The still provisional figures for 2018 confirm the fine lime sales dynamic in the EU-28. Imports should exceed 150 000 tonnes, a figure 10 % up on 2017. This fine performance confirms the underlying upward trend in sales, which over the past five years have registered mean annual growth of 7 %. The market breakdown between supplier countries is changing, although the two main protagonists are still the same. Brazil maintained its leadership, though the 2018 figure showed signs of levelling off in terms of its exports to the Old Continent, at approximately 80 000 t. Conversely, Mexico was up in terms of volumes, gaining market share (40 % now as opposed to just over 50 % for Brazil). An outsider is now emerging at a rate of knots: Colombia. Exports from this country to the EU-28, still less than 1 000 t in 2013, should approach 10 000 t in 2018. Acidic citruses are in fashion, since lemon consumption is also exhibiting growth, of approximately 5 % per year.
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