With about 1 billion 400 million people in China, the demand for citrus market is quite large, otherwise, the citrus market is approaching saturation. In 90s, the citrus industry in Japan was in its heyday. At that time, the per capita consumption of citrus was 25 kg. According to this amount, the demand of 1 billion 400 million people was about 35 million tons. China's citrus production in 2016 is about 36 million tons, taking into account 5% of exports abroad, then China's domestic market is close to saturation." Chen Shanchun, director of Citrus Research Institute of Chinese Academy of agricultural sciences.
Is the domestic citrus market close to saturation? What's the potential of the market? What are the new citrus varieties that spark the consumption point?
Present situation of citrus production in China
The economic cultivation areas of Citrus in China are mainly between 20 degrees -33 degrees north latitude and below 1000 meters above sea level. Including Taiwan Province, there are 20 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) in China, and 1075 counties (cities, districts) produce citrus.
Citrus production regions in China are divided into 6 citrus producing areas and 5 sub regions. In 2003 and 2008, the Ministry of agriculture establishment and revision of "development plan" citrus regional advantages of citrus industry in China from the beginning of the spontaneous transition to organize the production, transformation of production to the advantage of District, from dispersion to centralize change, has now formed a "two horizontal and two vertical and five point" of the citrus industry belt.
In 2015 there are 1 main producing areas (Guangxi) production of over 5 million tons, 4 (Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi) more than 4 million tons, 2 over 3 million tons (Sichuan, Fujian), 2 Super 2 million tons (Chongqing, Zhejiang), 2 (Yunnan, Shaanxi) over 500 thousand tons, 2 (Guizhou, Shanghai) over 100 thousand tons, the remaining 100 thousand tons. The first 10 provinces accounted for 96.7% of the total output.
There is still room for development
In the past 2006-2015 years, except for Zhejiang, the scale of citrus industry in the other 9 major regions showed an upward trend.
Experts pointed out that the domestic citrus industry has natural advantages, such as long cultivation history and cultural tradition; production and supply and demand of the market has a good foundation; abundant germplasm resources, breeding and cultivation. But compared with other countries, China's citrus production has high potential to be further mining; market sales, China's citrus fruit consumption in the domestic market, the main export market is too concentrated in Asian countries, citrus processing products have a larger space for development.
In addition, in infrastructure, domestic citrus planting is mainly "mountain Beach", conditions are relatively poor; technology research is more, but the application system is still flawed, engaged in the production of most citrus farmers cultural level and low quality technology.
New citrus varieties have attracted much attention
At present, citrus varieties in China are characterized by diversification and long period. The main varieties and listing cycle can refer to the following picture:
In addition to the above varieties, the current domestic new varieties of development is also very hot, favored by the public:
(1) 28 (38, Ehime Ehime red beauty)
South early maturing hybrid citrus fragrance * Amakusa
Features: fruit, fruit weight 230g, beautiful appearance, peel is thin and smooth, deep orange, tender flesh of slag, zhiduoweitian, or even take Straw directly drink juice. Seeds of 6 grains, single embryo, good quality, edible rate of 86.6%, early maturity. Summer and autumn fruit more, suitable for protected cultivation.
(2) golden sugar orange
Ehime 30 * orange sugar early maturing Hybrid Citrus
Characteristics: lean meat, low acid, mature period in late October, early ripening than sugar orange, good quality, susceptible to anthracnose.
(3) fertile Citrus
* Temple dancy late maturing Citrus
Features: flat round fruit, pericarp smooth, shiny, dark orange juice, orange red, juicy and rich, tender flesh of slag, sweet flavor, only more seeds, single embryo, late maturing, mature in late February, solid 12%, low acid.
(4), orange
A new late maturing hybrid citrus variety '3'
Features: fruit large, broad oval, orange peel, easy peeling, weight 280g, tender flesh of slag, juicy and rich, soluble solids of 12.3%, acid 0.87%, edible rate of 70.5%, a nuclear free, high yield, harvest in late January.
(5) late maturing seedless red pomelo
Late ripening pomelo
Characteristics: late maturing, less nuclear, thin skin
