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The EU accounted for 41% of Southern African citrus exports by value in 2021, and in the same year, citrus locally accounted for a quarter of SA's total agriculture exports. The new regulations are devastating, write the authors.
The new EU regulations are a major blow to South Africa’s citrus industry as they will severely disrupt exports.
In mid-July 2022 the European Union imposed new restrictions on South African citrus imports. The new phytosanitary requirements were meant to address
“Draconian, vicious and unethical” EU protocol aims for maximum disruption to Southern African oranges