Turkey — Fruits and Vegetables — Citrus

Turkey received 73 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Citrus, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 23 in 2024-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are prochloraz, chlorpyrifos-methyl, and phosmet. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 76.1 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Turkey over the last 3 years. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 20 carry the laboratory result and 19 say what happened to the consignment.

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Key figures

If you import citrus from Turkey

Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border: 20% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
Rejections against import volume: On average, 1 border rejection per 12,679 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
Size of a rejected lot: Rejected lots are typically 20.2 t (median of 357 lot weights recorded at the border).
If it is rejected: Re-dispatched 90%; held, final fate not recorded 7%; destroyed 3%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
Where rejections happen: Bulgaria (56), Greece (4), Germany (1), of 61 border rejections in the last 3 years.
Riskiest months: January, March, February, by rejections since 2020.
Test for before shipping: chlorpyrifos-methyl (26), imazalil (11), prochloraz (11), buprofezin (6), chlorpyrifos (5).

The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

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Quarter	Notifications
2023-Q3	11
2023-Q4	10
2024-Q1	23
2024-Q2	15
2024-Q3	0
2024-Q4	6
2025-Q1	2
2025-Q2	4
2025-Q3	0
2025-Q4	0
2026-Q1	1
2026-Q2	1

Recent rejections

2026.3880 2026-05-04 Prochloraz in fresh lemon-lamas from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0,913+/-0,457 (limit 0,03 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz
2026.1426 2026-02-20 chlorpyrifos-methyl in fresh mandarin from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.033+/-0.017 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl
2025.3404 2025-05-07 chlorpyrifos-methyl and fenvalerate in fresh grapefruits from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.080+/-0.040 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methylfenvalerate
2025.3398 2025-05-07 prochloraz in fresh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 2.018+/-1.009 (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz
2025.3003 2025-04-23 prochloraz in fresh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 1.282+/-0.641 (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz
2025.2952 2025-04-22 Chlorpyrifos-methyl in frewsh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.149+/-0.075 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl
2025.1279 2025-02-24 prochloraz in fresh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.726+/-0.363 (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz
2025.0424 2025-01-22 propiconazole and chlorpyrifos-methyl in fresh mandarin from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.184+/-0.092 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methylpropiconazole
2024.8880 2024-12-02 Phosmet in fresh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.080+/-0.040 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). phosmet
2024.8843 2024-11-29 Chlorpyrifos-methyl in fresh mandarines from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.115+/-0.058 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl
2024.8678 2024-11-25 Chlorpyrifos-methyl in fresh mandarin from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.062+/-0.031 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl
2024.8553 2024-11-20 Chlorpyrifos-methyl in fresh mandarines from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.044+/-0.022 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl
2024.8170 2024-11-05 phosmet in fresh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.182+/-0.091 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). phosmet
2024.8168 2024-11-05 prochoraz and phosmet in fresh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.045+/-0.023 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). phosmetprochloraz
2024.4437 2024-06-10 prochloraz i fresh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 1.345+/-0.673 (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz
2024.4076 2024-05-27 prochloraz in fresh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 1.881+/-0.941 (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz
2024.4010 2024-05-23 prochloraz in fresh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 2.445+/-1.223 (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz
2024.3957 2024-05-22 Buprofezin in dried mandarins from Turkiye Notified by Greece. Result 0.071±0.036 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezin
2024.3923 2024-05-20 chlorpyrifos-methyl in fresh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 1.400+/-0.700 (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methylprochloraz
2024.3759 2024-05-13 Prochloraz in fresh lemons from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 1.458+/-0.729 (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 140 notifications since 2020 concerned citrus from Turkey found after entering the EU — 21 alerts, 119 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.

How they were found: official control on the market 67%, company's own check 19%, monitoring or surveillance sample 8%, at the EU border 6%. 6 led to a recall from consumers.

alerts information notifications

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Year	Total	Alerts	Information notifications
2020	7	1	6
2021	68	14	54
2022	40	4	36
2023	16	1	15
2024	6	0	6
2025	3	1	2
2026 to date	0	0	0

2025.10378 2025-12-23 alertChlorpyrifos-methyl in lemon from Türkiye, via Germany Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.025 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl
2025.9081 2025-11-18 info: attentionUnauthorised pesticide chlorpyrifos-methyl in mandarins from Türkiye Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,043 ± 0,022 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl
2025.0007 2025-01-02 info: attentionexceeding the MRL of pesticide residues – methyl chlorpyrifos in lemons from Türkiye Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,050±0,025 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl
2024.9431 2024-12-19 info: attentionprzekroczenie NDP buprofezyny i etoksazolu w cytrynach pochodzących z Turcji // exceedance of MRLs for buprofezin and etoxazole in lemons from Turkey Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,041 ± 0,021 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezinetoxazole
2024.3148 2024-04-18 info: attentionDepasire LMA pesticid chlorpirifos si chorpirifos-metil in grapefruit origine Turcia/Exceeding LMA pesticid chlorpirifos and chorpirifos metyl in grapefruit Turkey Notified by Romania. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.028 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifoschlorpyrifos-methyl
2024.2286 2024-03-25 info: attentionDepasire LMA pesticid (prochloraz) in portocale or.Turcia//Pesticide MRL exceeding in oranges from Turkey Notified by Romania. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,204 (limit 0,03 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz
2024.2129 2024-03-20 info: attentionUnauthorised substance fenbutatin oxide (0,19 ± 0,10 mg/kg) in red grapefruits from Turkey Notified by Latvia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,19 ± 0,10 mg (limit 0,01 mg /kg). fenbutatin oxide
2024.1898 2024-03-13 info: attentionstwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP pozostałości pestycydu – chlorku didecylodimetyloamonu (na poziomie 0,438 mg/kg ± 0,219) w Grejpfrutach z Turcji // exceeding the MRL for pesticide residues - didecyldimethylammonium chloride in Grapefruits from Türkiye Notified by Poland. Company's own check. Result 0,438 +/- 0,219 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC)
2024.1276 2024-02-23 info: attentionUnauthorised substances didecyldimetiylamonium chloride (DDAC summe) in mandarins from Turkey Notified by Romania. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.28 ± 0.14 (limit 0.05 null). didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC)
2023.8730 2023-12-18 info: attentionPrzekroczenie NDP metylochlorpyryfosu (0,076 ± 0,038 mg/kg) w cytrynach pochodzących z Turcji//Exceeding the MRL for methylchlorpyrifos (0.076 ± 0.038 mg/kg) in lemons originating from Turkey Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,076 ± 0,038 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl

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