In 2015, the largest importer of citrus in Russia was Turkey: it accounted for about 35% of imports, or 538 thousand tons. At the beginning of 2016 Russia has imposed against the country in economic sanctions under the ban came and the supply of oranges. According to the Produce of the Union of Russia in the first half of 2016, Turkey's share in imports of citrus decreased to 9.6%. At the same time, the share of Egypt increased from 26.9% to 37.1%. However, at the end of September 2016, the Rosselkhoznadzor has temporarily banned supplies of citrus from Egypt because of the systematic violations of phytosanitary requirements.

An employee of a large retailer warned then about the possible jump in prices, which will stop after the network will establish new delivery channels. The representative "Ashana" Maria Kurnosova has promised that the adaptation will take no more than 2-3 weeks. Egyptian oranges can be replaced with similar ones from Morocco, Syria and Iran, listed by the representative of "Dixie".

But this year the season of oranges in South Africa (South Africa) ended almost a month earlier than usual, on the shelves there's only leftovers, cites another reason for the deficit, the representative of the "Tape" Anna meleshina. According to the Produce of the Union of Russia, in 2014 and 2015. in South Africa accounted for about 10% of total import of citrus.

Turkish oranges in the opt cheaper Egyptian by about half, says the head of the group of companies "real" (is engaged in distribution of products and retail trade) Alexander Myshinsky. According to him, the importers have stopped buying from other suppliers citrus in anticipation of cheaper Turkish fruit.