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Chinese market has South African grape growers on the edge of their seats The Hex River harvest started unusually late, by ten to fourteen days, which cut into their window to market grapes to China (fortunately Chinese New Year is late this year). A record crop of 23 million 4.5kg cartons is in view for the Hex River Valley. Right: the Crimson harvest starts this week at Mooigezicht Estates Peak packing has commenced, running for the next four to five weeks, as Chile negotiates the fallout fro...

Next two weeks very important on EU/UK grape market after large arrivals They are midway through their table grape season and its been a campaign with a bit more breathing space in the market, says Francois Myburgh, marketing executive at Bet-el Fruits. Their access to supermarket programmes on particularly white seedless ( like Sweet Globe, right) increased due to the losses that rain incurred in the Orange River region. They’ve been assisted by the excellent berry size distribution on all v...

Retail grape sales turn over as normal, but which market could close next? Grape Alliance managing director Leon de Kock says the company can see supermarket orders from Europe and the UK coming in stronger as they pick up the slack with their Hex River grapes as the Orange River crop is reduced by rain damage. It’s been a bit of a stop-start season in the Hex River Valley. “The sugars are developing more gradually than last year,” he says. “We’re not late, the way the Orange River wa...

Data recently released from SATI showed that South African grape exports are down 25 percent in comparison to the same time last year.

High hopes for the Hex River Crimson harvest The heavy rain last week in the Northern Cape has reduced the estimate for the Orange River region by two to three million 4.5kg equivalent cartons, bringing down the total of table grape exports from South Africa for the 2020/21 season to between 61,7 and 67,1 million 4.5kg cartons, compared to 66,15 million cartons last season. In the Orange River the crop is now expected to come to 15 to 16 million 4.5kg equivalent cartons. New SATI chairperson An...

A tale of two sides of the Orange River Namibian table grape growers set a record export volume while conditions disrupt activities in South Africa’s Orange River region Related Articles It is a tale of opposing fortunes for table grape growers in Namibia and along South Africa’s Orange River so far this season. While Namibian growers at Aussenkehr are celebrating a record export volume of more than 8m cartons for the first time, untimely rain over the past few days has caused disruption for...

South African table grape packing disrupted by heavy rains January 06 , 2021 Table grape packing in the South African Orange River region has been "disrupted and delayed" this week (week 1) due to heavy rains in the Northern Cape, according to an industry body. Although ill-timed for table grape growers, the rain brought much relief to the drought-stricken areas of this key production province, according to a statement by the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI). Producers in the region e...

A tale of two sides of the Orange River Namibian table grape growers set a record export volume while conditions disrupt activities in South Africa’s Orange River region Related Articles It is a tale of opposing fortunes for table grape growers in Namibia and along South Africa’s Orange River so far this season. While Namibian growers at Aussenkehr are celebrating a record export volume of more than 8m cartons for the first time, untimely rain over the past few days has caused disruption for...

South Africas table grape exports remain lower than previous seasons December 24 , 2020 South Africa maintains its slower-than-normal season as export volumes remained below previous years through week 51. In a recent newsletter published by the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI), the numbers show that a little over 7.55 million cartons (4.5kg equivalent) had been shipped by the end of the week. Last season the country had shipped over 12.61 million cartons by the same week, showing a 6...

South African grape packing going well, with good berry sizes The South African grape harvest is now well underway with three production regions now packing, namely the Northern Provinces, Orange River and Olifants River regions. The Berg and Hex River regions have not started packing yet. These two regions are also expected to start about a week later than last year.  *INTAKE UP TO Week 50 and EXPORTS UP TO WEEK 51 (accumulative) *Intakes PPECB data - Exports AgriHub data Northern Provinces ...