This study analyses the economic importance of the Brazilian citrus industry in the Brazilian Trade Balance in the period of 1996 - 2000, as well as the economic financial transaction in the citrus chain along 1999. This analysis shows the considerable participation of the frozen concentrate orange juice (FCOJ) in the Sao Paulo Trade Payment, where only recently this product lost the 1st place for airplanes, as well as its importance among the most important Brazilian export products, placing the Brazilian fruits crops inside the best export products.
citrus industry; citrus products; export; Trade Payment
