In a new report on Enhanced Monitoring of Citrus Imports by the EU, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food updated the figures recorded up to the month of July.
Regarding oranges, in the 2022/23 season, a total of 893,236 tons were imported between September and July; this is 42.2% more than in the same period of the 2021/22 campaign (+265,000t) and 20.2% (150,000t) more than the average.
The main supplier during that period is Egypt, with 50.9% of the total and a rise of 17 points in its share; in fact, the volumes coming from this country exceed the average by 82.5% (+205,700 tons). Next in the ranking is South Africa, with a share of 38.3%, and although its share is down by 2 points, its volume has grown by 14.4% (+43,100 tons) compared to the average. Morocco, on the other hand, has seen a significant drop in its supplies (-81.1%, -48,500 t), the report says.
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Taking only into account the data corresponding to 2023 (between January and July), the EU-27 imported 535,423 tons. This is 83.1% (+243,000 tons) more than in the same period of 2022 and +32.9% (+132,700 t) above the average.
Worthy of note is the growth of imports from Egypt, which has recovered some production volume, with an increase of 83.2% (+205,500 t) compared to the average after supplying almost 85% of the total.
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Meanwhile, Morocco has seen its volume drop by 90.2% (-44,200 tons) compared to the average, and South Africa also saw an overall decrease of 5.8%, despite having increased its volumes in the month of July by 81.25%, with the shipment of 41,568 tons to the EU, which accounted for 62% of the oranges imported into the EU in July.
Imports from South Africa month by month. Click here to expand
The full report is available here.