Oranges

Russia Ranked Third Among World’s Largest Orange Importers

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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.

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Uzbekistan’s fruit and veg exports to Russia up 10%

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Russia is still looking for alternative suppliers for fruits and vegetables and one of the countries it has set its eyes on is Uzbekistan.

As reported by Russian sources, the total import of fruit and vegetables from Uzbekistan to Russia since January has increased by 10 percent compared to the same period last year.

The biggest increase compared to the same period of 2015 was recorded in the case of citrus fruit, with Russian imports becoming over 50 times greater. There has also been a significant growth in the case of grapes. In total, since the beginning of the year, Russia has imported 13.4 thousand tonnes of this fruit from Uzbekistan, compared to 339 tonnes in the corresponding months of the previous year.

In the case of lemons, even though the import volume is not particularly large, so far this year Uzbekistan has sold Russia approximately 621 tonnes, compared to just 14 tonnes in the same period of 2015.

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Russian import of South African oranges – 30% less

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According to the official statistics from the Russian government, last year 30 percent fewer oranges were imported from South Africa than in 2014. Russian president Putin and his South African colleague Zuma had called for increased trade in August. According to traders, a stricter measure for trade is the main cause for the decrease. Since February 2015, an EAC mark is needed. The mark consists of a sticker with information about the grower and the product in Russian. Since Russian is an unknown language in South Africa, many errors are still made with the marks.

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