In 2015, Russia imported 466.4 thousand tonnes of oranges and ranked third in the list of the world’s largest importers of this citrus fruit, behind the Netherlands and Germany, reports FAMMU/FAPA, based on: Factsheet sinaasappelen.
Most oranges on the Russian market came from Egypt (232.5 thousand tonnes), Turkey (110.3 thousand tonnes) and South Africa (87.6 thousand tonnes). Moreover, almost 20 thousand tonnes were imported from Morocco and nearly 9 thousand tonnes were re-exported from Belarus.
Also, according to the latest data for the first eight months of 2016, the Russian import of oranges amounted to 304.9 thousand tonnes, compared to 312.5 thousand tonnes in the same period of the previous year.
In the period from January to the end of August, most oranges were shipped by Egypt, with 251.9 thousand tonnes.