The Ministry of Agriculture in Spain raises the capacity of citrus fruit slightly

Spanish citrus production in the 2022/23 campaign, which began on September 1, will reach 5.995 million tons, according to the second estimate of capacity from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), which on September 15 September placed the figure at 5.968 million. The new calculation, according to Agriculture, has been made "after the modifications proposed by the Region of Murcia", and assumes that in Spain 1,076,386 tons less will be produced than in the last campaign (-15.2%) and 852,148 tons less than the average of the five previous seasons (-12.4%). This will make the current harvest the shortest in the last seven years, since in the 2015/16 campaign the volume was even lower (5,970,493 tons). The current harvest will be the shortest in the last seven years In updating the capacity of this campaign, the ministry specifies the volume -5,994,449 tons-, of which 3,010,642 tons correspond to sweet orange, 1,953,962 to small citrus fruits, 944,799 to lemon, ...