Americans Are Drinking More Orange Juice From Brazil Than Ever Before
- Brazil-US exports rose 55% as storm, disease hit Florida crop
- Juice cost to consumers to stay high on tight global supply
A worker loads oranges into a truck in Itupeva, Sao Paulo state, Brazil.
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The US is buying a record amount of Brazilian orange juice to make up for lost production from Florida.
Shipments from the South American country surged to a record in the 12 months ended in June, according to industry group CitrusBR, which began tracking the data in 2005. The jump — a 55% increase from a year ago — came after Hurricane Ian and a citrus-killing disease devastated Florida’s orange crop, cutting it to the smallest in over eight decades.