Trade

APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of fresh Orange and Tangerine for consumption from Egypt into the U.S. The assessment describes potential pests associated with the [...]

Over December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) published several Citrus Annual Reports.  Chile  Lemons/Limes: FAS forecasts that lemon acreage in marketing [...]

Below is information for exporters from the California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) on how to comply with the China and Korea export protocols. China  Earlier this week, CCQC advised the [...]

On December 1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) published the Citrus Annual Report on South Africa. Citrus accounts for over 247,105 acres of land in South [...]

On November 30, the World Citrus Organization (WCO) published its annual Northern Hemisphere Citrus Forecast for the upcoming 2022-23 citrus season. The forecast encompasses citrus grown in [...]

On November 29, 2022, USDA released its November outlook for U.S. Agriculture Trade. Some information on imports worth noting from the report is outlined below. Read the full report here. [...]

The California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) is providing the following clarifying information to the industry about the Korea and China protocols. The China protocol specifically requires a [...]

The California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) wants to remind growers and packinghouses that Chinese regulators are requiring additional mitigation measures and documentation for citrus being [...]

 The California Citrus Quality Council wants to remind all California orange packinghouses the first pre-harvest field application of zinc-copper-lime – or a registered alternative – is required [...]

California citrus exporters and interested parties are invited to attend the California Citrus Quality Council’s (CCQC) Preseason Export Meetings on Thursday, October 13, 2022.  The in-person [...]