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Spazito

(55,209 posts) Thu Aug 21, 2025, 09:47 AM Aug 21

U.S. orange juice shipments plummet as Canadians find Florida OJ hard to swallow

Feeling a little squeezed in the orange juice aisle?

Between the climbing cost for a carton of fresh-squeezed juice, steep counter-tariffs on U.S. juices like Tropicana, and now plummeting U.S. shipments, you might worry this breakfast staple is in danger of becoming a luxury good.

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In other words, the marked drop in imports has been compounded by the ongoing consumer desire to buy Canadian, he said.

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The total value of U.S. shipments of fresh orange juice to Canada saw a steep drop in June to its lowest level in more than 20 years, according to data from both the U.S. Census Bureau and Statistics Canada.

The total import value in June of fresh orange juice from the U.S. into Canada was $5.78 million, compared to nearly $12 million in June 2024, according to Statistics Canada. Since January alone, the monthly import value dropped by 64 per cent.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/orange-juice-tariffs-canada-1.7613588

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U.S. orange juice shipments plummet as Canadians find Florida OJ hard to swallow (Original Post) Spazito Aug 21 OP

The beatings will continue until Canada becomes the 51st state. LakeVermilion Aug 21 #1

LOL Spazito Aug 21 #2

Trump trying to put the squeeze on Canada. GreenWave Aug 21 #3

LOL Spazito Aug 21 #4

Maybe oranges here in the US won't be $1.00 each /nt bucolic_frolic Aug 21 #5

As the market contracts, prices will rise. yardwork Aug 21 #6

Right, because maintaining profits trumps supply and demand any day. bucolic_frolic Aug 21 #7

"Tropicana might cost $13.99 but Canada-processed brands are typically half that" BlueWavePsych Aug 21 #8

LakeVermilion

(1,390 posts)

1. The beatings will continue until Canada becomes the 51st state.

Reply to Spazito (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 09:49 AM

Aug 21

Canada will be sorry that they didn't buy the FLA juice. (sarcasm)

Spazito

(55,209 posts)

2. LOL

Reply to LakeVermilion (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:01 AM

Aug 21

GreenWave

(11,367 posts)

3. Trump trying to put the squeeze on Canada.

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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:05 AM

Aug 21

Spazito

(55,209 posts)

4. LOL

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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:11 AM

Aug 21

bucolic_frolic

(52,092 posts)

5. Maybe oranges here in the US won't be $1.00 each /nt

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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:18 AM

Aug 21

yardwork

(67,778 posts)

6. As the market contracts, prices will rise.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:38 AM

Aug 21

Fewer producers mean less supply.

Many people recognize that orange juice is not particularly healthy. It's basically flavored sugar water. So it was already becoming less popular.

Oranges aren't native to the U.S., and increasingly severe weather events and climate change are making it more difficult to grow this foreign plant. If you've ever tried to grow a little orange tree on your patio you'll know. They are susceptible to fungus and bacterial infections, they're fussy about water and drainage, they're susceptible to insects.

It's a crop that is on the way out in Florida.

bucolic_frolic

(52,092 posts)

7. Right, because maintaining profits trumps supply and demand any day.

Reply to yardwork (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:40 AM

Aug 21

How silly of me to forget lessons of General Motors.

BlueWavePsych

(3,148 posts)

8. "Tropicana might cost $13.99 but Canada-processed brands are typically half that"

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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:25 AM

Aug 21

It's also become emblematic of the consumer boycott, he added: when shoppers think of orange juice, they think of Florida, and when they think of Florida, they think of Trump and his Mar a Lago home.

"The most basic thing you can do to give your finger to the most powerful man in the world is to hurt his home state's economy," Huggins said.

At Loblaws, for example, a 2.63-litre container of U.S.-based Tropicana might cost up to $13.50 but the prepared-in-Canada PC brand currently costs $6.50. At Metro, 2.63 litres of Tropicana orange juice is $13.99, but 2.5 litres of Irresistible brand is $7.69.

Canadian-owned juice brand Oasis, which sources its oranges from Brazil and bottles the juice in Quebec, costs $5.49 for 1.5 litres at Food Basics.