Citrus production to grow in Peru

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Citrus production to grow by 3.6% this year
Lima, Mar. 12 (ANDINA). The production of citrus will grow by 3.6% in 2010 due to the increase of the yield and the cultivated area, boosted by the growing demand of fresh citrus from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Holland, projected today the consultant Maximixe.
It considered that an opportunity for the citrus industry is that, starting this year, it will enter to the Chinese and Mexican market duty-free.
In the first case, due to the Free Trade Agreement with China, and in the second because Mexico would sign the protocols that will allow the free entry of citrus to its market.
Likewise, the bigger local demand will be favored by the expansion of the supermarkets in an environment where there is more concern about health and the consumption of natural products.
This way, Maximixe projected that the production of orange, tangerine, lemon and lime will increase by 3.8%, 7.3%, 1.5% and 5.4% respectively.