South African lemon exports have increased

Despite the logistical challenges, South African lemon exports have increased in the early season exports. The early season lemons, from the Northern growing region of South Africa have been dispatched, reaching the 1 million carton mark.

The bulk of 645,000 cartons have been sent to Middle East compared to year 2021's 506,000 cartons. South East Asia has also received more than the previous year, 185,000 cartons versus 110,000 of last year. On the other hand, export volumes to Russia have decreased to 129,000 cartons in 2022 versus 188,000 cartons in 2021, while export volumes to Canada have doubled from 28,000 cartons in 2021 increased to 56,000 cartons in 2022.