How is the demand for mandarin in the global market in 2020?
The demand for oranges rose sharply this year due to the coronavirus. One would expect that mandarins would also benefit from this higher demand, but that wasn't the case. In fact, in some countries, such as the US and South Africa, mandarins were somewhat overshadowed by the success of oranges. Still, the demand for mandarins remains stable. Especially in the US and Europe, the prospect is that the demand will increase ahead of the winter.
For Australian mandarin, Thailand and Japan have been important export markets, with Japan importing more than in the previous year. In total, 58,000 tons of mandarins were exported by September 30, which is the same as in 2018. However, the export value of the mandarins was higher than in 2018. The industry had to adapt to operating under different circumstances than in the past - a virtual marketing space - because of the coronavirus. Despite this, Citrus Australia reported that the worldwide demand for citrus was very strong.
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