Specialty of the major producing countries

Abstract

The world’s foremost citrus producers have different destinations for their production, forming a mix between industrial processing (production of juice), domestic consumption of fresh fruit and export of fresh fruit. Brazil, the world’s largest producer of oranges, sends 70% of its production for industrial processing, with São Paulo and the Triângulo Mineiro region sending 86% of their production to this market. To get an idea of the importance of the processing industry for these two Brazilian regions, you must realize that, in Brazil, no other fruit is produced for industrial purposes on a level similar to the production of oranges.