Are we seeing a structural shift in orange juice production?
By Matt Hale, Global Key Account Director, HRS Heat Exchangers
From climate change and disease, to declining production and uncertainties around tariffs and trade, the global orange juice sector is going through unprecedented upheaval, which will result in winners and losers for both growers and processors.
Declining orange production
November 2024 was a key month for the world’ s orange juice producers. Not only was Donald Trump re-elected as the President of the United States, but the World Citrus Organisation( WCO) published its first production forecast for the northern hemisphere, suggesting an 8.7 % decrease in production for the 2024 / 25 season. In fact, the estimated 27.297 million tonnes of northern hemisphere production is almost 6 % lower than the four-year average1.
Global orange production is forecast to fall 1.5 % this season
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