Many oranges lined up in a supermarket in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazil is the world's largest producer of oranges,2022The production of oranges in fiscal 2010 was approximately1,67510,000 tonsand produces more than twice as much as the second place and below.
However, the Brazilian orange industry is currently in crisis due to the effects of increasing greening diseaseconditionin the area. When orange trees are infected with greening disease, they produce green, bitter fruit that is unsuitable for commercial use. Other producing countries are also experiencing a decline in orange production due to unfavorable weather conditions,2023In November of 2006, the price of orange juice reached a historicsudden price jumpshowed.
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