Florida uses less orange juice per tonne than SP

The difference between the industrial production process yields of orange juice obtained in Florida and in São Paulo was again impressive in 2012/13, with crop advantage for the American State. Both bring together the largest parks makes on the planet, with a large advantage for Brazilians, where are located the major exporters of juice from the country.
According to the study done at the request of Agro MB National Association of manufacturers of Citrus juices (CitrusBR), while in São Paulo the industries used 263.5 boxes of 40.8 kilos to produce a ton of frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ), 233 were used in Florida-boxes a 13.1% differential since the 2000/01 crop was greater in 2011/12 (17.7%). In 2000/01, the average industrial income was higher only in Sao Paulo in 2002/03 cycles, 2003/04 and 2005/06 (see graphs), basically as a result of problems in the production of fruit Township.
According to the MB Agro, which is an arm of MB Consulting Associates, a large part of this disadvantage paulista can be explained by increased use of early varieties of lower-income Orange blends us and by the expansion of production in regions that naturally produce less fruit soluble solids. That despite the volume of fruit production in Brazilian pole be quite higher than in Florida for decades.
In 2012/13, season has ended in Brazil and in the United States, the Orange production in São Paulo and in the Triângulo Mineiro-where the juice exporters located in Sao Paulo also sourcing of raw material reached 387.2 million boxes, almost three times more than in Florida (133.4 million). In the Brazilian State, was in the season production 456.3 thousand hectares compared with 173.8 million in Florida. Were 165.8 million productive trees in the Park, compared with 56.8 million in Florida. This harvest 2013/14, the harvest will be lower in two belts. In Florida, the initial estimates point to the lowest volume in more than 20 years.
The agricultural productivity of Brazilian State also came to be higher. The harvest yielded 848.5 Orange boxes per hectare, compared to 767.7 boxes Township. There were 363.4 productive plants per hectare in São Paulo and in the Triângulo Mineiro in 2012/13, to 326.9 in Florida in a structural change that has gathered strength since the past decade. In search of productivity, cost reduction and health advantages, the orchards Brazilians have become increasingly consolidated solids.