Morocco: Citrus Annual
Post projects that Morocco’s citrus production for MY 2016/17 will reach an estimated 2.3 million metric tons, increasing 15 percent over the previous marketing year. Orange production should increase by 4 percent over the previous year to 962,250 MT, while tangerine/mandarin production should increase by 24 percent to 1,325,246 MT. Much of the increase in production will be due to increases in the area harvested, as younger trees begin to bear fruit. Orange exports should reach around 120,500 MT, while tangerine/mandarin exports should total about 510,350 MT. Increases in exports will be largely due to more fruits being made available to satisfy the growing demand from Russia and the EU coupled with Morocco benefitting from an expected decline in citrus exports from Spain due to quality issues caused by overabundant, late rainfall.
