date:Apr 25, 2014
767,200 tons of lemons and 62,700 tons of grapefruit, the countrys agriculture ministry estimates.
Black spot spreading into the EU through trade is considered moderately likely, increasing to likely for imported fruit with leaves, the European Food Safety Authority wrote in a February report.
EU citrus growers in November demanded the bloc take immediate drastic measures to ward off black spot, such as a ban on imports of citrus fruit from South Africa, according to Spanish young farmers ass