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December 28, 2001
Rains/Freeze Damage Spain’s Clementine Crop
According to Spanish press reports, recent adverse weather developments have impacted citrus production in Spain. About 100,000 metric tons of clementines are said to have been affected by rains in Spain last week. Reports indicate that some of the Clemenules variety, as well as other early varieties that had not yet been picked, were damaged due to the high humidity levels resulting from the rains. In addition, during the night of December 24, temperatures in the Tarragona Province, South Barcelona, reached 4 degrees below zero Celsius (about 25 degrees Fahrenheit). Early reports indicate that fruit in that region has been damaged by the freeze. These weather developments for Spanish clementines come on the heels of a U.S. ban on imports following the discovery of live Mediterranean fruit fly larvae in shipments of clementines from Spain.
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