Orchards and ships
fully loaded
Biggest in theworld, Brazilianorange
orchards registered a huge crop in the 2017/18 growing
season and recovered the stocks and shipments of juice
Brazil’s orange orchards, the global lead-
ers in fruit and juice production, are again
fully loaded in the 2017/18 crop year, af-
ter a significant drop in the main produc-
ing region, the Citriculture Belt located in
São Paulo and in Triângulo Mineiro. Data
estimated by the Fund for Citrus Protec-
tion (Fundecitrus), inDecember 2017, in this
area, indicated an increase of 57% from the
previous season. On account of this, the vol-
umes of orange juice shipped abroad also
reacted 23% in the second half of the year.
The positive balance in the orchards, ac-
cording to Fundecitrus technicians, was
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LARANJAIS DOBRASIL
•
BRAZILIAN ORANGE FIELDS
Ano
2016
2017
Área (ha)
658.945 629.770
Produção (t)
17.251.291 18.666.928
OS ESTADOS
•
STATES
Maioresprodutores, emtoneladas, 2016
São Paulo
12.847.146
Bahia
1.129.785
Minas Gerais
961.223
Paraná
741.381
Sergipe
489.156
Rio Grande do Sul
395.623
Fonte: IBGE/PAM e LSPA, dezembro de 2017.
Cinturão Citrícola
São Paulo/Triângulo Mineiro
Safra
2016/17 2017/18
Produção (t)
10.008.648 15.716.160
Fonte: Fundecitrus/Dezembro 2017
O SUCODA LARANJA
•
ORANGE JUICE
Em FCOJ Equivalente
Cinturão Citrícola
São Paulo/Triângulo Mineiro
Safra
2016/17 2017/18
Produção (t)
701.939 1.176.336
Exportação brasileira
(Período julho-dezembro)
Volume (t)
474.916 584.590
Receita(US$mil)
831.848 1.051.978
Exportação Ano
2016 2017
Volume (t)
1.080.448 1.004.344
Receita (US$mil)
1.800.460 1.841.849
Fonte: Secex/MDIC/CitrusBR.
