What is the market prospect for growing navel oranges?

SummaryNavel orange fruit is rich in nutrition, with a sweet taste and abundant juice, and market demand is relatively large. At present, the most widely grown variety in China is Gannan navel orange. As long as you understand the market conditions well and strengthen cultivation techniques, the prospects for growing navel oranges are still quite good. The Gannan navel oranges currently grown are mainly sold as fresh fruit. To improve market competitiveness and returns, the current low-level cultivation must gradually be transformed into deep processing of navel oranges.

Navel oranges taste good and are rich in nutritional value. Many consumers like them. As long as you understand the market prospects in advance and find a suitable marketing model, the prospects and returns are both quite good.

Purchase price of navel oranges

At present, the price of navel oranges on the market is roughly about 4-7 yuan/jin, but the purchase price directly from growers is only about 4 yuan/jin. The gap between the market selling price and the purchase price is still relatively large, so the profit from growing navel oranges is greatly related to marketing.

Income from growing one mu of navel oranges

Generally, the cost of growing one navel orange tree is about 180 yuan. If 50 trees are planted per mu, the cost is about 9,000 yuan. Navel orange trees bloom in 3 years and bear fruit in 5 years. In the first 3 or 4 years of planting, there is basically no income. Only in the 4th year will there be some returns. From the 5th and 6th years onward, it will get on track, with a cost of about 1 yuan/jin. Starting from the 4th year, the yield per mu can reach about 2,500 kg, and the purchase price is about 8 yuan/kg. Therefore, the income per mu is about 20,000 yuan.

Prospects for growing navel oranges

Navel orange fruit tastes sweet, is rich in juice, and is full of vitamin C and nutrients. It is liked by many people, and market demand is relatively large, so the market prospects for growing navel oranges are still good.

Navel oranges can be processed into fresh-squeezed orange juice, concentrated orange juice, navel orange fruit vinegar and other products. At present, navel oranges are grown on a large scale in the Gannan area of China. The Gannan navel oranges produced there have a long fresh-keeping period and are easy to keep fresh, so they are mainly sold as fresh fruit and have not been industrialized through deep processing. The deep processing of Gannan navel oranges grown around the world now mainly involves processing them into orange juice, with no other deeply processed products that have strong market competitiveness.

At present, China's navel orange deep processing industry still needs development. If orange juice processing can be used to improve the industrial structure in which Gannan navel oranges are only sold as fresh fruit, and extend the deep processing industry chain of Gannan navel oranges, it can improve the overall level and market competitiveness of the Gannan navel orange industry to a certain extent. To enable the stable and healthy development of the Gannan navel orange industry, transforming the Gannan navel orange industry from the current low-level cultivation to advanced processing is currently the most important step.