Orange Production In Brazil
Brazil is a major producer of oranges,Jeffrey T. LewisIn Brazil, Farmers Ripping Out Orange Trees ''Wall Street Journal'' (June 13, 2013), which were introduced to Brazil by the Portuguese around 1530. Production According to the statistical database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 702,200 hectares of oranges were harvested in 2013; this is down from 836,041 hectares in 2003. Brazil is also the world's largest exporter of orange juice. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the country shipped 1.2 million metric tons of orange juice in 2012—twelve times more than the United States, the world's 2nd-largest exporter. In 2013, it was reported that many Brazilian orange-growers were giving up on oranges and other citrus fruits and turning instead to sugarcane and other crops. Brazilian orange-growers have been pushed out of the market because of a decline in domestic prices of oranges, as well as rising costs of labor and chemi ...
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