The lack of stocks from South Africa and the still limited availability of Spanish lemons are putting pressure on the market

The 2024/2025 Spanish lemon campaign has started with high demand and prices, due to a fairly seamless transition between the two hemispheres. "The previous season was really complicated, with excessive production that caused prices to fall below profitability and left more than 300,000 tons of unharvested lemons," recalls Antonio García, director of Ailimpo. For this new harvest, which has started two weeks earlier than usual, a production of 1,200,000 tons is expected. "The surface area is practically the same as the previous year, although with lower yields per hectare, which represents a 21% drop in volumes compared to the record harvest of the 2023/2024 campaign. The challenge will be to be able to obtain a good profitability for this new harvest," says Antonio García. For now, the premature end of the South African lemon season has contributed to a good start for Spanish lemons. "We are facing a tense market for the first 6-8 weeks of the campaign, until at least the end of ...