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    South African table grape exports 77.7 million cases this season, up slightly by 4%

    • Last Update: 2022-09-30
    • Source: Internet
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    Grapes are exported
     
    Despite many challenges, such as difficult market conditions and logistics controls affecting the quality of arrivals in export markets, exports continued to grow
    .
    South Africa's table grape exports grew at a CAGR of 6% since the 2017/18 season, while this season grew by only about 4%
    compared to the 2020/21 season.
     
    In contrast, SATI's latest grape census shows that table grape cultivation in South Africa fell slightly by 1% (185 ha) from the previous season to 20,379 hectares
    .
    At present, the six most planted varieties account for 50% of the national planting area, and the planting area of smaller varieties has been further reduced
    .
     
    The top five export markets for South African grapes were the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, all of which saw growth in exports, but exports to Russia fell sharply by 29%, largely due to the ongoing conflict
    between Russia and Ukraine.
     
    The challenges facing the South African grape industry this season include shipping delays at the Port of Cape Town in December 2021/January 2022 and lockdowns
    during the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai.
    Global container shortages and unsustainable increases in transportation costs have further increased the financial pressures
    on the industry.
    Together, these factors have led to longer
    transit times.
     
    At the same time, macroeconomic factors in the quarter have put tremendous pressure
    on the downstream of the industry's value chain.
    According to the Global Economic Indicators Network (Trading Economics 2022), in March 2022, eurozone inflation was 7.
    4%, up from 1.
    3% in the same period last year; Inflation in the UK is 7 percent, up from 0.
    7 percent
    a year ago.
     
    In addition, the increase in table grape production in southern hemisphere countries such as Peru has intensified competition
    in traditional markets.
    Peruvian table grape exports amounted to about 383,000 tonnes in the 2018/19 season, which increased to 531,000 tonnes
    in the 2020/21 season.
    Other factors such as rising input costs, cold chain maintenance and continuous power outages also challenge producers' profitability
    .
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