Nov 12, 2025
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VALENCIA (EP).The Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) campaign for Valencian citrus officially started on Monday with the traditional First Cut, a symbolic act that marked the beginning of the 2025-2026 season in which the product of differentiated quality "will once again be present on the markets, shops and shelves of the Valencian Community and in many parts of Spain".
The 25-26 campaign comes with new features as four new varieties of tangerines (Cleminson, Orogros, Sandu and Neuvena) and six varieties of tangerines (Morena, Mandanova, Nadorkot, Lianri, Gold Valley and Uri) have been incorporated.This will cover the entire marketing calendar, from September to May, providing chains with a more complete, stable and continuous plan.PGI stamped lemons are on the shelves From the end of September, lemons will start arriving in October and oranges will arrive from now on.
The president of the IGP Cítricos valencianos, Pepe Barres, emphasized that with the first cut of the fifth cut, this "main event" was consolidated for the Caucasian community of the Valencian community, detailed in a statement by the organization.
"An action that reinforces our commitment to information, which comes from our mandarins, lemons and oranges, as well as to appreciate our commitment and affirm our commitment," he said.
Barres announced this together with Agriculture Minister Miguel Baracina at the first citrus harvest event in Tavernes de la Valdigna (Valencia).This event marks the beginning of the citrus campaign and the promotion of citrus grown in the Valencian community with the PGI seal.
With this step, all those working at different stages of the commercial process 'wanted to unite their efforts with the aim of coming up with a unified model across all economic sectors, as well as,
The distribution sector also wanted to participate in this annual event and expressed interest in the IGP Cítricos Valencianos seal and the citrus plants from the Valencian region sold under the Naranja Valenciana brand.
In particular, chains such as Masumalar, Masymat, Carreuur, El Corte Anglia, Dia, Alcalpo and Spar offer them in their stores in the Valenji community and outside the region.Other stores such as Eroski, Plusfresque, condis, bm, lupa and alimerca also carry valengian oranges, tangerines and lemons in yp sections.
According to the managers of the IGP conencinos, the Josin San and Naranja Valenciana brands "have established themselves as a safe bet for most distribution chains," he explained, "it attracts both abstract values that represent its origins, ensuring its origins in the Valencian community, and the higher and higher taste of the product used."
Plan Conner
Por su parte, el conseller de Agricultura, Miguel Barrachina, ha anunciado que el plan de reconversión que va a poner en marcha su departamento "beneficiará a 36.000 explotaciones y 148.000 hectáreas cultivadas en la Comunitat Valenciana". Se está ultimando la elaboración de este plan que tiene como "objetivo prioritario" mejorar la rentabilidad, competitividad y sostenibilidad del sector.
"It's time to face big challenges ahead, so we need to emphasize the need to introduce competitive and profitable varieties," he said, stressing the need to introduce competitive and profitable varieties.
Government requirements
Parachina in the same line, "We must continue to request the license of the product that allows us to fight the plague, so that your product is the same for third countries."
"The property of Valencian use cannot be empty, and for this reason we have waited a great year to approve what we want to do.
Barracyrina was converted into this Confel is 7 million healthy to maintain the community of the community."
For this reason, he demanded that the government "firmly" "defend" the proposed reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which put more than 52 million euros at risk each year and the retirement of 28,000 farmers without assistance.
