South Africa's fresh orange exports will reach 1.36 million tons, and China's imports will increase by 30%

The "2023 South African Citrus Annual Report" recently released by the United States Department of Agriculture shows that despite extreme weather events such as floods and hail, and facing multiple challenges such as increased agricultural input costs, soaring freight rates, and inefficient infrastructure, South Africa's various citrus varieties Production is expected to increase in the 2022/23 season, and the production of other varieties will reach new highs except for grapefruit. Fresh Orange There are currently about 96,277 hectares of citrus orchards in South Africa, of which oranges account for about 45%. The planted area of oranges reached 45,123 hectares in the 2020/21 season, but has decreased by 3% to 43,668 hectares in the 2021/22 season. Due to the Western Cape The acreage of oranges is expected to increase by only 0.5% to 43,900 hectares in the 2022/23 season. Orange production in the 2021/22 season increased by 6.5% year-on-year to 1.51 million tons, as above-average ...