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This annual report, published in January, includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in citrus.

This report serves as an update to FAS Jakarta’s previous report outlining Indonesia’s plans to impose a 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) for luxury agricultural products (please see GAIN Report ID2024-0053).

This GAIN-INDIA report updates FAS New Delhi’s (Post) GAIN-INDIA|IN2021-0042|India- Requirement of a Certificate of Non-Genetically Modified and GM-Free Status for Apple Consignments – A Workaround Solution.

In market year (MY) 2024/25, total citrus production in Mexico is expected up by 4 percent versus the previous year, driven primarily by the increase in lime production.

In 2023, Hong Kong was the 17th-largest market for U.S. agricultural products globally. That same year, the United States exported $1.5 billion of agricultural products and was the third-largest supplier of consumer-oriented food products to Hong Kong after China and Australia.

Taiwan Food and Drug Administration released its enhanced border inspection list for 2025 which includes U.S. cherry and seasoning products.

Post forecasts China’s overall citrus production in MY2024/25 will grow from MY2023/24, despite weather related challenges. Orange production is decreasing slightly due to the naturally smaller Navel crop year, while the production of tangerine/mandarins as well as pomelos/grapefruit will continue to grow.

Early seasonal conditions for the MY 2024/25 citrus crop have been very favorable. Along with expansion in production area, growers anticipate an improvement in production and the prospect of high-quality fruit production. Orange production is expected to increase five percent to 545,000 metric tons (MT) from the prior’s year estimate, the highest over the last two decades.

The Brazilian orange crop for Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 is forecast at 382.8 million 40.8-kg boxes (MBx) or 15.6 million metric tons (MMT), a decrease of 19 percent relative to the previous season.

For MY 2019/20, Post´s estimate for fresh lemon production remains unchanged at 1.6 MMT down 10 percent from MY 2018/19. For fresh sweet citrus,

On April 7, 2020, lemon exports were restricted to combat an increase in prices as a result of high demand from the domestic market due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Post has adjusted area planted, area harvested, and production numbers based on the final data received from Morocco’s citrus producer federation.