The primary target that motivated his creation is to look for solutions and alternatives that improve the perspective of the citrus activity in the Argentine Republic. It works in fomenting and coordinating the efforts of the partners in the different areas, to maintain a dynamic exchange of information and to support all initiative to the benefit of the industry.
At general level, coordinates the defense of the interests and rights of the citrus growers against the public powers and workers representative organizations.

From his beginning this Organization groups  producers, exporters and their representative regional organizations, related by many ways to the activities of the industry (production, packing, conservation, internal and external commercialization and industrialization), into provinces or national level.
At the present time the voluntary contribution of companies and organizations of the different producing regions maintain FEDERCITRUS, and their associate belong to the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Salta, Jujuy, Misiones, Tucumán and Formosa.

The associate to FEDERCITRUS export 95% of the fresh citric fruits from the Argentine Republic and industrialize most of the production with that destiny. The Argentine citrus industry exports more than U$S 338 million per year, reaching USD 1000 annual million in currencies with the rest of Fruit Industry.
Only the culture, harvests, packing and commercialization of citruses uses 100,000 people in regional economies. We have five times this number, i f we group the hole Fruit economy.