RIO TINTO CITRICOS SL

Rio Tinto Citricos SL is a Spanish agricultural company specialising in the production, packing and international sale of fresh fruit, with a strong emphasis on organic and sustainable farming. The company operates under the commercial name Rio Tinto and is known for its 'fruit from field to table' vertically integrated model. According to its official website, it was founded in 1988 by the Garavilla family together with Carlos Morera, who remains the company's General Manager. The business began as a producer and has since grown into a fully integrated operation that controls cultivation, harvesting, packing and logistics. The company manages around 900 productive hectares and produces more than 20,000 tonnes of fresh fruit annually, across five fruit categories. Its production is certified organic, and the company states that it does not use products that could negatively affect biodiversity or the ecosystem. It guarantees full traceability from field to table and ships freshly harvested fruit to its customers. The packing plant is located on its own estates, and the company uses sustainable logistics to reach international distribution channels. Rio Tinto Citricos exports to more than 15 countries, with a presence in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Finland, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Norway, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland. Its stated purpose is to provide tasty, healthy, high-quality fruit while respecting the environment and managing resources efficiently. The company positions itself as a pioneer in sustainable and organic agriculture, with over 20 years of experience in organic production. As a private Spanish company, Rio Tinto Citricos SL is not listed on any stock exchange. Its corporate identity is closely tied to the Rio Tinto name, which in this case refers to the agricultural brand and not to the multinational mining group of the same name. The company remains active in the fresh fruit sector, serving major international retail and distribution channels.

Rio Tinto Citricos SL was founded in 1988 by the Garavilla family and Carlos Morera, who is the current General Manager of the company. The company began its activity in the Spanish agricultural sector and, from the outset, was linked to the production and commercialisation of fresh fruit. In 1994, the company became a producer with its own cultivation, marking a key step in its evolution from a trading operation to a vertically integrated agricultural business. Over the following decades, Rio Tinto Citricos developed its own estates and invested in organic production. According to its official website, the company has accumulated more than 20 years of experience in organic farming, positioning itself as a pioneer in sustainable and ecological agriculture in Spain. Its production model is based on controlling the entire value chain: cultivation and harvesting in a privileged natural environment, packing at a plant located on its own estates, sustainable logistics, and sale through the main international distribution channels. The company currently manages around 900 productive hectares and produces more than 20,000 tonnes of fresh fruit per year across five fruit categories. It exports to more than 15 countries, including Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Finland, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Norway, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland. Its stated purposes include providing tasty, healthy and high-quality fruit, ensuring maximum freshness through freshly harvested shipments, caring for consumer health by offering certified organic product, respecting the environment by minimising its impact, managing resources efficiently, avoiding products that could negatively affect biodiversity and the ecosystem, and guaranteeing full traceability from field to table. As of the available evidence, Rio Tinto Citricos SL remains an active private Spanish company. It is not affiliated with the mining multinational Rio Tinto, despite sharing the same name; the agricultural company operates under the commercial brand Rio Tinto in the fresh fruit sector.

• 1994

  The company becomes a producer with its own cultivation.

• 1988

  Rio Tinto is founded by the Garavilla family and Carlos Morera, current General Manager.

Pioneer in sustainable and organic agriculture, offering certified organic fruit with full traceability from field to table.

• Organic fresh fruit

  Certified organic fruit produced across five categories, with full traceability from field to table.

1. 1Pioneros en agricultura sostenible y ecológica - Rio Tintortfruit.com
2. 2RIO TINTO CITRICOS SL - Wikidatawikidata.org