Four mandarin varieties in sizes 36 to 60, packed 6, 8 and 10 kg. November to April, from partner farms in Ismailia.
Four varieties, because no single mandarin covers the window. Clementine and Fremont come early, Mirav sits in the middle, and Murcott — the sweet late one most buyers ask for by name — closes the season. Between them they carry November through April without a gap.
Tell us the variety if you have a preference and the window if you do not. Most programmes end up specifying a variety for the retail-facing months and taking whatever is at its best either side of that.
The thing that makes a mandarin desirable is the thing that makes it fragile. A skin loose enough to come away in one piece is a skin that does not protect the fruit underneath, and mandarins bruise and puncture far more easily than an orange with a tight rind.
That is why they go into smaller cartons — 6, 8 and 10 kg rather than the 15 kg used for oranges. Less weight bearing down on the fruit at the bottom of the stack. It is also why the cold chain matters more here than on almost any other citrus line: a mandarin that has been warm and then chilled again shows it in the skin, and the buyer sees it before they taste anything.
Mandarins are sized rather than counted, on a scale where the number rises as the fruit gets smaller — the same logic as orange counts. Size 36 is large, size 60 is small, and retail programmes usually sit somewhere in the middle depending on the market.
Farms supplying the line are audited to GLOBALG.A.P.. Residue limits are managed against the destination's rules; for Europe that is the EU pesticide MRL database.
Packed to order. Counts, cartons and grade all move against your spec — tell us what you need.
| Varieties | Murcott · Clementine · Fremont · Mirav |
|---|---|
| Sizes / counts | 36 · 42 · 48 · 54 · 60 (also sold as S / M / L) |
| Grade | Class I standard. Class II on request. |
| Packing | 6 kg box · 8 kg open-top carton · 10 kg open-top carton |
| Pallet configuration | Palletised to carton size; confirmed with your order. |
| 40ft container load | Approx. 24,000 kg net, depending on carton format. |
| Shipping temperature | 4–8°C, unbroken cold chain from packhouse to port. |
| Season | November to April, across the four varieties. |
| Certification | BRCGS, ISO 9001:2015, GLOBALG.A.P., registered with the U.S. FDA. Halal and Kosher available. Phytosanitary, health and origin certificates with every shipment. |
| Terms & ports | FOB and CIF. Loading Damietta, Alexandria, Port Said or Ain Sokhna. |
Tell us the variety, the size, your volume, destination port and Incoterm — we send the spec sheet, certificates and a quote, usually within 24–48 hours.
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