To honour the 62 gold medals given to Tunisian companies at the United States International Olive Oil Competition (USIOOC), Miami 2024,
His Excellency M. Joe Hood, U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, hosted winners on July 17th, 2024, to pay them tribute.
In his speech, His Excellency heartily welcomed everyone. He sparked his curiosity in how he learned in many ways about Tunisian Olive Oil, such as gastronomy, harvesting and its benefits for health. In addition, he enlightened the U.S. Embassy in Tunis’s encouragement by enhancing the Olive Oil sector in Tunisia and working on new opportunities for Tunisian SMEs. On top of that, he proudly expressed the presence of numerous Olive Oil products “Made in Tunisia” on the shelves of various supermarkets in the United States, not to mention, “It should be well known for its quality in all corners of the world”. He summarized his speech with a pleasant sentence, “As an Organic Olive Oil leader and a second supplier of bottled Olive Oil products in the United States, I can’t help but wait to see Tunisia in the first rank in this sector at all levels, and we, the United States of America, are committed to promoting you.”
Following His Excellency’s speech, M. Raouf Chouket, Co-Founder and CEO of the Swedish Startup Global International Olive Oil Competitions (GIOOC AB) and President of the leading international extra virgin Olive Oil competition, gave a talk about the challenges that Tunisian Olive Oil companies are facing to export their products to the U.S. Market and looking for more facilitations from the U.S. Government.
Mrs. Rym Ayari, Vice President at AmCham Tunisia, marked the event as a further collaboration with Tunisian Olive Oil companies.
