Fall in prices and imports, serious threats to the lemon harvest in Spain

Published 2023년 12월 29일

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The lemon harvest in the Guadalhorce Valley is at risk of bankruptcy due to falling prices and increasing imports from South Africa and Turkey that do not meet European standards. The average production cost of a kilo of lemons is 30 to 35 cents, while prices have dropped to 15 cents for conventional lemons and 20 cents for organic lemons. The region, which produces 49.1% of the total lemons in Andalusia, is facing a serious threat to its position as a quality producer due to the increase in imports from countries that do not meet European standards.

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The coordinator of Farmers and Livestock Organizations, COAG Málaga, warns that the lemon harvest in the Guadalhorce Valley is in serious danger of bankruptcy, as its farmers are forced to leave the harvest unpicked. Two main threats, the fall in prices and the increase in imports of products from South Africa and Turkey, which do not meet European standards, are putting the largest lemon producing region in Andalusia in check (according to the latest data from the Production Capacity of Citrus Campaign 2023-2024 provided by the Junta de Andalucía). During this last week of the year we have been faced with an unprecedented drop in prices that in the case of conventional lemons has fallen to 15 cents and in the case of organic lemons to 20 cents. The situation is unsustainable for us, farmers, since the average production cost of a kilo of lemons already amounts to 30 or 35 cents. We are once again working below production costs, defends Juan Bedolla, head of Citrus Fruits at COAG ...

Source: InfoAgro