Year overview 2020: June Citrus continued dominating headlines in June 2020. Egypt also had challenges exporting to China due to, in part, the COVID-19 outbreak shortly after the Chinese Spring Festival. However, India, which reopened in June, had strong demand for Egyptian oranges. Argentina predicted a 30 percent drop in lemon production due to the drought at the end of winter and a very hot summer. Then at the end of June, following discovering Citrus Black Spot in lemons in European ports, the country instituted a 15-day export ban. Photo: Limonik Produce Inc. In the U.S., as the country was reopening, demand was strengthening again in foodservice for California lemons. Volume was also building on a more unique item, Citriburst Finger Limes.