Black Olives are classfied in 4 main topics as of treatment for maturation .

1. Black Ripe Olives:
Green olives are treated by oxidizating so that their color are gotten black and sterilized in cans to enable keep them in good conditions long time. They could be in the form of whole, pitted, sliced and halved. Most common can sizes are 1/2, 1/1, 5/1, A10, and 10 kg cans.

2. Black Natural Olives:

The Olives are harvested When they black on the trees. After that they are treated by natural ways without using a chemical and could be packed in plastic trays, pails, drums, jars and in cans in the form of whole, pitted, sliced and halved.

3. Calamata Style Olives:
The olives are harvested when they become black on the trees. After that they are treated by natural ways without using chemical and could be packet in plastic trays, pails, drums, jars and in cans in the form of whole, pitted sliced and halved

4. Oil Cured Black Olive:
This could be also called dried black or wrinkled olives. They could be packed in plastic trays and bags, and vacuum bags.