Easy peelers drive more than quarter jump in SH citrus exports over last decade

Citrus exports from the southern hemisphere have risen by more than a quarter over the last decade, with the European market and the easy peeler category driving much of the growth, according to data from the World Citrus Organization (WCO). Shipments from the region - which includes South Africa, Peru, Chile, and Argentina - grew by 27% from 2.6m metric tons (MT) in 2010 to 3.3m MT in 2019, with the majority of the growth coming after 2014, Peruvian website Agraria reports. The region with the highest share of southern hemisphere citrus imports is the European Union with 34%. Next is Asia with 24%, North America with 18%, the Middle East with 13% and Eastern Europe with 7%. The easy peeler category has been responsible for most of the growth. In 2008 there was a volume of 342,000MT of mandarins and tangelos traded worldwide from the southern hemisphere. In 2014 this figure increased slightly to 465,000MT. However, to 2019 there was an increase to more than 739,000MT, representing ...