South Africa: Citrus Annual
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In Marketing Year (MY) 2024/25 growers in South Africa are forecast to divert more citrus volumes towards processing as elevated prices make juicing a lower risk alternative. The production of orange, grapefruit, tangerine/mandarin and lemon in MY 2024/25 are forecast to increase, assuming normal weather conditions, new trees coming into production, and sufficient water for irrigation. Export volumes of grapefruit, lemon and tangerine/mandarin in MY 2024/25 forecast to increase due to an improved production of export quality fruit. Domestic consumption of orange juice is forecast to decrease slightly on increased prices. South Africa is estimated to have exported record quantities of grapefruit to the United States in MY 2023/24.
