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Article: United States to overtake Brazil as leading producer of FCOJ? (frozen concentrated orange juice)
- Article from:
- Quick Frozen Foods International
- Article date:
- April 1, 1991
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United States to Overtake Brazil As Leading Producer of FCOJ?
FAO forecasts faster growth in Florida production, although Brazil will doubtless remain world's largest exporter.
Talk about recovery! By the turn of the century, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United States should regain its status as the world's leading processor of frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ).
Devastated by a series of freezes, the Florida orange juice industry fell far behind Brazil's in the 1980's, and the US had to rely on Brazilian imports to meet domestic demand. It seemed for a time that Florida had about as much chance ...