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Turkey: Mandarin Exports to Russia Increased by 49%

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In the first quarter, Turkey’s mandarin exports to Russia increased by 49% in terms of value and 37% in terms of quantity.

According to the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKIB), in the same period, Turkey exported 81 776 MT of mandarins to Russia and earned 49.8 million USD. Last year, Turkey exported 59 725 MT of mandarins in exchange of 33.5 million USD.

Trabzon, a city in the Black Sea Region, was the only mandarin exporter from the region. In this period, the city exported 14 638 MT of mandarins and earned 9 million USD.

The association’s (DKIB) vice-chairman Ahmet Hamdi Gurdogan announced that the 2019-2020 citrus season is going well and that they work towards the next season.

Pointing out to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on global trade, Gurdogan stated that export costs are constantly increasing. “It is important to lower export costs. State support is crucial to achieve a competitive position in the market. Our exporters’s expectations are in the same line”.

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Russia Temporarily Suspends the Import of Chinese Citrus

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The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) has decided to temporarily ban the import of citrus from China after intercepting harmful organisms in shipments of these fruits. After issuing a warning to China on December 13, 2019, the Rosselkhoznadzor made the measure effective on January 6.

It is worth recalling that in August last year, Russia suspended the import of many stone fruits from China, such as plums, nectarines, apricots, peaches and cherries, as well as of apples and pears, as a result of the regular finding of harmful organisms, such as the Oriental fruit fly, during inspections.

After the implementation of the ban, China invited Russia to audit the agricultural inspection and quarantine control systems. However, according to reports, Russia was not satisfied with the results of the audit.

The announcement issued on the official Rosselkhoznadzor website states that Russia would temporarily restrict citrus imports from China until this country establishes effective measures to comply with Russian standards regarding the safety of imported food.

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Import temporary suspension of Egyptian fruit and vegetables to Russia starts on September 22

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Russia announced a temporary suspension of imports of fruit and vegetables from Egypt beginning on September 22.

Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) did not disclose a full list of products that would be banned, but is is said that the list included citrus, tomato and potato. The official reason for the ban is “systematic breach of international and phytosanitary requirements” in “massive supplies” of Egyptian fruit and vegetables shipped to Russia.

Russia is one of Egypt’s top export markets for fruit. It sold some $350 million in agricultural commodities last year to Russia, including 400,000 MT of oranges, or 30% of its total orange exports, the trade ministry statement said.

Russia’s decision to suspend imports of fruit and vegetables from Egypt is not a counter-measure against Cairo’s rejection of Russia’s wheat, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich as saying on Tuesday. Before that Egypt rejected 60,000 MT wheat shipment from Russia due to issues with ergot fungus.

The ban will have no impact on Russia’s inflation, Dvorkovich said, according to TASS and RIA news agencies.

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Russia bans oranges from Egypt

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Russia has lifted ban on ten Egyptian companies exporting citrus fruits (mainly oranges) to Moscow, state’s news agency MENA reported on Friday.

The 2013/14 citrus annual report of US Department of Agriculture said Egypt has been facing the Mediterranean fruit fly, which is the main economic pest negatively affecting production and exports.

Accordingly, complaints have been raised by some importing countries such as Russia and Ukraine after detecting some shipments infected with fruit flies.

The Egyptian government is funding the “Fruit Fly Resistance Project” that aims to control the spread of this pest and administers other regulations that have been in place in order to control the quality of the exported fruit.

Despite the complaints and the Russian ban, Egypt’s orange exports registered 37 percent of the total agricultural crops in 2012/13, recording 16,000 tonnes turning out some LE41 million, the Egyptian Agricultural export council showed.

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Georgian fruit exports to Russia resumed

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Georgian fruit and citrus fruit exports to Russia will be resumed on October 14th with permission of Rosselkhoznadzor. According to Rosselkhoznadzor representatives the first fruit to be exported to Russia will be mandarins.

The import of Georgian vegetables, fruit, water, and wine was banned in 2006 over quality issues. In 2013 Rosselkhoznadzor experts inspected a number of Georgian enterprises. As a result the embargo on Georgian tea and nuts was cancelled in the middle of 2013.

The renewal of Georgian exports will be in autumn and winter, when citrus fruit, especially mandarins, are in high demand in Russia. Georgia intends to export 70,000 tons of mandarins to Russia in 2013.

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