Spain: Andalusia citrus production exceeds 2.3 million tons

Published 2021년 7월 9일

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The Ministry of Agriculture of Junta de Andalucía in Spain has reported a 7% increase in the total citrus production for the 2020-2021 campaign, amounting to over 2.3 million tons. This growth is primarily due to higher production of sweet oranges and lemons. Andalusia's orange production alone reached 1.7 million tons, accounting for 73.3% of the region's total citrus fruits. The EU is projected to experience a 10.4% year-on-year increase in citrus production, reaching 11.7 million tonnes, largely due to favorable weather conditions in Spain and Italy. This surge in production could potentially boost EU citrus exports while reducing imports, as the local production is expected to increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the hospitality sector's reopening.

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The Ministry of Agriculture of the Junta de Andalucía (Spain) carried out a study on the 2020-2021 citrus campaign, whose total production has exceeded 2.3 million tons, a figure that represented an increase of 7% compared to the campaign pass. According to the entity, the increase is mainly due to the growth experienced by both sweet orange (+ 8.6%) and lemon (+ 6.9%). The mandarin for its part maintains similar values to 2019-2020 (+0.5) Therefore, specifically according to local media, the orange production of Andalusia in the 2020-2021 campaign has exceeded 1.7 million tons, which corresponds to 73.3% of the total citrus fruits in the region during that period . The mandarin concentrates 20%, having totaled 467,500 tons, and the lemon obtains 5.1% of the production of the area with almost 118,350 tons. Grapefruit, bitter orange and other citrus fruits that are harvested in the Autonomous Community are added in a minority to the aforementioned fruits and have totaled 38,400 ...

Source: ClPortalFrutiCola