As Brazil battles an orange production shortage, Australians will soon feel the impacts on supermarket shelves.
Citrus Australia estimated international orange concentrate imports had halved this year as a result of the global shortage.CEO Nathan Hancock said to replace the amount of concentrate imported, another 100,000 tonnes of fruit would need to be produced. "Overall the amount of juice won't change, but it might be the configuration — you may get more options coming up which include orange juice, but not 100 per cent.
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