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Agricultural exports represented 10.8% of total South African exports in 2017, and came to R127.69-billion. The report counts South Africa among the top exporters of a number of products.
South Africa is the second largest exporter of citrus fruit (fresh or dried) in the world, even though it is ranked 14th in citrus production. Citrus exports amounted to R18.6-billion. Ranking 21st in the world in wool production, South African is remarkably the world’s third-biggest exporter, bringing in R4.7-billion.
There is a closer correlation between production and exports of pome fruit (apples and pears), with South African ranked sixth in production and fourth in exports (R7.6-billion). Also lower down in the rankings for stone fruit (apricots, plums, peaches) production, coming in at 20th, South Africa is sixth in terms of exports (R1.7-billion).