Mandarin

It’s impossible to imagine the New Year without mandarin taste & flavour. Its taste is known to everybody since childhood. Mandarin is actually the most popular fruit on the Russian market. In 2013 its share in total Russian citrus supplies increased 40% according to Federal Customs Service.

China is the birthplace of mandarin, but usually it is imported in Russia from Marocco, Turkey, Pakistan, China & Spain. The total share of these countries increased 75% by the results of 2013. In USSR times this fruit was actively grown in Georgia & Abkhasia. Nowadays the share of Abkhasia in the Russian import made just over 1,2% (by figures of 2013).

The Turkish, Egyptian & Pakistan products are represented in “Royal Fruit” range. The Turkish mandarin season lasts since October till February. Fruit from Pakistan are available from November till March, from Egypt – since January until April.

country	variety	class	size	packaging
Egypt	Fremont / Murcot	1 class	54-63-72-84-96	cardboard 10 kg
Pakistan	Kinnow	1 class	55-85	cardboard 10 kg
Turkey	Klementin / Satsuma / Minneola / Fremont	1 class	50-78	cartoon or plastic tray 10/18 kg; cardboard 15 kg

Beneficial features:

THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE	MICROELEMENTS (100g):	VITAMINS (100 g):
Food fibers – 1,8 g Carbohydrates – 13,34 g Proteins – 0,81 g Fat – 0,31 g Energy value: 53 kcal	Kalium – 166 mg Phosphorus – 20 mg Calcium – 37 mg Magnesium – 12 mg Manganese – 0,039 mg Ferrum – 0,15 mg Cuprum – 0,042 mg Sodium – 2 mg Selenium – 0,1 mcg Zinc – 70 mg	С - 26,7 mg B1 - 0,058 mg B2 - 0,036 mg РР - 0,376 mg B5 - 0,216 mg B6 - 0,078 mg А - 681 IU E - 0,2 mg

Varieties:

All mandarin varieties are divided into three groups:

The first group consists of heat-loving mandarin orange varieties.
The second one includes the heat-loving, small-leaved tangerines or so called Italian mandarins.
The third group includes Satsuma oranges. Their native country is Japan. They are cold resistant. This variety also is grown on the Black Sea coast. This type has less seeds, that’s why it’s called seedless.

Also there are some hybrids gotten after mixing mandarins & other fruit. The most popular of them is clementine, the hybrids of mandarin & Seville orange. Its fruit are poppy red, deep-flat & flavourful.

Country of Origin:

Pakistan. Mostly the mandarin of Kino variety is imported from this country. The Pakistan share in total Russian mandarin import amounts nearly 10% according to the results of 2013.

Turkey. More than 25% of total mandarin volume is shipped in from this country. In 2013 the share of mandarins in total citrus export increased 30%. It’s the main Turkish exporting citrus. The basic varieties, shipped from Turkey are: Clementine (the hybrid of mandarin & Seville orange), Satsuma (very sweet, seedless variety born in China & Japan), Mineola (the hybrid of Densy mandarin & Duncan grapefruit), Fremont (the local Turkish variety, grown in Adana-Mersin district).

Egypt. The company started supplies from Egypt in 2016. Products of our strategic partner are represented in the “Royal Fresh” range.