Lemon imports to Poland in 2021

The volume of lemons imported to Poland (CN category 08055010 - Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum)), fresh or dried) amounted to 133.7 thousand tonnes in 2021 and its value to 558.5 million PLN. This means that, year-on-year, imports in this category have decreased in volume terms and much more significantly in value terms.

In 2020, imports in this category amounted to 135.5 thousand tonnes and their value to PLN 678.1 million. This means a drop by 1.9 thousand tonnes or 1.4 per cent in volume terms and by PLN 119.6 million or 17.6 per cent in value terms.

The average price of lemons imported to Poland in 2021 amounted to 4.18 PLN per kilo compared to 5.00 PLN per kilo in 2020. This represents a year-on-year drop in the average price by 16.4 per cent.

Spain remains the leading supplier of lemons to Poland, despite a reduction of 67.1 to 63.3 thousand tonnes between 2020 and 2021.

Turkey remains on the second place, with a decrease in deliveries from 20.6 tones to 18.2 thousand tones.

In third place, Argentina has risen from 15.0 to 16.3 thousand tonnes.

In fourth place, Germany has risen from 14.7 to 16.0 thousand tonnes.

South Africa has risen to fifth place with deliveries increasing from 6.5 to 9.8 thousand tonnes.

source: compilation based on CSO data

Among these suppliers, the highest average price was recorded for lemons imported from Germany (re-export) - 5.89 PLN/kg. The cheapest lemons were imported from Turkey - PLN 3.32 per kg and lemons from the largest supplier, Spain, were sold at an average price of PLN 3.90 per kg.