Orange juice exports fall 17% at the beginning of the 2025/26 crop, reports CitrusBR

Brazilian exports of orange juice began the 2025/26 season in decline. Between July and September, the period marking the first quarter of the cycle, the country earned US$ 713.6 million, which represents a 17.6% reduction compared to the same period of the previous season, according to a survey by the National Association of Citrus Juice Exporters (CitrusBR). In volume, shipments totaled 189.2 thousand tons of FCOJ equivalent (frozen concentrated juice at 66º Brix), a 4.4% drop compared to the previous year. According to the executive director of CitrusBR, Ibiapaba Netto, the performance reflects an atypical start to the season, marked by delayed harvest and a demand for higher quality fruit. Data from Fundecitrus show that, by mid-August, only 25% of the crop had been harvested, compared to about 50% in the same period last year. "The colder weather delayed the maturation of the fruit and postponed the start of the harvest," explains Netto. He adds that the search for fruits ...