Easy peelers and oranges are set for a heavy winter campaign. This is the conclusion to be drawn from the harvest forecast for the Valencian Community, a region which on its own accounts for two-thirds of Iberian citrus exports. With 3.5 million tonnes expected, the combined harvest for the region’s two star citrus families would mark a big leap up from the lean 2017-18 campaign, back to the near-record level of 2016-17. Orange production will achieve a record level of nearly 1.6 million tonnes (+ 11 % on the four-year average), with the late Navel cultivation area continuing its rise to prominence. As regards easy peelers, the harvest of 1.65 million tonnes will be 6 % above average, though will remain 7 % below the record from 2016-17. While production potentials are at their height at the beginning and end of the season (14 % above average for late clementines and + 7 % for hybrids), the seasonal clementine campaign is set to be barely average.
Source: GVA
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