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As South Africa’s farmers continue to battle the sustained drought the country has undergone in recent years, Hortgro, the organisation which represents South Africa’s stone and top fruit industries, has […]
Wed 12/02/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
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The world’s total orange production for the 2019/20 season is projected to drop 11% to 47.5 million tons due to unfavourable growing conditions in Brazil, Egypt, the European Union, and Morocco, according to USDA data. As a result, consumption, fruit for processing, and fresh exports are also expected to plummet.
Wed 05/02/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
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Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has announced its intention to expand its production of organic produce across the country, as reported by Leadership.ng. The announcement was […]
Wed 08/01/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
India continues to become an important market for Forelle from South Africa. This year returns on Forelle was 20-23$ CNF as per carton in the later half of the year. […]
Thu 02/01/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
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Leading grower, packer and exporter of South African citrus SRCC (Sundays River Citrus Company) is seeking to consolidate itself in Europe and expand to new markets. Speaking at the firm’s […]
Fri 20/12/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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Spanish imports of fresh fruits and vegetables totalled 2.34 million tons from January to September 2019, according to the latest Fepex data. The share of imports from the EU has […]
Thu 19/12/2019 by Alexandra Sautois
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South Africa set a new export record in 2019 for volumes shipped of soft citrus, up 12%. Coming off the back of a good 2018 season, when 16.2 million cartons […]
Tue 10/12/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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South Africa’s 2019 soft citrus season presented a varied picture across the country’s diverse geography. The estimates of the major organisations (e.g. Citrus Marketing Forum) were realised, with exports amounting […]
Mon 09/12/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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Morocco’s 2019-2020 citrus crop is estimated to slump 40% to 1.56 million tons, according to L’Economiste. The greatest hit is to the smaller fruits for export. The fall in production […]
Thu 05/12/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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Although Vietnam and South Africa already have strong trade ties, the Vietnamese are asking South African officials to open their market further for its fresh produce exports, which include dragon […]
Thu 31/10/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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Valencia’s main agricultural professional organisation, La Unio-Uniò de Lluradors, has asked retailers in the country to minimise purchases of South African citrus. The appeal comes after the discovery of prohibited […]
Tue 29/10/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
South Africa has seen a general decline in shipments of citrus to Japan. Since 2013, citrus volumes (mainly grapefruit) shipped to the Asian country have slipped from 62,000 pallets per […]
Thu 10/10/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
