Italy: The 2022/23 orange campaign promises to be difficult
Fresh Orange
Italy
Published Oct 19, 2022
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An uphill start, that of the citrus campaign 2022-23 according to Op Rosaria. In the Catania plain, volumes are expected to be reduced by at least 20% compared to an average year and there is a lot of concern among producers, due to the difficulty of planning agreements with large-scale distribution and the skyrocketing costs. “I don't know if the contraction in volumes is more due to the phenomenon of the so-called alternation or to the climatic conditions, but the fact is that some citrus groves are completely empty”, states Aurelio Pannitteri, president of the Op. With the transparency that distinguishes him, Pannitteri comments on the uncertainty in the planning of commercial agreements with the distribution: "The other years in this period the traders had already bought the fruits on the plants, in the sense that the distribution had already made the purchase and sale agreements with the Op. Unfortunately, this year they are postponing, waiting to see how the situation ...
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