VOLUME OF EXPORTS OF ORANGE JUICE INCREASES BY 14.42% IN 2018

The total volume of orange juice exported in 2018 reached 2,460 million tons, an increase of 14.42% compared to the accumulated figure for 2017 (2.15 million tons). The data were released this week by the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC) and consider 20 working days. Revenue from exports in the accumulated period of 2018 reached US $ 2.1377 billion, an increase of 10.19% compared to the accumulated of 2017, which was US $ 1.94 billion. The total volume exported in December 2018 was 423.9K tons, an increase of 100.90% compared to the same month of 2017 and 274.14% compared to November / 2018, when the country sold 113.3K tons outside. Total revenues for the month were $ 313.7 million, up from $ 203.7 million in Dec / 2017, a 54% increase. In December / 2018, sales of concentrated and frozen orange juice (FCOJ) increased by US $ 117.9 million, an increase of 124.4% over November’s US $ 52.6 million and a 26.6% total of US $ 93.1 million in December 2017. The volume of concentrated juice was 60.9K tons in December, 123.1% higher than the total of 27.3K tons in November and 18.8% higher than the volume of 51.3 K tons of December 2017. Sales of non-concentrated and non-frozen juice (NFC) sales were US $ 195.8 million in December / 2018, up 453.9% from US $ 35.3 million in November and an increase of 77 , 1% compared to US $ 110.6 million in December 2017. The volume of exports of NFC was 363K tons last month, up 322.2% over November’s 86K tons and 127.3% compared to a total of 159.7K tons in December of the previous year.
Source: Revista Globo Rural