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Excerpt from Foreign Agriculture Circular: Fresh and Processed Citrus Fruits; January 1982
On or about January 1, the season citrus output in the major Northern Hemisphere producing countries was forecast to be about equal to last season, 1/ while exports from the region could be up by 5 or 6 percent to about 6. 0 million metric tons This export growth should come mostly from Israel and Greece, both recovering from poor shipping seasons last year, and from Cuba, which is expected to continue its long run growth in production and exports.
Exports of oranges from Northern Hemisphere countries in could increase by about 5 percent to 3. 3 million tons, as an anticipated increase in shipments: from Israel, Greece and Cuba more than compensate for a decline in Spain's ex ports. Spain, however, accounts for over 60 percent of fresh tangerine exports from the principal Northern Hemisphere producers, thus the shorter crop there could preclude any increase in the region's exports, which were close to 1 million tons last season. Because of bumper lemon crops in Spain, Greece and Turkey, plus good crops in Italy and the United States, the availability of lemons for export from Northern Hemisphere producers may reach about 1 million tons in an increase of about 16 percent over last season. Grapefruit exports from Northern Hemisphere countries could be up by 8 percent to around tons because of a recovery from a poor year in Israel. Because of the freeze in Florida, there is not likely to be any increase in u.s. Grapefruit exports. The United States and Israel usually account for about two-thirds of the world's grapefruit exports with Cyprus, Cuba and South Africa accounting for most of the remainder. U.s. Fresh citrus exports are not likely to increase from the metric tons shipped last season.
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