Turkey: Citrus exports increased by 12 percent

According to the information compiled from the data of the Mediterranean Exporters' Associations, 603,488 tons of citrus fruits were exported in the January-March period of this year. Citrus exports, which were 313 million 544 thousand dollars in return for 791 thousand 936 tons of products in the first quarter of last year, reached 351 million 855 thousand dollars with an increase of 12.22 percent in the same period of this year. During this period, the most exported citrus products were mandarin, lemon, grapefruit and orange, respectively. In exports on a country basis, Russia was at the top. Russia with 149 million dollars of export was followed by Ukraine with 33 million dollars, Poland with 25 million dollars, Romania with 15 million and Bulgaria with 12 million. Kemal Kaçmaz, Deputy Chairman of the National Citrus Council, said that citrus has an important share in fresh fruit and vegetable exports. Expressing that citrus production was not at the desired level this year, ...