Mandarins

The South African avocado export crop has been reduced by around 2.5m cartons as the season reaches its halfway point. read more

Last week a few citrus trucks were stuck in snow on Mpumalanga’s Long Tom Pass, but the snow quickly melted and has not left much damage. read more

After the overseas mandarin season began well, price-wise, in Europe, volumes rose sharply in the last fortnight. "That's put considerable pressure on particularly easy peeler prices. Clementines/Clemenules and other varieties' prices were high but have almost halved in two weeks. We're
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The warmer winter temperatures in Peru, which are assumed to be early signs of the El Niño weather phenomenon that is affecting the flowering of mangoes, is causing some delays in the harvesting of citrus and blueberries. “The December mango harvest is seriously compromised. Consequently the
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This is the final week of Pick n Pay’s annual June campaign that leverages mandarin popularity in aid of charity. read more

Red Rich Fruits (NSW) has entered into an agreement with Batlow Fruit Company and its majority owner Ausfarm Fresh Horticulture Holding to align the three entities and form one of Australia’s largest vertically integrated apple, mango and mandarin businesses. read more

In Citrusdal and Clanwilliam, the areas most affected by recent Western Cape floods, some citrus orchards are still unpassable but most farms have been able to resume packing this week, says Nico Kotze, Head: Citrus at Capespan. Growers are working hard to get fruit off the trees and make up for
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Morocco has been steadily increasing its exports of mandarins to Canada, reports EastFruit. In the MY 2022/23 (September-April) Moroccan exporters shipped 73,000 tonnes of mandarins, a record high result ever and a half of Canada’s total mandarin imports from all destinations. Moreover,
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South African production of oranges and lemons is projected to decrease in MY 2022/23 due to stagnated production area and a return to normal yield. Grapefruit and tangerine/mandarin production is projected to increase slightly in MY 2022/23 due to favorable weather conditions in major producing
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Red Rich Fruits (NSW) Pty Ltd has entered into an agreement with Batlow Fruit Company Pty Ltd and Ausfarm Fresh Horticulture Holding Pty Ltd to align the three entities and create one of Australia’s largest vertically integrated apple, mango, and mandarin businesses. read more

Morocco has been steadily increasing its exports of mandarins to Canada, reports EastFruit. In the MY 2022/23 (September-April) Moroccan exporters shipped 73,000 tonnes of mandarins, a record high result ever and a half of Canada’s total mandarin imports from all destinations. Moreover,
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ASAJA Alicante states that the extreme heat that occurred in the province in March this year, with peak temperatures exceeding 30 degrees, as well as the lack of rain in the same period have altered the flowering of citrus fruits, a fact that will affect the quantity and quality of citrus fruits.
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Since the beginning of 2023, the North Caucasus Interregional Department of Phytosanitary Surveillance has inspected imported batches of citrus fruits with a total weight of 1,089 tons in the Stavropol region of Russia. During this period, 844 tons of oranges from Iran, 102 tons of lemons, and
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Availability of citrus for South African consumers has been affected by severe flooding in Citrusdal, where harvesting had to be suspended. read more

FAS Lima forecasts Peruvian mandarin/tangerine production at 550,000 metric tons (MT), with exports expected to reach 222,000 MT for marketing year (MY) 2022/23 (March 2023 to February 2024). Despite a late start to the harvest season due to unusually warm weather, producers expect a solid crop
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Adjusted production estimates for tangerines/mandarins and oranges based on the latest data obtained from the Moroccan citrus industry show a slight increase for tangerine/mandarins, moving from 900,000 MT to 927,000MT, and for oranges from 750,000 MT to 783,000 MT. Lemons, and orange juice
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"This is how a lazy afternoon can lead to great things." This statement by Olympic Fruit's Lennart van den Heuvel says a lot about the creation of Linkebal II, a mandarin shandy from the Vet & Lazy brewery. This Dutch brewery uses rejected mandarins from Olympic Fruit for this beverage. On
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Recently, the Iberian Premium Fruits group reached an agreement with the shareholders of V-Ros, the well-known company that specializes in clementines with leaves, to incorporate the company into the group with the aim of becoming the largest European leader in the production and distribution of
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The Wonderful Company announced that Benal Serin has joined as senior vice president of marketing. In her new role, Serin is responsible for leading all marketing efforts in Wonderful’s product portfolio which includes nuts (Wonderful Pistachios), juice, tea and arils (POM Wonderful) and
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Isabelina, a new mandarin variety from the Citrus Genetic Improvement Program of the Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering of the Catholic University (UC), is an early, easy-to-peel, intense-orange, seedless fruit. read more