OREANDA-NEWS  Two thirds of the tangerines that Russia imports come from Turkey and Egypt, while the most expensive fruits are from South Africa, according to data from the Russian Food Union for the first ten months of last year, which it provided to RIA Novosti.

According to the results of ten months of 2023, more than 460 thousand tons of tangerines were imported to Russia. Most of all, and this is two thirds of imports, from Turkey — 236.1 thousand tons (51%) and Egypt — 63 thousand tons (13.7%).

In addition, Morocco was among the five largest suppliers of tangerines to Russian tables — 50.5 thousand tons (almost 11%), South Africa — 48.7 thousand tons (10.6%) and Pakistan — 15.8 thousand tons (3.4%). From other countries, tangerines were imported in the amount of 46.4 thousand tons, or just over ten percent of all imports.

At the same time, the most expensive imports are from South Africa: a kilogram of tangerines from there costs an average of 111.8 rubles in the first ten months of 2023 against 70.4 rubles in 2022. Next in value are Egyptian mandarins — 67.3 rubles against 70.1 rubles a year earlier and Moroccan — 65 rubles against 62.3 rubles.

The lowest figure last year was for Turkish mandarins — 60.7 rubles after 55 rubles, and Pakistani — 59.2 rubles after 62.5 rubles a year earlier. For the rest of the countries, the value averaged 91.8 rubles per kilogram (71.9 rubles a year ago).