Chile: Citrus Annual
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In marketing year (MY) 2021/22, citrus yields decreased due to frost during the winter in the Valparaíso, Metropolitana, and O’Higgins regions. FAS Santiago estimates lemon production to decrease by 30 percent to 140,000 metric tons (MT) in MY 2021/22 and to bounce back to 200,000 metric tons in MY 2022/23, assuming normal yields. Likewise, in MY 2021/22, orange production will decrease by 18 percent totaling 164,000 metric tons, then increase by 22 percent to 200,000 MT in MY 2022/23 as production recovers. In MY 2022/23, mandarin production will increase by 39.4 percent and total 237,000 MT following an increase in area planted and assuming normal yields. FAS Santiago estimates that MY 2021/22 mandarin production (includes mandarins, clementines, and tangerines) will total 170,000 MT, a 26.1 percent decrease over MY 2020/21.
