Citrus growers in areas like Letsitele, Hoedspruit and Onderberg have decided to pick their grapefruit earlier in order to benefit from an empty market. Despite this decision, the grapefruit still conform to market requirements. This has allowed South Africa to be the sole grapefruit supplier on the market for about six months.
A lot of grapefruit shipments have gone to Europe as usual, but quite a bit of shipments have also been loaded for Asian markets like China and Japan. A growing asian market demand for grapefruit can have an impact on the quantities being exported to Europe in future.
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