South African Citrus Season Update: Remaining Volumes to Be Packed

The South African grapefruit season is almost over with just 100,000 17kg cartons left to pack which is just 4% below the original March 2022 estimate. The lemon campaign has only 200,000 15kg cartons left to pack which is 4% above the initial estimate. Navels have an estimated 1.5 million 15kg cartons to go with the prediction 6% below the original estimate. In terms of late mandarins, there are 5.5 million 10kg cartons to go to reach the latest prediction which is just 1% below the March estimate. Valencia oranges have the largest volume left for the season with 21.6 million 15kg cartons to be packed, which is 3% below the original March estimate.

March 2022 estimates:
Grapefruit: 14.8 million (17kg) cartons
Lemons: 32.3 million (15kg) cartons
Navels: 28.7 million (15kg) cartons
Valencia: 58.2 million (15kg) cartons