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Tunisia Maltese oranges Harvest - 23 Jan 2024
Tunisian Agriculture Minister Abdelmonem Belati (L) accompanied by Tunisian farmer Houssem Snoussi, visited Bouargoub on January 23,2024 to announce the start of the citrus growing season and the launch of export operations for Maltese oranges.. Tunisia's citrus harvest is expected to reach 360,000 tons in 2023/2024. There are 12,000 producers in the citrus sector, most of them smallholders. It is a source of income for almost 30,000 families. Citrus fruit accounts for 30% of fruit production in Tunisia, and consumption 4% of the overall value of agricultural production.Citrus nearly nearly $7 million in revenue in 2022,
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