Africa Links 24 with Ed Stoddard
Published on 2024-08-15 19:22:45
South African consumers are suddenly forking out a lot more for oranges and naartjies, which have more than doubled in price over the past four weeks in the wake of a spate of bad weather which hit the domestic crop.
The latest Citrus Growers Association (CGA) estimate for packed and shipped 15kg cartons is 1.8% lower than its revised forecast in late July – which would still have been a new record – and 10.6% lower than its original prediction of 181.7 million cartons.
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