Los cambios en el mercado mundial de los aceites vegetales y las transformaciones en el olivar y en los aceites de oliva españoles, 1940-2009

Abstract

A long-term analysis of the Spanish olive and olive oil industry after the Civil War is still lacking. The present work offers a broad and detailed study that seeks to fill this void. Starting with the knowledge available on the industry prior to the Civil War, this study spans through 2009, the most recent year for which complete data is available. This study aims firstly to complete the long-term analysis of the olive and olive oil industry; secondly, it seeks to describe and to a certain extent explain the evolution of the industry from 1940 to 2009 in the context of the global vegetable oil industry; while thirdly, attempting to add a historical perspective to the recent changes in Spain’s olive and olive oil industry. Rather than interpreting, this essentially descriptive work offers a concise summary that does not exclude the rich interpretative historiography of the industry, but concentrates principally on the evolution of some of the industry’s principal indicators.