date:Jan 08, 2020
04. This drop is due to media reports about the contra-indication of grapefruit with high blood pressure medications. It is mostly older people who eat this citrus fruit. These reports, therefore, affected consumption. Grapefruit is currently, however, used more in (alcoholic) fruit cocktails.
The prediction is that in 2019/2020, grapefruit production will shrink by four percent to 86,000 MT.
This fruit is imported mostly from South Africa, but also the US. In 2018/2019, these imports were exp