In W18 in the mandarin landscape, it was reported that Morocco had an early end of the mandarin season, opening the door for mandarin imports. The first imported mandarins will be from Peru and Uruguay. Chile and South Africa have also started exporting mandarins to Morocco, with Chile increasing the export volume by 30% YoY and South Africa by 15% YoY. The arrival of South African grapefruit and mandarins to the Netherlands started. Mandarin prices in W18 are high, due to high quality. The 2023 season for Binchuan Wogan mandarins in Yunnan, China, was delayed until April 2023. When the season started prices were high before the Qingming Festival, but have dropped since. Farmers are delaying harvest, hoping that prices will increase in May to sell for a higher profit. In addition, Citrus growers in Australia are using ethylene gas to speed up the ripening process of mandarins to make them more desirable to consumers, but it doesn't improve the taste. Mandarins lose their acid content and contain too much sugar to sustain the gassing when the season hits the four-week mark.
