World: What is happening in competing citrus countries?

The Spanish citrus campaign continues its course with a background situation marked by high production costs and the incidence of some pests that have hindered the development of a harvest season, already short, and which has presented some size problems at the beginning of the exercise. But, in this national context, what is the international scene? What is happening in competing countries? A report by the Foreign Agriculture Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA FAS) offers a detailed x-ray of the international citrus scene. South Africa South Africa is confirmed as a great competitor for citrus. Export volumes to the EU do nothing but increase and this, in turn, increases the uncertainty of European producers who see how competition from South African operators increases. Production continues to increase. For the South African orange, in particular, growth of 3% was expected in the 2022-23 financial year, almost reaching 1.7 million tons, according to ...