date:Mar 12, 2014
export are carried out over 2 months (November and December). Egypt has triple the amount of surface area for oranges than Morocco and Turkey. Egyptian oranges have the lion's share in the EU market due to a low-price market plan (which is actually now matched by the other exporters). Turkey exports half of its orange production and a quarter of its small fruits to the Russian market. Further competition comes from South Africa who export 77% of its citrus production, i.e. 1 million tons. M