AILIMPO, the Spanish lemon and grapefruit interprofessional association, is predicting a Verna lemon harvest of approximately 300 000 t for the 2016-17 season. That is just over a return to normal, after a 2015-16 campaign marked by exceptionally low volumes. Rainfall was abundant (more than 500 mm since the beginning of the season), and new orchards are entering production. The sizing is also set to be much higher than in 2015-16. Furthermore, the harvest levels should be fairly good in Argentina (although a bit lower than in 2016), and set new records in South Africa. So the spring and early summer market are set to be very different from 2016, when prices peaked at record levels.
Sources: AILIMPO, CIRAD
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