South Africa: Citrus Growers Association slashes 2024 export estimate by 9% as weather withers orange cropSA Citrus Growers Association slashes 2024 export estimate by 9% as weather withers orange crop

As food inflation cools in South Africa, consumers may find they have to fork out more for oranges. 

The Durban-based Citrus Growers Association now estimates that 165.3 million 15kg cartons will be packed for export in 2024, 9% lower than its original forecast of 181.7 million cartons, after a spate of bad weather hit orange producers in Limpopo and the Western and Eastern Cape provinces. 

South Africa is the world’s second biggest citrus exporter and this will still be a record…