A survey conducted by independent audits with each of the companies associated with CitrusBR and subsequently consolidated quietly by external audit indicates that the physical stocks of orange juice in the hands of companies associated with CitrusBR on June 30, 2020 are projected at 420 782 tons.
If confirmed, this volume represents an increase of 167,601 tons or 66% compared to 253,181 tons in the same period last year and an increase of 1.9% over the projection made in February. “As we’ve been communicating, this increase was expected due to the high fruit production in the state of São Paulo in the harvest 2019/20, consistent with bienualidade phenomenon of citrus amending years of large crops with small yields,” said the director- executive CitrusBR, Ibiapaba Netto.
Processing
The compilation indicates that the total processing orange in the citrus belt of São Paulo and Minas Triangle crop in 2019/20 is estimated 325,077,912 boxes of oranges 40.8 kilos. Of this volume, 295 266 912 boxes correspond to companies associated with CitrusBR and 29,811,000 boxes to unaffiliated companies. By discounting the total of boxes produced by Fundecitrus estimated around 386.79 million of total cases processed by associated industries and not associated with CitrusBR is possible to estimate the internal market in the fresh fruit at about 61 million 40 boxes 8 kilos.
industrial yield
The average industrial yield for the 2019/20 season is estimated at 40.8 kg 270.29 boxes to produce a ton of FCOJ equivalent to 2019/20 season. To companies associated with CitrusBR, it is estimated an industrial yield of 269.44 boxes of 40.8 kg for the production of a ton of FCOJ 66 Brix equivalent. For companies not associated, it is estimated an industrial income 279.0 40.8 kilos orange boxes for the production of a ton of equivalent FCOJ. “The industrial output for the associated companies was better than in previous years due to a drought occurred during the harvest, but still is a very different level of 250 medium boxes for the production of FCOJ ton equivalent so common 10 years ago, “he says.
Production
Thus, the estimate is that the total production of orange juice in season 2019/20 has added 1,202,702 tons of FCOJ equivalent, an increase of 327,500 tons or 37.4% compared to the estimated production the previous year. Of this total volume it is estimated that 1,095,854 tons were produced by companies associated with CitrusBR and other 106,848 tons by unrelated companies.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.