Turkish citrus imports: Iraq and Russia

The two main Turkish citrus importing countries are now Russia and Iraq. They represent 30% and 31% of the total Turkey citrus export ( quantity) and 32 and 30% for the period January- March 2015.

While imports from Russia increased by 42 % during this period , particularly with the purchase of lemons ( 47 %) , mandarins (+ 41%) , oranges ( 39 %) and grapefruit ( + 37 %) compared to the same period last year , Iraq 's imports fell by 2 % over the same period, due to a substantial decrease (- 28 %) of its mandarins imports . But Iraq has imported 84% more lemons than in 2014 for the first quarter.

Note that Germany has increased its pomelos imports by 34% in quantity, but only 15% in value for the period January, February and March 2015 compared to 2014.

Source : www.akib.org.tr