- Turkey's citrus exports decreased slightly in amount but increased in value from January to June 2016 compared to the same period in 2015.
- The top five citrus exports were lemon, orange, mandarin, grapefruit, and the top buyer was Iraq. Exports to Russia significantly decreased.
- The Mediterranean Exporters Association accounted for most Turkish citrus export value, at 83% of the total.
- For each citrus type, Iraq was among the top five buyers, along with Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, and European countries like Russia and Romania.
3. 2
2015-2016 (JANUARY-JUNE)
CITRUS STATISTICS ACCORDING EXPORTERS ASSOCIATIONS / UNIONS
ASSOCIATIONS / UNIONS
JANUARY-
JUNE 2015
JANUARY-JUNE
2016
Change Rate
(%)
2016 Perc.
(%)
VALUE ($) VALUE ($) VALUE ($) VALUE ($)
Mediterranean Ex. Assoc. 267.482.696,12 258.326.742,26 -3 83
Eastern Black Sea Ex. Assoc. 21.892.836,37 21.799.881,90 0 7
Istanbul Ex. Assoc. 2.617.524,81 8.205.433,55 213 3
West Mediterranean Ex. U. 13.640.860,54 7.427.379,88 -46 2
Aegean Ex. Assoc 3.535.435,95 5.038.600,93 43 2
Eastern Anatolian Ex. Assoc. 4.234.068,43 5.018.834,79 19 2
Southeast Anatolia Ex. Assoc. 774.933,62 2.871.163,68 271 1
Others 900.922 888.526 -1 0
TOTAL 315.079.278,31 309.576.562,63 -2 100
TOP 5 BUYER COUNTRIES OF TURKISH CITRUS
(LEMON, MANDARIN, ORANGE, GRAPEFRUIT)
COUNTRY / CITRUS JANUARY-JUNE 2015 JANUARY-JUNE 2016 Change Rate (%) 2016 Perc (%)
LEMON
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 66.732.282 39.609.471,98 39.287.484 33.433.273,32 -41 -16 25 28
SAUDI ARABIA 28.605.089 15.476.811,98 30.277.164 18.454.878,07 6 19 19 15
IRAQ 47.112.759 24.682.061,38 29.040.350 15.929.252,75 -38 -35 18 13
ROMANIA 15.358.144 10.022.462,11 9.810.346 12.012.183,09 -36 20 6 10
UKRAINE 13.172.472 7.492.399,76 11.536.887 6.724.345,79 -12 -10 7 6
ORANGE
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
IRAQ 95.730.513 47.708.953,98 116.181.034 51.352.913,57 21 8 63 63
UKRAINE 8.711.050 4.760.663,13 22.424.261 10.479.817,23 157 120 12 13
GEORGIA 8.717.666 4.198.708,98 8.086.752 3.472.969,33 -7 -17 4 4
AZERBAIJAN 4.036.679 2.072.392,53 5.843.013 2.186.527,95 45 6 3 3
POLAND 210.074 97.104,89 4.070.801 1.664.794,70 1.838 1.614 2 2
MANDARIN
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
IRAQ 39.510.658 20.633.907,61 49.793.706 21.801.611,64 26 6 43 40
UKRAINE 5.968.248 3.454.119,01 17.812.267 9.162.807,46 198 165 15 17
SAUDI ARABIA 3.462.316 1.991.826,34 13.664.508 6.688.518,12 295 236 12 12
BELARUS 893.827 527.590,67 5.548.172 2.564.608,10 521 386 5 5
ROMANIA 2.191.492 1.002.063,12 4.179.107 2.118.946,34 91 111 4 4
GRAPEFRUIT
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 22.559.373 11.734.296,14 26.135.193 11.872.728,56 16 1 21 22
POLAND 7.221.513 3.056.210,78 13.965.056 5.261.895,86 93 72 11 10
ROMANIA 8.531.202 3.498.338,10 13.149.106 4.948.379,18 54 41 11 9
UKRAINE 5.377.586 2.789.033,25 8.975.830 4.291.446,42 67 54 7 8
HOLLAND 6.962.062 3.531.683,51 7.278.915 3.334.198,14 5 -6 6 6
Presented according FOB ($) values of 2016
4. 3
JANUARY – JUNE 2016
CITRUS STATISTICS ACCORDING COUNTRY BLOCS
COUNTRY BLOCS
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
Middle Eastern Countries 264.820.657 127.089.873,44
Commonwealth of Independent States 173.323.745 97.253.546,81
European Union Countries 117.096.604 65.710.165,33
Other European Countries 20.731.422 14.010.401,67
Others 7.664.971 5.512.575
TOTAL 583.637.398 309.576.562,63