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European citrus countries join forces to analyse trade and pest problemsA 'black' year for South African citrus: 31 detections of black spot in 2024

Published Jan 21, 2025

Tridge summary

The Citrus Contact Group, which includes representative entities from the citrus sector in Spain, France, Italy, and Portugal, convened in Corsica to address the challenges facing citrus farming in southern Europe. The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) highlighted several issues, including unfair competition from imports, pest and quarantine disease concerns, health alerts for exceeding Maximum Residue Limits, and the lack of labor, especially for specialized tasks. The group also discussed the decline in the 2024/2025 citrus harvest in Spain and the Valencian Community. AVA-ASAJA criticized the European Union for signing trade agreements that lead to unfair competition and cited concerns over the potential impact of trade agreements with South Africa, Egypt, and Mercosur (which includes Brazil, a major orange juice producer). The group also expressed fear of the possible spread of Huanglongbing, a currilis disease with no cure, throughout the Mediterranean basin.
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The representative entities of the citrus sector of Spain, France, Italy and Portugal made a common front during the Citrus Contact Group held in Corsica, to face the most pressing problems facing citrus growing in southern Europe. The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA), representing ASAJA Nacional, conveyed its main demands in the face of common difficulties in the four countries, including unfair competition caused by imports from third countries, the detection of pests and quarantine diseases at entry points, as well as health alerts for exceeding the Maximum Residue Limit (MRL), the difficulties in combating pests already established in Europe or the lack of labor, especially specialized labor, to carry out the necessary tasks of cultivation. The Citrus Contact Group, which allows agricultural organisations to transmit their demands to representatives of the Ministries of Agriculture of each of these four Member States of the European Union, analysed the evolution of ...
Source: MXfruit
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