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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 from the news of Covid found on cherries in China. Traditionally Chilean cherries have been South Afric...

Next two weeks very important on EU/UK grape market after large arrivals They are midway through their table grape season and it's 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 varieties, the result of perfect growing conditions in the Western Cape; the spell of the drought ha...

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 was late, we’re more or less on time. All of the cultivars, including Crimsons with which we expect ...

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 Anton Viljoen Jr, taking over the role in November 2020 (photo supplied by SATI) The ability of the So...