Citrc enterprise exports 73 production percent

Camagüey,-The company Citric fruits Sola, located in the fertile valley of Vats, dedicates to the export 73 percent of its grapefruit crop and orange, as via of contributing to the entrance of foreign currencies to Cuba.

Located in the north part of the county of Camagüey, the entity sent to the citric cocktail of Ceballos, in Blind of Ávila, seven thousand 200 tons of those fruits for the elaboration of concentrated or simple juices, which are marketed in Europe.

Orestes Reyes, director of “Citric Sola”, said to the AIN that of that quantity, a part was in areas of organic production, in certified lands for this purpose for a specialized signature of Germany.

The plantations dedicated exclusively to obtain organic fruits are those that don't use pesticide neither industrial fertilizers, and the thick of the works of attention is carried out manually.

In total, the company gathered nine thousand 200 tons of grapefruit, orange, files Persian, lemon, mandarin and sour orange, when the annual plan ascends at 11 thousand 800.

Reyes considers that the program of the year should surpass, because in November and December the collection will be reopened and the existence of citric fruits is high.

He added that that is executed that qualified as “modest project of growth” of the lands with new seeds, and highlighted that many of the areas in production receive better attention and cares since went at the hands of usufructuary by the ordinance-law 259, with two years of application.

Norberto Martínez, specialist of these cultivations in the delegation of the Ministry of the Agriculture, highlighted that the entity stopped the crop decrease and economic that confronted from beginnings of the current decade, and in the last three years grows gradually in its results.

Also, he pointed out that “Citric Alone” is projected toward new productions, as fruit-bearing, vegetable coal and other cultivations of short cycle to elevate the selection of foods dedicated to the population.(Lucilo Tejera Díaz )