South Africa’s citrus exports expected to take strain in 2023

Published 2023년 3월 15일

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The Citrus Exporters Association of Southern Africa (CGA) predicts a 14% drop in citrus exports from Southern Africa for the 2023 season, totaling 142.5 million cartons, down from 164.8 million in the previous year. This decline is due to several challenges, including increased farming costs, transportation issues, and new EU regulations on the False Coddling Moth. Despite these setbacks, there is an expected increase in exports to key markets as younger trees begin to contribute to production. However, severe weather conditions and decreased consumption in some countries may offset this growth.

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Southern African citrus exports could fall by around 14% year-on-year this season, dropping from 164.8 million cartons to 142.5 million. That was the initial prediction given by Justin Chadwick, CEO of the Citrus Exporters Association of Southern Africa (CGA), though he noted that with some mandarin varieties estimates are still outstanding, will be available by mid-April 2023. “The 2023 export season comes after an extremely tough year for growers, which resulted in 5.7 million cartons less cartons being packed for export in 2022 (164.8 million cartons in total), than what was predicted at the start of the season as well as only 1 in 5 growers making a positive return,” he said. “The challenges faced include: a surge in farming input prices and transport costs as well as astronomical shipping price hikes which made the cost of getting fruit to market commercially unviable for many growers. The introduction of the unjustified and discriminatory new False Coddling Moth (FCM) ...

Source: Agrifocusafrica