Citrus

Citrus are Uruguay’s main export fruit with sales in the international market reaching 120.000 tons per year. Uruguay is Latin America’s second exporter and one of the twenty largest in the world. Its main markets are Europe, America (the USA, Brazil and Canada) and Asia. High-quality fruits production, technology, and the consolidation of local companies have strengthened this industry. Uruguay’s citrus-producer pioneers were immigrant families, some of which are still heading the sector’s main companies. Production centers mainly on the northern seaboard of the Uruguay River, but is also found in various southern Departments. Uruguay’s counter-season production is a key differential, offering produce with high quality pulp, taste and color at a time of the year when the biggest markets of the Northern Hemisphere are not producing.