California production accounts for 95% of all domestic production, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The study found only 7% of the fruit grown domestically is sent for export. Since the 1990s, mandarin consumption has surpassed domestic production, and the gap is only growing. If this rate continues, researchers expect consumption to surpass oranges by the 2024/2025 season. at a compound annual growth rate of 6%, averaging about seven pounds per person, according to the paper. Going back to the 2008/2009 growing season, mandarin production increased in the U.S. Mandarins and clementines - marketed under brands including Cuties, Halos and Peelz - have risen to the second-most consumed citrus nationally, and are projected to overtake oranges in the coming years, according to a paper by Gonzalo Salinas and David Magaña with RaboResearch Food and Agribusiness. production of the easy-peel fruit unable to keep up with demand domestically.
Mandarins are steadily peeling away at the orange’s citrus dominance, according to a new study, with U.S.
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