World: Production of soft citrus in the northern hemisphere would have a significant increase in the next season

Soft citrus is the only category expected to see a year-on-year increase in Northern Hemisphere citrus production in the 2020/21 season, according to a new forecast. The World Citrus Organization (WCO) reported that the preliminary forecast for total citrus production in nine key countries this season is expected to drop 1% to 28.7 million tonnes. This lower volume is the result of a non-productive year in some countries compared to last year, as well as the impact of droughts in several producing regions of the northern hemisphere, the WCO said in a statement. By categories of citrus, the majority showed decreases in production. Orange is expected to decrease by 2%, lemon by 7% and grapefruit by 9%. However, soft citrus is expected to see a 5% rally, which would be a noteworthy element. The preliminary forecast is compiled from industry associations in Egypt, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and the US (California and Florida). Regarding production by ...