Palestine Citrus export to season 1938-39 before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 337. Chapter IX: Agriculture: Section 3: The Citrus Industry : Table 1: Citrus groves according to size in 1942. Table 2:

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60. An indication of the distribution of groves according to size is given in table 1, which is has ed on the Citrus Control Board registration for 1942. It classifies groves according to size and indicates the proportion of groves in each group and the proportion of citrus land in each group to the total area then registered (274,080 dunums).

Size

Number of 7561
groves 4225 Sl78 2137 357 234 au
% of total
groves 37.46 28.18 18.94 6.711 3.16 2.08 2.78
% of total
area 9.01 15.77 21.02 13.22 8.90 7.61 15.60 78

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The position thus is that nearly 85 per cent. of the groves, covering nearly 46 per cent. of the total citrus area, are under 10 acres in extent. Of the balance of the area, slightly less than one-sixth is occupied by groves of 50 acres or over.

61. Exports of citrus, which totalled only about 1 1/4 million cases* in 1922, had increased to some 3 million cases in 1930 and 1931 and reached a peak of 15i million cases in 1939 with a F.O.B. value of over £P.4i million. The expansion of the industry is illustrated in table 2.

Table 2.

CITRUS EXPORTS TO SEASON 1938-39.

1920--21 I 1928-2' I 1926-'7 I 1929-SO
Cases I LP. ceeee [ LP. Cases I LP. Cases / LP.
- -- 18,011 5,622
9,576 2,851 6.333 l,69<J Oranges Orapefruii

Lemon*

Total 880,959 I 205,615 / 1,589,SSl I 431,582 J~j 827,897 1~1--:;;z.;;

Orange a Grapefruit Lemon

1932-SS I 1935--SG I 1938-89
Cases I LP. Cases I LP. Cases I LP.
'•"'"" , l.961,000 1 ••*92,2'4 1 """•'"' 1 "•05",7'10 •1 *.865,876
244,608 129,.(.f.4 843,811 804,987 2,0G6,839 445,148
10,261 6,949 50,886 s1,001 rn1.~4s 45,829
-------------------- Total I !1,490,409 I 2,097,898 I 5,886.401 I 2,585,870 I 15,264,846 I 4,85.5,858

* There are now 24 cases to the metric ton, but this is only an approximate

figure of conversion since the weight of cases has varied. "

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