"Mercosur countries accounted for 61% of citrus interceptions with pests from third countries up to
date:Jun 24, 2022
or in the process of being banned in the EU.

With seven months left for all the data on interceptions to be computed, last year's data has already been exceeded by 24%, so if the trend is not curbed, a negative record could be broken by the end of 2022.

Another interesting aspect of the data analyzed has to do with the 10 interceptions from China, 6 of which are of the fungus Phyllosticta citricarpa, which causes black spot.

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