Ultra International B.V.
Product: Lemon Oil
Ripe lemons ready for collection
Typical lemon plantation
Lemons arriving in bulk for processing
Lemon Oil Argentina Citrus limon (L.) Burm. F.
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Description
Lemon oil from all corners of the world is one of Ultra’s core products and is obtained by cold expression or steam distillation of lemon peel.
Lemon has a place in many culinary uses from soft drinks and cocktails to marmalade. However, it can also be used and found in household cleaning products since it can disinfect, deodorise, remove grease and dissolve wax and grime to name but a few uses.
Lemon is also used in aromatherapy to enhance moods and can be used for its anti-bacterial properties in other medicinal applications. In fragrances it gives a fresh uplifting and zesty note to any perfume as it is highly volatile.
Interestingly the three top producers of fresh lemons in the world are not the countries we would associate with oil production; the top 3 being China, India and Mexico, which account for over 40% of the world production.
Today we associate lemon oil production with Italy and Spain (Europe), Argentina and USA (Americas) and even South Africa.
Over the past 40 years Argentina's processed lemon volumes have increased significantly decade on decade, from an average annual volume of 80,000 MT in the 1970s, to 200,000 MT in the 1980s, to 540,000 MT in the 1990s and 900,000 MT since 2000. This is why today its contribution is very important to our markets.
Argentina's 2014 crop disaster put huge pressure on the global market, something we are still recovering from. Argentina contributes around 10% of the global fresh lemon fruit market. When you think that over the past 5 years Argentina has processed an average of 860,000 MT of fresh lemons then any crop 'disaster' will have a major impact on the global market.
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Product Details
- Botanical name: Citrus limon (L.) Burm. F.
- Origin: Argentina
- Crop Season: May - July
- Plant/part used: Ripe peel of fruit.
- Method of extraction: Expression/Distillation
- TSCA CAS: 8008-56-8
- EINECS CAS: 84929-31-7
- EINECS: 284-515-8
- INCI Name: Citrus medica limonum (Lemon) peel oil
- Appearance: Pale yellow to dark yellow mobile liquid.
- Organoleptic Properties: Fresh lemon peel sweet citrus aldehydic
- Density: 0.845 -0.860
- Refractive index: 1.468 -1.480
- Optical rotation: +57º to +70º
- Chemical constituents: Limonene, Terpinene, Pinene, Sabinene, Myrcene, Citral, Linalool.
- Fragrance usage: max. 10%
- REACH: Registered
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Latest Market Information January 19, 2026
Argentinian lemon oil supply remains tight after October 2025. This limited supply is occurring despite broadly stable national lemon supply volumes, as the industry remains structurally dependent on the export-processing stream. It seems that supply constraints are being driven more by processing economics and allocation rather than orchard output alone. Around 70-75% of Argentina’s total lemon production is typically directed into export processing, including essential oils (lemon oil), frozen pulp, and dehydrated peel, meaning industrial availability remains highly sensitive to profitability, processing priorities and logistics.
Supply remains particularly exposed in Tucumán, where weather-driven yield volatility and reduced sector profitability have pressured processing flows and limited raw material volumes entering the oil stream.
Market prices :USD 16.00 /kilo -
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