Global production of oranges and soft citrus will increase in 2021 as lemons and limes fall

Published 2021년 2월 1일

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The USDA's semi-annual report forecasts a slight increase in global orange and soft citrus production in 2021, with a predicted 7% rise in orange production due to favorable weather in Brazil and Mexico. However, lemon production is expected to decline slightly. Mandarin production is also expected to increase slightly, while grapefruit production is forecast to reach a record high. However, US orange and lemon production are predicted to decline, while EU production is expected to increase. Argentina's lemon production is expected to drop significantly due to unfavorable weather.

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Global production of oranges and soft citrus will increase slightly in 2021, while lemons are expected to decline, a USDA report noted. The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) semi-annual report said orange production is forecast to increase 7% to 49.4 million tonnes. This was thanks to the favorable climate that led to larger harvests in Brazil and Mexico, offsetting the decreases in Turkey and the United States. Orange production in the EU from Egypt is also forecast to increase in the 2020-21 season, and a small rebound is also expected in South Africa in 2021. Global mandarin production is forecast to increase slightly to 33.1 million tonnes with higher supplies in China, the EU, Morocco, Turkey and the US Lemons and limes are the only citrus category in which a decline is forecast, the report noted. Volumes were estimated to fall slightly to 8.3 million tonnes with lower production in Argentina and the United States offsetting gains in the European Union and Mexico. ...

Source: ClPortalFrutiCola