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CITRUS FRUIT: Production, by selected countries, principal types,
crop years 1995-96 through 1999-00 1/
Country 2/ Crop years 3/
1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00
  1,000 metric tons 4/
ORANGES
Brazil
United States 5/
Mexico
China
Spain
Italy
Egypt
Turkey
South Africa 6/
16,973
10,454
3,590
1,727
2,573
1,800
1,555
842
930
18,972
11,605
3,917
1,850
2,200
2,100
1,613
890
895
15,912
12,493
3,331
2,100
2,744
2,100
1,350
740
961
17,952
8,986
2,903
2,577
2,442
1,422
1,442
970
989
16,524
11,894
3,100
2,881
2,710
1,900
1,730
1,050
1,047
Greece
Morocco
Argentina
Australia
Cuba
Israel
Cyprus
Gaza 7/
838
1,013
703
589
283
440
170
73
946
774
841
556
482
394
165
73
987
1,131
921
448
460
385
140
73
795
900
660
515
450
267
130
66
950
885
663
600
440
385
130
66
  Total 44,553 48,273 46,276 43,466 46,955
GRAPEFRUIT
United States
Israel
Cuba
South Africa
Argentina
Mexico
Turkey
Cyprus
2,466
385
350
172
216
245
65
108
2,620
357
230
177
229
222
75
90
2,352
349
300
186
229
168
55
70
2,286
325
300
194
178
165
100
50
2,530
365
310
200
165
160
120
65
  Total 4,007 4,000 3,709 3,598 3,915
TANGERINES
China
Spain
Japan 8/
South Korea
Italy
United States 9/
Turkey
5,509
1,686
1,626
638
473
416
453
5,509
1,600
1,428
484
500
541
450
6,910
1,970
1,773
655
500
443
365
5,068
1,760
1,471
516
443
401
480
5,732
2,070
1,622
650
520
493
480
Egypt
Morocco 10/
Argentina
Mexico
Israel
Greece
Brazil 11/
256
389
336
265
125
72
560
448
384
409
279
119
76
693
460
430
409
295
118
82
12/ 721
423
399
346
260
82
80
12/ 762
465
443
340
250
135
85
NA
  Total 12,804 12,920 15,131 12,491 13,285
LEMONS
Argentina
Spain
United States
Italy
Turkey
Greece
South Africa
Brazil 13/
720
457
900
699
418
133
71
70
871
508
869
714
401
147
84
73
1,025
902
814
714
270
158
92
12/ 75
1,043
878
678
506
390
143
95
12/ 76
1,050
899
797
590
500
155
110
NA
  Total 3,468 3,667 4,050 3,809 4,101
1/ 1999-00 forecast.
2/ Only countries with production of 50,000 metric tons or more are included.
3/ Crop years refers to harvest and marketing period, which usually begins in the fall and extends to the spring. This corresponds roughly to October-June in the Northern Hemisphere and April-December in the Southern Hemisphere. For the Southern Hemisphere, harvest occurs almost entirely during the second year shown. The harvest of lemons usually begins earlier and often extends throughout the year.
4/ One metric ton is equivalent to 2,204.6 pounds.
5/ Includes Temples.
6/ lncludes small quantities of tangerines.
7/ Tangerine production is small and included with oranges.
8/ Mainly satsumas (also called mandarin or unshu mikan), but also including mandarin hybrids.
9/ Includes tangelos, which account for about half of the combined tangerine and tangelo production.
10/ Clementines only. 11/ State of Sao Paulo only, which apparently accounts for over one-half of Brazil's production. About 120,000 tons of tangerines, which are processed, are included in the orange table.
12/ Published July 1999, revision not available.
13/ State of Sao Paulo only.

SOURCE: See Page 47, Data Sources, Item 5.


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