Trade

USDA’s Citrus World Markets and Trade report was released on July 27, 2022.  The report includes production estimates and trade trends for major citrus producing countries. Click here to download [...]

On June 16, 2022, the European Commission published Commission Implementing Regulation stating that orange imports from countries affected by False Codling Moth must have a phytosanitary [...]

The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) recently published its Citrus Semi-annual Reports for Argentina, South Africa, Chile, Morocco, Brazil, and Turkey. Argentina Summer 2022 Citrus [...]

The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) voted 23-2 to remove Howard Terminal’s designation as a port priority use area. The reason for the amendment is to pave [...]

On June 2, 2022, the Port of Oakland announced that it would be partnering with the federal government to provide financial assistance to agriculture exporters. This is good news for producers [...]

The World Citrus Organization (WCO) has published its annual Southern Hemisphere Citrus Forecast for the 2022 season. WCO is estimating a 4.85% increase in southern hemisphere production this [...]

On Thursday, June 2, 2022, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) held a public meeting to discuss removing the Howard Terminal’s Port Priority Use designation to make way for the [...]

Farm groups are pleased with President Biden’s plans to nominate Alexis Taylor to undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, a top U.S. Department of Agriculture trade post. In [...]

The California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) is providing new information about import requirements for New Zealand.  Most of the requirements for New Zealand have not changed, but there are [...]

According to the USDA Economic Research Service Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook released on March 30, 2022, the U.S. citrus crop forecast for the 2021/22 season is 6 million tons, down 13% from the [...]