{"id":33019,"date":"2025-04-19T13:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/33019\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T13:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:18:12","slug":"morocco-enters-japans-market-with-first-citrus-shipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/33019\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco Enters Japan\u2019s Market with First Citrus Shipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rabat \u2013 Morocco has made its entry into Japan\u2019s most demanding markets with the first container of Moroccan citrus fruits.<\/p>\n<p>Foodex announced the news on Thursday, noting that the entry reflects the \u201ccompetitiveness of Moroccan agricultural products and internationally recognized expertise\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The country is known for its strict requirements at the level of the citrus market, with Foodex stressing Morocco\u2019s compliance with strict sanitary standards that paved the way for diversifying exported varieties according to market preferences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to see Moroccan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2025\/01\/166091\/morocco-expects-over-192-000-tons-of-citrus-as-exports-expand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citrus<\/a> grow in Japan, because the Japanese love them,\u201d Foodex quoted Japanese importer Yoichi Fukuda as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Kento Takegami, purchasing manager at a Japanese import company, echoed the same statement, noting that Morocco enjoys a \u201cvery positive image\u201d among the Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco\u2019s citrus produce has been performing very well, and the sector is gearing up for another promising season, with an estimated production of 192,300 tons for the 2024-2025 campaign in the Moulouya irrigated area in Berkan province.<\/p>\n<p>The sector accounts for 23% of the total value of plant production, generating over 2.8 million workdays annually.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2021-2022 agricultural season, Morocco\u2019s citrus exports reached a record volume of 766,500 tons \u2013 an overall increase of 40 % compared to the year before.<\/p>\n<p>The performance concerned all exported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2024\/04\/20293\/morocco-gains-access-to-brazilian-market-for-citrus-exports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citrus<\/a> products, including berries.<\/p>\n<p>During that season, Morocco\u2019s exports to the US reached a record of 110 metric tons, representing a 156% increase from the last season<\/p>\n<p>Morocco also exported 166 metric tons of tangerines and mandarins to the EU, while Canada received 67.6 metric tons of tangerines and mandarins from Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>As for Russia, it welcomed 173.081 metric tons in shipments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rabat \u2013 Morocco has made its entry into Japan\u2019s most demanding markets with the first container of Moroccan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3091],"tags":[51,18737,19397,2441,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-33019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-markets","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-citrus","10":"tag-citrus-production","11":"tag-markets","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114364829078131749","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}