Editing Citrus (section)

=== Production ===

{{further|Citrus production}}

[[File:Hauptanbaugebiete-Zitrusfrüchte.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|Major producing regions]]

According to the [[UN Food and Agriculture Organization]], world production of all citrus fruits in 2016 was 124 million tonnes, with about half of this production as oranges.<ref name="fao16">{{cite web |title=Citrus fruit, fresh and processed: Statistical Bulletin |url=http://www.fao.org/3/a-i8092e.pdf |publisher=UN Food and Agriculture Organization |access-date=28 February 2020 |date=2016}}</ref> At US $15.2 billion equivalent in 2018, citrus trade<ref>https://oec.world/en/profile/hs/citrus?disaggregationYearSelector=tradeYear3 OEC — The Observer of Economic Complexity, Citrus</ref> makes up nearly half of the world fruit trade, which was US$32.1 billion that year.<ref>https://oec.world/en/profile/sitc/fruit OEC — The Observer of Economic Complexity, Fruit</ref> According to the [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]], citrus production grew during the early 21st century mainly by the increase in [[tillage|cultivation]] areas, improvements in transportation and packaging, rising incomes and consumer [[preference]] for healthy foods.<ref name=fao16/> In 2019–20, world production of oranges was estimated to be 47.5 million tonnes, led by Brazil, Mexico, the European Union, and China as the largest producers.<ref name="usda20">{{cite web |title=Citrus: World Markets and Trade |url=https://apps.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/circulars/citrus.pdf |publisher=US Department of Agriculture |access-date=28 February 2020 |date=1 January 2020}}</ref>