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CITRUS EXPORTS BASED ON VOLUME (2016-2020)
Year Oranges Mandarins Lemons Grapefruit Others
2016 461.455.121 127.531.975 23.310.511 1.030.684 512.472
2017 277.298.068 92.165.355 8.126.642 1.435.119 854.894
2018 313.713.281 106.327.177 13.908.267 1.407.813 2.643.611
2019 264.351.927 112.853.216 14.652.850 988.000 2.841.840
2020 322.221.003 118.324.070 18.706.063 670.345 4.644.503
long period of time, Greece was really absent ume is produced each year and they only sat- The composition of varieties
from international lemon markets for a long isfy the needs of Greek consumers from Oc-
time, since domestic production was real- tober until June. is such, that commercial
ly very low. During that time, producers re- activity in lemons begins
placed destroyed trees and since 2011 the Exports
Greek production of lemons has started to Greek packaging and distributing compa- in mid-September
give again a good volume of production that nies that work with citrus are many in num- and according to
can cover the needs of the domestic market, ber. The installations they possess give the development
while at the same time some of the fruit is Greek distributors the ability to be able to
exported to countries in the Balkans. meet the needs of even the most demanding of the season, it can last
The composition of varieties is such, that European markets. In addition, many of the until the end of March
commercial activity in lemons begins in mid- packing houses have the capacity to satis-
September and according to the develop- fy the need of supermarkets. As for the 2020
ment of the season, it can last until the end of export season, the volume exported rose by
March. For the rest of the time, Greek needs 17.41%. The reason of this good develop-
are covered by imports from other countries ment is the pandemic that forced consum-
like Turkey and Argentina. ers to turn to citrus to boost their immune
Now, regarding grapefruit, not much vol- system.

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