(Ecofin Agency) - Morocco could, according to Fresh Plaza, soon restart exporting citruses to USA. Both parties have established a plan that could help solve the matter which, in January 2016, led to US blocking entry in its territory to citruses that come from the Cherifian kingdom.

In fact, this measure was implemented by American authorities after the discovery of Mediterranean fruit fly larvae in a shipment of clementines. This weighed heavily on Morocco’s fruit exports as USA received up to 9% of the country’s citruses output. A lifting of the ban could thus be a breath of fresh air for Morocco’s citrus industry which is currently struggling to meet its targets.

Truly, though Morocco has won new market shares in Russia (50% of the fruits it exports) as the result of squabble between Moscow and the European Union (EU) and between Russia and Turkey, the kingdom will not be able to meet its goal for citrus exported (1.3 million tons by 2018) by keeping the current pace, experts said.

Aaron Akinocho