing out that the initial estimates of oil production amounting to 1700 tons to meet part of the needs of the province and more than production in the previous season by about 300 tons due to the availability of conditions Appropriate weather.

The farmer Asad Halabi from the farm that the high price of oil is due to increase the cost of production requirements of picking, transport, age and packaging bottles, demanding the establishment of companies to market oil and reduce wages of the era. Each sale varies by farmers and ranges between 30 and 35 thousand pounds while the Director of Agriculture confirms that the cost of producing a single plate up to 28 thousand pounds.

For his part, head of the fruit trees department in the Directorate of Agriculture, Khaldoun al-Jabr advises farmers to get good oil not to start harvesting before turning 60 percent of the fruits to black color and harvested manually and transported in perforated plastic or wooden boxes and fill the oil in metal containers.

Suhad Hassan and Abdullah Sheikh-Omar long

Source: sena

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