This year, according to statistics from Fruit-Inform, prices of lemons imported into Russia have decreased by 25 per cent compared with the year before.
This year, wholesale firms in Russia have declared lemon prices within a range of €1.16-€1.45/kg. During the same period a year ago, the minimum price was fixed at €1.4/kg.
Such a discrepancy in the price can mostly be explained by the drop in imports of lemons from Turkey in 2007. This year, according to Fruit-Inform, volumes from Turkey are up, as are volumes from Argentina.
