South Africa: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Semi-annual

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   SF2022-0013

South Africa is set for a record pome fruit and table grape production in marketing year 2021/22. Favorable weather conditions, new areas under production, and higher yielding cultivars is driving the growth in production. However, rising shipping costs, an upsurge in input costs, local port inefficiencies and the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on established trading patterns, are challenging South Africa’s exports of pome fruit and table grapes. As a result, profitability of the industry is under pressure which could limit future investments.

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