Oranges

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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Sicily is not only the land of oranges and prickly pears but, in recent years, the island's farms have specialised in exotic fruit. Tropical cultivation in Sicily seems to be expanding day by day and many companies have decided to invest in these crops.
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New European Union health safety requirements on citrus exports from South Africa might cut the volume of South African oranges by up to 20 percent. The rules, which came into effect in January, require South African farmers to apply ultra-cold treatment to all Europe-bound oranges and keep the
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Through an Agriculture Victoria Food to Market programme, Citrus Australia has conducted a first-of-its-kind study to characterise Australian oranges at both a country and regional level, using laboratory testing of trace elements and isotope ratios. read more

Ugandan scientists have developed a genetically modified banana that took millions of dollars and 20 years to make. It contains so much provitamin A, a substance that transforms into vitamin A in the body, that its flesh has a distinctive orange tint. read more

Carrots are now fresh from the field again. Now the orange vegetable is available in all regions of Germany from local cultivation. At the same time, the carrot is both regional and sustainable, according to Meine Möhren. read more

In the past two weeks, many imported fruits have been launched, including American Washington cherries, Australian tangerines, South African oranges, and Monthong durians from southern Thailand. read more

Last week, the Dutch company OV Fruit received its first shipment of Navels from South Africa. "These oranges come from Marble Hall [in the] Limpopo [province]. They're still a little light in color but are beautiful, juicy, and very tasty. We expect the first Valencias in four to five weeks,
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Despite a delayed start to Uruguay’s 2023 citrus season, they are seeing good early demand from their two leading markets in the U.S. and Europe. “This year we are having good demand of oranges from USA and Europe and also the market for easy peelers seem to be stable in terms of prices,”
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Through an Agriculture Victoria Food to Market program, Citrus Australia has conducted a study which is the first of its kind, to characterise Australian oranges at both a country and regional level, using laboratory testing of trace elements and isotope ratios. The key goal of the project was
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In Turkey, MY 2022/23 citrus production decreased for all citrus fruits except tangerines due to freezing weather conditions reaching -7 C during the beginning of the orange blossoming period in March 2022. read more

The decline especially affects oranges and lemons. Spain is the most affected country, where citrus production is down by almost 18% from last year due to a combination of 2022 spring rains that negatively affected flowering and fruit set and a severe drought experienced in 2023. There has also
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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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Everyone knows the favourite orange vegetable. But what do schoolchildren actually know about the production of carrots here in Germany? This year, the team from meine-Möhren.de is creating a film for school lessons to convey this knowledge. read more

In MY 2022/23, European Union (EU) citrus production is projected to amount to 10.4 million metric tons (MMT), 10 percent down from the previous season, especially impacting oranges and lemons, and slightly lower than previous estimations. read more

The greenfield pomegranate farm and new pack house in the fruit fly free area of Tacna in southern Peru, close to the border with Chile, exported 13 containers to six countries in North America, Europe and Russia. read more

The EU imported 723,984 tons of oranges from third countries between September 2022 and May 2023, i.e. 31.6% or 173,700 tons more than in the same period of the 2021/22 campaign and 16.5% (102,400 tons) more than the average, according to the data from the latest Enhanced Monitoring on EU Citrus
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In a recent USDA report, citrus production in the EU has been revised downwards for this season, affecting lemons and oranges in particular. The drop in production is mainly due to the expected sharp declines in Spain, which accounts for about 65 % of the
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Producers have had difficulties maintaining their activity in a citrus campaign with 17.7% less production (-22.8% in the case of oranges). However, they aren't the only ones going through a rough patch as marketers have experienced some complex months to comply with their commercial obligations
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Juicy, fragrant, fresh and thirst-quenching... they seem to be the perfect summer fruit and the drink of choice at the seaside with an 'anti-afa' effect; but during the hottest time of the year, oranges suffer a decline in consumption, and Italians leave them in the dust. A product
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