Treatt numbers still in ‘lime’ with expectations despite weak citrus prices
The price of orange oil, which contributes to 33% of the group’s revenue, fell by over 50%, while lemon price also showed “substantial weakness”
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The price of orange oil, which contributes to 33% of the group’s revenue, fell by over 50%, while lemon price also showed “substantial weakness”
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"We are encouraged by our order book which is comfortably up compared with the same time in the prior year, notwithstanding the weakness in some key citrus raw material input prices," Treatt said
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Daemmon Reeve, Treatt's CEO, said: “Our strategy continues to deliver with the main business drivers of citrus, tea and sugar reduction performing well in the period”
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