When does Turkey export lemons?

Turkey ships lemons October–March, with April–May and September at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

When do Turkey lemons arrive in Europe?

On the Turkey → United Kingdom run, quoted at 12–18 days port to port, that window lands around week 41–16 — October–April. Add the road leg at either end.

Turkey lemon export season (2026)

Turkey lemon export season

Turkey ships lemons October–March, with April–May and September at the shoulders. Lands October–April on the Turkey → United Kingdom run.

Ships

October–March

April–May, September at the shoulders

Lands

week 41–16

on the Turkey → United Kingdom run, 12–18 days

Turkey lemons: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage	Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Ships out of Turkey	Ships october–march peak · april–may, september shoulder
Turkey → United Kingdom 12–18 days · week 41–16	Lands week 41–16 on the Turkey → United Kingdom run

Peak Shoulder Landing Port to port, across services rather than one schedule. Add the road leg at either end.

Varieties Interdonato, Lamas, Kütdiken Load ports Mersin, İzmir, and Istanbul

Interdonato opens in September, Lamas and Kütdiken carry from October into the spring, and stored fruit ships past that into the early summer. Mersin is the port.

The window sits on Spain’s and just ahead of Argentina’s, which makes Turkey the swing supplier in most markets rather than the base one. Lemons store well enough that the shipping season outlasts the harvest by months, so the question on this row is almost never availability and almost always price.

Last reviewed August 2026. Editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule. Weather moves them, sometimes by weeks.

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