Chile: Citrus Annual

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CI2024-0034
In marketing year (MY) 2024/25, due to the increase in area planted and assuming regular yields, Post estimates that lemon production will grow by 2.6 percent, reaching 197,000 metric tons (MT). Chilean lemon exports will increase 3.3 percent, totaling 93,000 metric tons. In MY 2024/25, Post estimates orange production will increase by 2.2 percent and total 190,000 metric tons, due to higher orange area planted and assuming regular yields. Orange exports will follow and increase by 3.0 percent totaling 103,000 metric tons. In MY 2024/25, mandarin production will increase by 13.1 percent and total 250,000 metric tons due to higher area planted. Likewise, mandarin exports will reach to 218,000 MT which represents a 14.1 percent increase from MY 2023/24.

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