Estimated Argentine orange harvest drops to 800,000 tons

For 2022/23, experts estimate that the lemon harvest in Argentina will drop to 1.77 million tons due to adverse weather conditions. The harvest of oranges is expected to fall to 800,000 tons and that of mandarins to 380,000 tons due to severe hailstorms in July 2022 in northeastern Argentina, which caused fruit loss and damaged trees. Lemon exports are expected to fall to 235,000 tons due to reduced production. Orange exports are expected to fall to 60,000 tons due to the smaller harvest. Mandarin exports are expected to increase to 57,000 tons as a result of lower domestic consumption. The past few years have been ...