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EU-28 citrus production is forecast at approximately 11 MMT, a slight decrease of 3.2 percent from the previous campaign.

Post forecasts Israel’s MY 2014/15 (October-September) citrus production at 604 thousand metric tons (TMT), up nearly 17 percent from MY2013/14.

Korea’s total citrus production for Marketing Year (MY) 2014/15 is forecast at 688,000 metric tons (MT), 2.4 percent higher than the 672,000 MT of MY 2013/14.

Brazilian orange crop for 2014/15 is projected at 400 million 40.8-kg boxes, down 13 million boxes from the previous year.

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China’s MY2014/15 fresh potato production is estimated at 101 million metric tons, a 5 percent increase from MY2013/14.

Fruit and vegetable production and exports continue to grow in Uzbekistan. Russia’s import ban from Western countries may boost Uzbek exports to Russia.

On December 4, 2014 Mexico announced the initiation of an antidumping (AD) duty investigation on imports of apples from the United States.

Post estimates Morocco’s total citrus production for MY2014/15 at 1.70 million MT, a decline of 23 percent compared to the exceptional production registered in MY 2013/14.

Chile’s production and exports of avocados are expected to fall during the 2014/2015 production year (Jul-Jun), due to a reduction in planted area and drought weather conditions during last year.

Mexican Hass avocado production is forecast to be 1.5 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year (MY) 2014/2015, a modest increase over MY 2013/14.

Greece’s MY 2014/15 (July/June) apple production is forecast to decrease by 2 percent, because of the low temperatures occurred during fruit setting and maturity phases.