Russia's big demand for lemons will be met bythe exporters from Tucuman, exports will start at the beginning of April.
The preparations to pack the fruit and start to prepare the shipments already started. Currently the most important buying market is Russia.
As its known, Tucum? ? n is the main producing and industrialized lemon area in the world and the second in exporting volumes, after Spain. The biggest challenge faced by growers and companies responsible for harvesting the 35,000 hectares is the impressive humidity in the soils.
In some citrus areas the rain was more than 300mm in January and almost 500mm in February. Those 800mm of rain are causing access problems for the vehicles that will fill the boxes.
Work is scheduled to start on the 9th of March, some companies will start it on Monday, the 14th.
The preparations to pack the fruit and start to prepare the shipments already started. Currently the most important buying market is Russia.
As its known, Tucum? ? n is the main producing and industrialized lemon area in the world and the second in exporting volumes, after Spain. The biggest challenge faced by growers and companies responsible for harvesting the 35,000 hectares is the impressive humidity in the soils.
In some citrus areas the rain was more than 300mm in January and almost 500mm in February. Those 800mm of rain are causing access problems for the vehicles that will fill the boxes.
Work is scheduled to start on the 9th of March, some companies will start it on Monday, the 14th.
