United Kingdom Citrus insights

The nearly 8,000 Suihe grapefruits exported this time are guaranteed to meet the standards, with a sweetness of more than 11.5 degrees, no bitterness, crisp and juicy; the color is uniformly yellow, with few black spots, no brown spots, no insect bites, and a weight of 1-1.2 kg/fruit. Pesticide residues were tested 2 weeks before harvesting, and there is a certificate that meets European residue standards. The price of grapefruit in the garden is 16,000 VND/Fruit. Thuy Ha pomelo is one of the seven "One Town One Product" (OCOP) products that Tuyen Quang will export to the UK market in 2024. This is one of the most demanding markets. The Thuy Ha pomelo product received good feedback and orders when it was first launched, and it is fully capable of entering many other European markets. Previously, Tuyen Quang held a ceremony to export six OCOP products to the UK market, including: guava tea, honey papaya male flowers, dried bananas, green black bean tea bags, lemon syrup and plugging syrup, etc. The successful export of OCOP products from Tuyen Quang has laid an important premise for the province to develop its main products and specialties in a planned manner, and gradually affirm the brand and value of Tuyen Quang's agricultural products in the domestic and foreign markets. In the future, the agricultural department of Tuyen Quang will continue to increase production, create a raw material area that guarantees quality and meets product processing procedures; strengthen the production of food safety product value chain; and produce according to VietGAP, organic, GLOBAL GAP, ISO certification according to domestic and international standards. (End)

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South Africa and Argentina, the main lemon producing countries in the southern hemisphere at this time of year, are experiencing lower supplies. This is mainly due to adverse weather conditions, with a lot of rain and wind affecting the crops. With the South African lemon season just around the corner, the crop estimate has been revised downwards again. Some 37.9 million 15kg boxes of lemons were expected, but the figure has been reduced to 33.9 million boxes, compared to 35.6 million last year. The Sundays River Valley has seen a drop of almost a million boxes due to strong winds, while the town of Citrusdal in the Western Cape has produced 100,000 fewer boxes due to flooding. The lemon season in Argentina was affected by rain and a major impact of disease and plant health problems, which meant that not much fruit was shipped to Europe.