- Citrus exports from Turkey decreased 17% in amount and 21% in value from January-February 2015 to January-February 2016.
- The top importer of Turkish citrus was Iraq, followed by Russia, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, and Romania. However, exports to Russia decreased significantly.
- For individual citrus types, mandarin exports decreased the least while orange exports decreased the most over this time period.
4. 3
TOP 5 BUYER COUNTRIES OF TURKISH CITRUS
(LEMON, MANDARIN, ORANGE, GRAPEFRUIT)
COUNTRY / CITRUS JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2015 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2016
Increase/Decrease
Rate (%)
2015 Percentage (%)
LEMON
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE
($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE
($)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 36.856.910 20.882.705,62 23.536.819 18.533.351,55 -36 -11 30 34
SAUDI ARABIA 12.588.899 6.729.833,79 16.032.598 8.999.769,18 27 34 20 16
IRAQ 16.370.568 8.767.130,63 9.500.036 4.851.054,23 -42 -45 12 9
UKRAINE 6.621.057 3.772.916,87 6.010.521 3.690.729,49 -9 -2 8 7
ROMANIA 5.861.378 3.197.290,63 2.949.030 2.719.341,03 -50 -15 4 5
ORANGE
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE
($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE
($)
IRAQ 67.524.014 34.621.629,85 54.112.355 24.006.514,26 -20 -31 56 57
UKRAINE 8.496.366 4.653.237,44 17.885.204 8.493.027,07 111 83 19 20
GEORGIA 5.845.579 2.852.243,74 4.895.203 2.121.311,30 -16 -26 5 5
AZERBAIJAN 2.260.304 1.192.483,61 3.138.962 1.196.625,93 39 0 3 3
POLAND 210.074 97.104,89 2.834.561 1.112.784,42 1.249 1.046 3 3
MANDARIN
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE
($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE
($)
IRAQ 38.440.291 20.072.741,13 37.141.279 16.124.782,96 -3 -20 42 39
UKRAINE 5.943.548 3.443.004,01 14.951.051 7.804.441,05 152 127 17 19
SAUDI ARABIA 3.199.267 1.829.694,09 11.224.579 5.538.740,31 251 203 13 13
BELARUS 893.827 527.590,67 4.374.362 2.102.728,32 389 299 5 5
HOLLAND 652.214 357.999,54 3.104.805 1.598.778,88 376 347 4 4
GRAPEFRUIT
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE ($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE
($)
AMOUNT
(KG)
VALUE
($)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 12.710.763 6.711.736,84 10.531.591 4.947.882,27 -17 -26 19 20
POLAND 4.220.604 1.816.177,36 7.243.349 2.657.994,85 72 46 13 11
HOLLAND 3.134.316 1.618.162,93 4.829.587 2.289.713,08 54 42 9 9
UKRAINE 2.859.261 1.547.206,38 3.917.931 2.000.463,88 37 29 7 8
ROMANIA 3.633.155 1.410.132,16 5.401.919 1.980.074,54 49 40 10 8
*Presented according FOB ($) values of 2016
2015-2016 (JAN-FEB)
CITRUS STATISTICS ACCORDING EXPORTERS ASSOCIATIONS / UNIONS
ASSOCIATIONS / UNIONS
JANUARY-
FEBRUARY 2015
JANUARY-
FEBRUARY 2016
Increase/Decrease
Rate
(%)
2015
Percentage
(%)
VALUE ($) VALUE ($) VALUE ($) VALUE ($)
Mediterranean Ex. Assoc. 175.942.604,10 137.049.650,01 -22 83
Eastern Black Sea Ex. Assoc. 13.762.422,97 10.749.589,14 -22 7
Istanbul Ex. Assoc. 1.896.754,59 4.712.085,21 148 3
West Mediterranean Ex. U. 8.569.572,26 4.189.431,63 -51 3
Eastern Anatolian Ex. Assoc. 3.558.775,87 3.393.190,78 -5 2
Aegean Ex. Assoc. 2.840.166,93 2.411.824,72 -15 1
Southeast Anatolia Ex. Assoc. 488.393,50 1.473.797,44 202 1
Others 326.828 278.811 -15 0
TOTAL 207.385.518,12 164.258.379,67 -21 100
5. 4
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2016
CITRUS STATISTICS ACCORDING COUNTRY BLOCS
COUNTRY BLOCS AMOUNT (KG) VALUE ($)
Middle Eastern Countries 142.044.386 66.515.752,09
Commonwealth of
Independent States
101.345.633 56.413.436,59
European Union Countries 62.848.578 32.431.167,93
Other European Countries 9.100.884 4.902.464,45
Others 4.608.018 3.995.559
TOTAL 319.947.499 164.258.379,67