date:Jan 27, 2014
The Naveline orange campaign, the most popular citrus variety by far in the Region of Valencia, with 44% of the total production, is going through a disastrous moment that is causing multimillion losses to producers.
According to the Valencian Producers Association (AVA-ASAJA), these losses already surpass the 91 million Euro; a figure obtained from the prices paid since the month of October, which oscillated between 0.10 and 0.18 Euro/kilo, with production costs standing at 0.22 Euro/kilo. It