News
28.03.2018
World production of orange juice will decrease
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) predicts a decline in world production of orange juice in 2017/2018 MY to 1.7 mln tons, that is 329 thous tons less than in the last year. The significant decline in production will be due to the decrease in production in Brazil from 1.37 mln tons in 2016/2017 MY to 1.15 mln tons in 2017/2018 MY.
Reductions in orange juice production in Brazil will lead to a revision of export volumes, which are projected to fall by 9.4% over last year and will amount to 1,13 mln tons. The main reason for the decline in juice production is the reduction of the yield of Brazilian citrus due to adverse weather conditions during the flowering period. As a result, the production of oranges in the country in the current marketing year will decline compared with the previous year by 15% to 17.3 mln tons.
