South African citrus exports will reach 260 million boxes within 10 years, and China will be the main importer

Published Feb 13, 2023

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The South African Citrus Growers Association (CGA) is setting a new goal to increase citrus production to 260 million boxes by 2032, up from the previous target of 200 million cases by 2025. The CGA will present this vision at the South African Citrus Industry Annual Conference in mid-March. The industry has seen growth in exports to China, with a 24% increase in the 2021/22 season, while exports to Hong Kong have declined. The CGA plans to present projections and action plans to stakeholders in the first few months of 2023.

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The South African Citrus Growers Association (CGA) said that CGA will develop a series of plans in nearly two months to achieve the goal of producing, packing, distributing and selling 260 million boxes of citrus by 2032. This new CGA Council 260 The vision will be adopted at the South African Citrus Industry Annual Conference in mid-March. According to the 2022 annual report released by CGA, based on the data collected by the South African Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) during the orchard export registration process in November 2021, CGA compiled and completed the annual fruit tree census (including Zimbabwe and Eswati). Information provided by Nigerian growers). Of the 99,969 hectares of orchards covered by the Fruit Tree Census, Valencia and medium-ripe oranges accounted for 31%, mandarins 24%, lemons 18%, navel oranges 16%, and grapefruit 9%. CGA CEO Justin Chadwick said in the briefing that he realized that most of the forecasts made in ...

Source: Guojiguoshu