How do I go about selling highest quality olive oil from Italy in the States?

What regulations and papers do I have to make sure to have and were and how should I sell it? It is highest quality olive oil directly from Italy, so it will be imported.How do I go about selling highest quality olive oil from Italy in the States?
There are two issues:


1. Customs: Any shipment (air or boat) of products for sale over $2000 (in some cases $250) is subject to duties that you must pay for each shipment ( a form of tax) the government agency responsible for this is U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP.


2. FDA: Cooking oil is a consumable and made from a plant and is subject to the Food and Drug Administration. When your consumable comes to the US it will definitely be inspected by FDA as an imported food consumable so the packaging, and processing must be to FDA standards or your product may not be allowed into the country. You may need to provide information relating to the manufacture and processing of the product in the host country and any testing that was performedHow do I go about selling highest quality olive oil from Italy in the States?
google it
Kill em all.
If all else fails, you could try the ';I Love Lucy'; trick with the cheese
The importation of olive oil has always been in control of the mafia. Unless you want problems, look for something else to import. How about canola from Canada?
be careful and go to the mob or just contact Michael from the god father movie's
SPOTLIGHT ON GREEK OIL





By Janice Cole, Food Editor





If you think you鈥檝e never tasted Greek olive oil, think again. Much of what鈥檚 packaged in Italy and other countries is actually olive oil that was purchased from Greece.





Greeks produce more extra-virgin olive oil than any other country. That oil is used to improve the quality and taste of olive oil blended in other countries. Recently, the Greeks decided they鈥檇 like to market more of their own oils, so you should soon be seeing more Greek-origin olive oil in stores.





Greek olive oil is pure olive juice; there are no added chemicals or extra components. Because of its natural low acidity, 80 percent of the oil produced in Greece is graded extra-virgin. (Extra-virgin olive oil is either cold-pressed or comes from the first pressing of the olives. It usually has the most pronounced and complex flavors and it鈥檚 low in acid; 0.8 percent acidity is considered extra-virgin, and most of the Greek oil is less than 0.1 percent acidity.) Greek olive oil tends to be more balanced in fruity, bitter and spicy tastes compared to other olive oils.





Look for these top Greek brands: Mani, Lapis, Iliada, Xenia Krinos, Morea, Altis and Phileos, a new brand that will be available soon.
sounds like the Customs broker for olive oil. check the cbp.gov site
There are many markets that have Italian olive oil imported from Italy.First thing you need to do is get a business license then you need a place of business a building that is set up with the right heath standards. After that you need to have a heath inspection if you pass they will give you a license to sale food. But thee is much more to do if you call your local City hall they will point you in the right direction. ( BEFORE YOU DO ALL THIS YOU NEED TO FIND A VENDOR LIKE SYSCO FOODS OR U.S FOOD SERVICE THAT WILL IMPORT THE PRODUCT OF YOUR CHOICE AND THEN YOU ORDER FROM THEM AND PAY THEM)
You can hire an agent to take care of the paperwork an shipment for you. My friend imports children's clothing and employs an importer to do it for her. It is very complicated and things go wrong at cusoms that the average Joe would not even think of, it is your agent's job to sort all that out. As for selling it, it would depend on what kind of volume you are talking. Try to get a famous chef to patronize your oil and you are made.
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Hi,


Turkey is the most famous quality olive oil exporter. Pls contact us. U can customize ure brand.





Thanks.
i put 2in more in each side, but the same lenth of window.hope this helps
You might be interested to know that much of the Olive Oil sold in the USA as Italian Olive Oil actually comes from Greece. You might want to check out price and quality from Greece and also Spain.





Just because it say Italy on the label doesn't necessarily mean it was produced in Italy.


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California produces a lot of Olive Oil but its quite expensive. So you can probably offer Olive Oil from Europe at a substantial savings.





Olive Oil has mono-unsturated fat so its very very good for the heart.
I agree totally with KitKat. It would also save you a lot of money.
Actually, lots of olive oil is imported from the middle east- Israel and Palestine -


to answer the question- it would be in your best interest to locate a Customs House Broker/Frieght Forwarder in your area or a port nearest your city and have them do all the work. it's fairly inexpensive and saves you all the hassles of working directly with US customs
simply e-mail the Company and place an order. it's a food product , they will tell you what you need to know
There's no olive oil in USA ??


If you want i can send to you from portugal
Please don't listen to everybody that says that there are already lots of olive oil brands in the US. There are only so few that taste as good as fresh olive oil in the Mediterranean countries. The US laws have so many loopholes when it comes to certifying something as olive oil. A blend of oils that only has a small percentage of olive oil can be marketed as 100% pure virgin olive oil in the US. It's true! Check the bottles. Not to mention that the US does not require that an olive oil container lists the acidity of the oil. The olive oil market is the US is still immature.





I'm sorry I don't have a real answer to your question except what has already been said (basically lots of paperwork and FDA approval), but PLEASE don't listen to people that try to put you down. The US needs to taste good olive oil.





You'll probably have a good chance of selling it at a cheaper price than the domestic oils. The production of olive oil in the US is expensive because of the lack of olive presses, high transportation costs to the presses, and high labor costs. The industry in the Mediterranean is more mature and that tends to push the costs down.





Good luck!!
I don't know what part of the country you are from, but here in NY there are many imported Italian brands of olive oil. Before contacting a manufacturer in Italy I would try to contact a distributor of olive oil in the states. May be you can apply for a dealership with Gem or Calovita or Bertolli oils (tel# (800) 908-9789. You also can reach Bertolli at Bertolli.com.
Aside from the import licesne and doing business overseas, there are loads of DOMESTIC olive oils (especially from California) that could directly challenge you.





The city of Copperopolis makes a very grand caliber of Olive Oil, so you need to stand free and clear of the competition
Save yourself a lot of money and contact Frank Granato Importing. They are located in Salt Lake City. They carry an INCREDIBLE line of Italian products including numerous olive oils. 1391 South 300 West, SLC UT 84115 Phone # 801-4865643. No web site yet they can be thoroughly researched by simply typing in their name. Ciao!
You would need to get hold of a distributor. Honestly though, there are hundreds of Olive oils imported from Italy in stores already.
your problem is not importing, get a booklet from customs, you'll have to pay 20% duty, you'll need a customs broker. transport will cost a lot depending on what method you use. really, something like olive oil will need to be shipped in a container ship, it'll take a month or more to get here and a week to clear customs. then you move it from your broker's warehouse to your own.





the real problem i see here is marketing. that will be rough. as others have said, there is a glut of good olive oil in america. i buy a very good first pressing extra virgin from the local dollar store, $2 a litre. if you want volume sales then you will need a lot, so consider that in initial cost, transportation, customs duties and associated fees, and storage and shipping to distributors. if you go for high end luxury product market then you will need high end packaging and lots of marketing to small outlets, as well as associated costs (storage and transport).





not a business for the amateur, and amateur you are or you would know these things. want to get into import, start with something simple. good luck though.
There are dozens of brands of olive oil, from Italy and other countries, readily available in any American grocery store. Why bother importing another one, when excellent brands are already available?
I think the Corleone family sold its olive oil buisness to some other New York family when Michael moved them out to Las Vegas.
dont no...sorry
Who do you think you are ? The Godfather. oh, The Godmother ?


I don't know, but good luck.
Make sure you include me on your clients list.
You will have a lot of competition. Go into any supermarket in the USA and you will find several brands of imported olive oil on the shelves. Good luck.
I'm sire if you go to www.ask.com you could find import laws, but there are so many brands of Olive oil already that it might not sell too well. Extra Virgin olive oil is the best you can get and even Walmart has about 10 different brands of it.