After 2002, the newly developed navel orange area in Ganzhou City expanded rapidly at an average annual rate of nearly 200,000 acres.
At the end of 2005, the city’s total navel orange area increased rapidly from 300,000 acres in 2000 to 1.15 million acres. Production increased from 23,000 tons in 2000 to 360,000 tons.
In 2011, the planting area of ??navel orange reached 1.74 million acres, and the output reached 1.33 million tons. In 2011, the total output value of the fruit industry cluster reached 6 billion yuan, of which fruit sales revenue was 2.5 billion yuan. There are 240,000 navel orange growers, employing 700,000 people, and the per capita fruit income of fruit farmers reaches 2,700 yuan.
In 2013, the total planting area of ??navel oranges in southern Jiangxi reached 1.83 million acres, and the total output reached 1.5 million tons. In 2013, the city's navel orange industry cluster achieved a total output value of 8 billion yuan, of which fresh fruit income was 4 billion yuan, helping 250,000 growers and 700,000 fruit farmers increase their income and become rich; the per capita navel orange income of fruit farmers was 5,800 yuan, accounting for 80% of the per capita income of fruit farmers. The per capita net income of farmers in the city is 12%.
In 2014, Ganzhou City in southern Gansu ranked first in the world in navel orange planting area and third in annual output. Gannan navel orange production was estimated to be about 1.2 million tons, accounting for 15% of global navel orange production; in addition to the domestic market , and will also be exported to more than 20 countries and regions such as Southeast Asia, Russia, and North America.
From the 2013 to 2014 production season, the export volume of Gannan navel oranges reached 39,000 tons, with a value of US$32.52 million, a year-on-year increase of 14 times and 11 times respectively.
In terms of the selection of navel orange varieties, Xinfeng introduced Washington navel oranges from Shaoyang, Hunan in 1971, which showed excellent traits. In 1979, Huazhong Agricultural University introduced 12 new navel orange lines from the United States and Spain. In 1981, Professor Zhang Wencai selected 8 of them for planting in southern Jiangxi. After more than ten years of testing, domestication and comparison in southern Jiangxi, excellent varieties such as Newhall, Pengna and Nevelina were selected that are suitable for planting in the warm and humid climate of the south. Later, in specific production practices, Newhall was favored by the majority of fruit farmers because it was superior to Penna and Nevelina in terms of fruit shape, color, and flavor, and became the main variety. The area of ??Newhall navel oranges accounts for 88% of the total area of ??navel oranges, while Penna and Nevelina only account for 8% and 3% respectively. The main navel orange producing areas in southern Gansu are: (data as of 2011) Origin Planting area (10,000 acres) Output (10,000 tons) Xinfeng County 3010 Xunwu County 27 30 Anyuan County 30 32 Huichang County 20.613 Ruijin City 157