{"id":19504,"date":"2023-11-28T13:46:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T13:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=19504"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T13:46:50","slug":"south-africa-manages-1-more-citrus-exports-in-2023-above-2022s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2023\/11\/28\/south-africa-manages-1-more-citrus-exports-in-2023-above-2022s\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa manages 1% more citrus exports in 2023 above 2022\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amid infrastructure woes couple times in 2023, South Africa has managed flat returns in citrus exports, 1% above 2022&#8217;s returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Citrus Growers\u2019 Association of Southern Africa<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/articles\/s.africas-citrus-exports-flat-as-infrastructure-woes-sour-season\"><u>\u00a0(CGA)<\/u><\/a>, national\u00a0citrus exports clocked 165.1 million cartons in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was 5 million cartons shy of the over 170 million that CGA had projected for the 2023 calendar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shipment quantity is still impressive, considering that South Africa has retained its position as the world\u2019s second biggest citrus exporter. Spain, the leader, had by August 2023 shipped<a href=\"https:\/\/oec.world\/en\/profile\/bilateral-product\/citrus\/reporter\/esp?redirect=true\"><u>&nbsp;$4.12 billion&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>worth of the fruit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa also emerged as one of the two most important emerging import markets for Spain, the other being&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2023\/09\/13\/egypt-newly-ranks-as-worlds-biggest-citrus-exporter\/\"><u>Egypt.<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;During the Spanish low season in 2021, Spain imported $11.5 million of citrus from South Africa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-transportation-throttle\"><strong>Transportation Throttle<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Several infrastructural issues impacted on the country&#8217;s citrus sector this year. Other than load shedding, which even hampered the processing of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2023\/10\/05\/south-africa-and-argentina-successfully-conclude-olive-harvests\/\"><u>olives\u00a0<\/u><\/a>, congestion in ports affected citrus exports the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stoppages at the ports of Durban and Cape Town have been costing the country&nbsp;<a href=\"#:~:text=Severe%20congestion%20in%20South%20Africa%27s,of%20Freight%20Forwarders%20(SAAFF).\"><u>98 million Rand&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>($5.24 million) per day. &nbsp;This is per South African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAFF) on November 20, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on this drawback, CGA President Justin Chadwick cited \u201ccongestion at ports\u201d as having \u201ccost farmers dearly.\u201d &nbsp;This partly refers to the diminished quality of packed produce that\u2019s been long overdue at the ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Transet, the public rail and ports authority, has been striving to ease shipping congestion. The state-run entity operates&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transnet.net\/InvestorRelations\/AR2022\/Port%20Terminals%202022.pdf\"><u>16 terminals and 62 berths&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>across South African ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salt to the wound, South Africa has had to battle European Union (EU) restrictions on its outbound citrus shipments concerning Citrus Black Spot (CBS).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This only a year after the EU enforced mandatory cold treatment over False Codling Moth pest concerns. This issue saw South Africa&nbsp;present its first dispute &nbsp;at the World Trade Centre (WTO) in 2022. For this reason, South Africa\u2019s citrus industry has been spending ZAR 3.7 billion ($197.6 million) per year for phytosanitary storage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, 2023, CGA had also persuaded the government to consider<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2023\/08\/17\/deon-joubert-south-africa-must-declare-a-dispute-on-cbs-at-the-wto-immediately\/\"><u>&nbsp;lodging another complaint<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;at WTO concerning CBS restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU market is South Africa\u2019s citrus\u2019 best destination, accounting for 33% of all exports in 2022. Only the Middle East came close at 19% of exports in the same year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oranges, one of the fruits at the heart of &nbsp;False Codling Moth problem, are the country\u2019s key citrus export. &nbsp;In 2022, orange shipments reached &nbsp;<a href=\"#:~:text=More%20than%20half%20of%20South,21%20(see%20Table%201).\"><u>1.35 million metric tonnes<\/u><\/a>. Again, this was a slight improvement of 4% from the 2021 figures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid infrastructure woes couple times in 2023, South Africa has managed flat returns in citrus exports, 1% above 2022&#8217;s returns. According to the Citrus Growers\u2019 Association of Southern Africa\u00a0(CGA), national\u00a0citrus exports clocked 165.1 million cartons in 2023. 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