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Turkish lemons dominate the EU with 69,000 tonnes imported from October 2023 - January 2024

Fresh Lemon
South Africa
Published Feb 9, 2024

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The European Commission has revealed that the EU imported over 80,000 tonnes of lemons from non-EU countries between October 2022 and September 2023. The bulk of these imports were sourced from Turkey, which supplied 69,000 tons. Egypt and South Africa were the next largest suppliers, providing 5,500 tons and 3,847 tons respectively. The remainder was imported from countries including Argentina and Uruguay.
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The European Commission has announced the imports of lemons from third countries into the EU from October 2022 to September 2023. According to official Eurostat data, EU imports of lemons from third countries for this period totaled 80,087 tonnes. 69,000 tons of lemons were imported from Turkey and it is the first importing country by a large margin from the second which is Egypt with 5,500 tons. In third place is South Africa with 3,847 tons. 795 tons of lemons were imported from Argentina and 71 tons from Uruguay. A total of ...
Source: Agrotypos
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