Agriculture

A correction in the price of olive oil has caused exports of agricultural foodstuffs and beverages to fall for the first time in 10 years. Exports fell 4.5% to €7.8Bn in 2025 according to the [...]

The agricultural industry generated added value equivalent to 1.2% of the European Union’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a percentage slightly above the value calculated in 2009, reveals [...]

After 25 years of talks, the EU signed the EU-Mercosur trade deal on Saturday, creating a 700 million-person free-trade area. Ratification is still pending, however, with the European Parliament [...]

Cerealis, which as nine factories and Better Foods, which has four factories, have reached an agreement to merge their respective milling operations in Portugal creating one large group which [...]

The president of the Confederation of Farmers of Portugal (CAP) says he is concerned over the execution of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) but says that he lives in hope that “miracles do [...]

Olive oil production in Portugal is expected to fall by about 20% this year when compared to the previous season. The drop is due to the impact of extreme heat and the lack of rain over the past [...]

Last year Portugal was the EU’s third largest tomato producer behind Italy and Spain according to the EU’s statistics office Eurostat. According to data on 2024 harvests, Portugal produced 1.7 [...]

Demand for rural land plots has increased but not because of housing demand, but because of changes to Portugal’s Land Law referred to as the Soils Law. According to the news source Público, [...]

Cork giant Corticeira Amorim was distinguished by the prestigious magazine World Finance consolidating its position as an international benchmark wine sector products industry. The Portuguese [...]

Text: Chris Graeme Photo: Fernando Bento (ICPT) Low productivity is one of the main stumbling blocks to economic growth in Portugal according to Portugal’s Minister of Finances, Joaquim Miranda [...]