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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) has forecast Mexican citrus production and trade for the 2025–26 season. ORANGES Orange production is forecast to decrease 2.8% from the previous year to 4.7 million metric tons (MMT). Orange planted area is projected at 356,800 hectares, a 0.97% increase from the previous year. Mexico’s fresh orange exports are forecast …
Egyptian orange production in 2025–26 is forecast to increase by around 15% from the prior year to 4 million metric tons (MMT), the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) reported. Oranges account for 80% of all citrus production in Egypt, which ranks among the world’s top 10 orange producers. PLANTED AREA The orange acreage in Egypt is …
The first federal forecast of the 2025–26 citrus season, issued Jan. 12, calls for continued decreased production of Florida oranges and grapefruit. The Florida lemon forecast increased and exceeds the state’s tangerine/mandarin forecast, which is flat. Other citrus-producing states are also included in the forecast, which was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). FLORIDA …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA/FAS) recently forecast production and trade for South African oranges and orange juice (OJ) in 2025–26. ORANGES South Africa’s 2025–26 orange production is forecast to increase by 1% from 2024–25, to 1,850 million metric tons (MMT). The orange planted area is projected to increase by 2% in 2025–26, reaching 46,000 hectares. Valencias …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) projects Peruvian tangerine/mandarin production in 2025–26 at 570,000 metric tons (MT), the same as the prior year. VARIETIES Tangerine/mandarin varieties in Peru include: The market for exports is dominated by easy peelers and seedless varieties including Murcott, Tango, Primosole, Clementine, Minneola and Orri. Peru’s main harvest season runs from March …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) has forecast China’s orange and orange juice (OJ) production and trade levels for the 2025–26 season. ORANGES China’s orange production is forecast at 7.68 million metric tons (MMT), up slightly from the prior season’s 7.62 MMT. Oranges are grown on 816,500 hectares. China is expected to import 161,000 MT of …
Argentina’s lemon production for 2025–26 is projected to remain steady at 1.9 million metric tons (MMT) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS). That projection is supported by mild weather conditions throughout the growing cycle. Lemon production in 2024–25 was 1.91 MMT. IMPROVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES Over the past decade, the Argentine lemon sector has benefited from …
Fundecitrus’ Dec. 10 orange crop forecast for the São Paulo and Triângulo/Southwest Minas Gerais Citrus Belt in Brazil is for 294.81 million boxes of oranges. That’s a reduction of 3.9% from the September forecast of 306.74 million boxes and a 6.3% reduction from the initial May forecast of 314.6 million boxes. The two main reasons for the reduction in the …
The World Citrus Organisation (WCO) has released its annual Northern Hemisphere citrus forecast for the 2025–26 season. The preliminary forecast is based on data from industry associations from the Mediterranean region and the United States. Citrus production for 2025–26 in the Northern Hemisphere is expected to decrease by 1.51% from the 2024–25 season, with a total of 27.397 million tons. …
The 2025–26 California forecast for Tango and W. Murcott Afourer mandarin varieties, released Sept. 12, is 33 million 40-pound cartons. The forecast came from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), cooperating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA NASS). The forecast is based on the results of the 2025–26 Mandarin Objective Measurement Survey, which …
Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has forecast national citrus production of 5.44 million tons for the 2025–26 season, which began Sept. 1. That’s 10.7% lower than last season’s production and the lowest production level in the last 16 years. The decline is mainly due to: Oranges, small citrus fruit and lemons are expected to see significant declines, while …
After low yields in recent years due to hurricanes and HLB, Florida citrus growers are eager to see what the crop forecast will look like for the 2025–26 season. There is some optimism that the cumulative effects of oxytetracycline trunk-injection treatments may improve production this season. Growers will learn what the initial 2025–26 forecast is when the U.S. Department of …
The initial 2025–26 California navel orange forecast is 80 million cartons, up 6% from the previous year. It was issued Sept. 12 by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), cooperating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service. The forecast is based on results of the 2025–26 Navel Orange Objective Measurement Survey, conducted from June 12 …
On Sept. 10, Brazil reduced the 2025–26 orange forecast for the São Paulo and Triângulo/Southwest Minas Gerais Citrus Belt by 2.5% from the season’s initial forecast, to 306.74 million boxes. This was the first revised forecast issued by Fundecitrus since May. The reduction was mainly due to the increased projected fruit drop rate, which was a result of the increased …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) released its last citrus crop forecast update of the 2024-25 season on July 11. The Florida Valencia orange forecast increased 2%, from 7.4 million boxes in June to 7.55 million boxes. That increased the Florida all-orange forecast from 12 million boxes in June to 12.15 million boxes. Florida’s all-grapefruit forecast …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA NASS) released a citrus crop forecast update on June 12. Florida’s 2024–25 all-orange forecast climbed 3% to 12 million boxes. That’s an increase of 370,000 boxes since the May forecast of 11.63 million boxes. If the forecast is realized, it will be more than a third less than 2023–24 Florida …
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), cooperating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, has forecast California’s 2024–25 Valencia orange production at 15 million cartons. California’s final utilized production the prior season was 18.6 million cartons. Cartons have a standard equivalent weight of 40 pounds. CDFA reported there are 25,000 bearing Valencia acres in 2024–25, …
The 2024–25 citrus forecast released on May 12 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows little change from the April forecast. ORANGESThe Florida all-orange forecast, at 11.63 million boxes, is up less than 1% from last month. If realized, this will be 36% less than last season’s final production. The forecast consists of 4.58 million boxes of non-Valencia oranges (early, …
Fundecitrus and its cooperators on May 9 forecast the 2025–26 orange harvest in Brazil’s Citrus Belt of São Paulo and Triângulo/Sudoeste Mineiro at 314.6 million boxes. That would be a 36.2% increase over the 2024–25 harvest of 230.87 million boxes. The expected larger harvest is mainly attributed to more fruit per tree. The increased number of fruit is due to …
Fundecitrus and its cooperators released the final orange forecast of the 2024–25 season for Brazil on April 10. Final production in the São Paulo and West-Southwest Minas Gerais Citrus Belt was 230.87 million 90-pound boxes of oranges, a 1% increase from the last forecast in February. The 2024–25 crop was confirmed as the second smallest in the last 37 years. …
