As the curtain comes down on the 2021 season for South Africa’s fastest growing citrus category, it is clear that growth in soft citrus is not over yet.
Over the past ten years, soft citrus production has exploded, up this year by nearly 450 per cent compared with 2011.
A record volume of 30.9m (15kg) cartons were packed, up around 7m cartons from last year’s volume of 23.6m cartons – hitting the top-end of pre-season predictions.
The biggest region, Boland in the Western Cape, contributed 6.3m cartons, which was 19 per cent more than its original estimate.
The rest of the Western Cape delivered a crop 5 per cent higher than the estimate, while Burgersfort/Ohrigstad in the Northeast of the country delivered 4.2m cartons – 11 per cent over the forecast.
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Source:
Fred Meintjies
www.fruitnet.com