Table 5.11. Estimated FOB revenue changes resulting
 from a methyl bromide ban on fresh
 Florida oranges, tangelos, and tangerines.
 Annual Change in
 Crop FOB revenue
 Oranges -1,330,528
 Tangelos -384,512
 Tangerines -946,055




Total Impact

 Summing the FOB revenue changes projected for grapefruit under a methyl bromide ban

with those projected for oranges, tangelos, and tangerines gives a total projected FOB revenue

loss of $13,385,892. In the 1991-92 production year, the FOB value of all fresh citrus produced

in Florida was $583.3 million (Florida Citrus Mutual, 1993). Thus, the loss of methyl bromide

and the end of post harvest fumigation of citrus would reduce the FOB value of fresh citrus in

Florida by 2.3 percent.

 One way Florida fresh citrus producers could adapt to a ban on methyl bromide as a post

harvest fumigant is to enter into the certified fruit fly free program. In this program, growers

pay a fee to a public agency, who places insect traps throughout a citrus grove. If no fruit flies

are trapped, the fruit from the grove is certified as being free of possible fruit fly infestation.

Our information is that many Florida citrus growers currently participate in this program.