Market Report Week 9 – 2022

The South African fruit industry is concerned about this season’s export of pear and citrus volumes to Russia.  High volumes of pears and citrus fruit are exported from South Africa…

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Market Report Week 8 – 2022

The current shortage of equipment in Cape Town, space constraints, and vessels by-passing Cape Town port, are causing logistical challenges in getting the fruit shipped. There is a good demand…

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Market Report Week 7 – 2022

There is still a high demand for pears, apples, and lemons from South Africa in the GCC countries. Current shipping from South Africa to make arrival for pre-Ramadan sales subject…

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Market Report Week 6 – 2022

In general, there is a demand for pears, apples, and lemons from South Africa in the GCC countries. This is due to the limited availability of the new season of…

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Market Report Week 5 – 2022

The market is doing well on white grapes and yellow plums from South Africa due to the limited availability of this variety. Despite the current oversupply of mangoes available, this…

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Market Report Week 4 – 2022

In general, the market seemed to be doing well on most commodities over December and the beginning of January however there seems to be an overall decline over the last…

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Market Report Week 50 – 2021

Most of the stone fruit commodities (particularly apricots) ended much earlier than predicted, as the unseasonal rains caused the fruit to burst. Stone fruit is a very delicate commodity that…

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Market Report Week 49 – 2021

South African mango growers have started packing for export. Peak sizes seem to be count 10/12 in a 4KG carton. The early season white grapes and Stone from South Africa…

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