Spain forecasts 5.75 million tons of citrus in the 2023/24 campaign

Spain

Published Sep 17, 2023

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The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food predicts that the citrus fruit production for the 2023/2024 campaign will be 5,754 million tons, a 0.4% increase from the previous campaign but 14.4% below the average of the past five years. The decrease is attributed to drought and extreme weather conditions, such as high temperatures during flowering and fruit setting phases, and heat waves that led to irrigation restrictions in some regions. Oranges will account for the highest production, but it is expected to decrease by 8.2% from last season and almost 24% below the average of the past five years.

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The citrus capacity prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shows a production forecast of 5,754 million tons for the 2023/2024 campaign, which began on September 1. The data, obtained from the information provided by the main producing autonomous communities, represents an overall increase of 0.4% over the last campaign, but 14.4% below the average of the last five years. It will be the second shortest harvest in the last 11 years, after last season. The drought and extreme weather conditions recorded this year have been decisive in this production volume, mainly due to the lack of water availability, the abnormally high temperatures recorded during the flowering and fruit setting phases, and the heat waves in stages. later that have required irrigation restrictions in some regions. By product, 2,643 million tons of oranges would be produced, which is 8.2% less than last season and almost 24% (-832,000 tons) below the average of the last five, which results in ...

Source: Agronoticias