South Africa and Egypt lead the entry of citrus into the EU from January to October 2022

Published 2023년 1월 17일

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The European Union (EU) imported 1.68 million tons of citrus from January to October 2022, a 7.5% decrease from the same period in 2021, with South Africa and Egypt as the primary suppliers. This represents a 4% decrease compared to the average of the past five campaigns. The imports consisted of 43.5% oranges, 25.6% lemons, 21% small citrus fruits, 10% grapefruit, and 0.9% other citrus varieties. South Africa was the leading supplier in the first two months of the Spanish citrus campaign, followed by Argentina, Zimbabwe, Turkey, China, Uruguay, Israel, and Egypt.

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The European Union (EU) imported 1.68 million tons of citrus from third countries between January and October 2022, 7.5% less than in the same period of 2021, with South Africa (773,553 tons, -1.7% ) and Egypt (238,343 tons, -29.1%) as the main foreign suppliers. This is confirmed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) in its latest report on the enhanced monitoring of citrus imports by the EU, which indicates that these 1.68 million tons represent a reduction of 4% compared to the average amount of the five previous campaigns. After South Africa and Egypt, the third countries with the most shipments have been Turkey (178,539 tons, +15.0%) ; Argentina (148,277 t, +6.3%); Morocco (126,692 t, +0.5%); Israel (69,001 t, +1.2%); Zimbabwe (36,594 t, -13.2%); China (30,688 t, -7.4%); Uruguay (21,564 t, -48.2%) and the United States (4,945 t, -44.0%). 43.5% of the total volume imported up to October 2022 has been oranges, "citrus that has lost representation compared to ...

Source: Agrodiario