AGRICULTURAL NEWS - This was according to The South African Table Grape Industry (SATI).
SATI expected table grape producers to yield less than last year’s crop of about 65,4 million 4,5kg-cartons.
In a press release, CEO of SATI, Willem Bestbier, said that the 2017/2018 export crop was likely to be between 58,9 million and 63 million 4,5kg-cartons.
He said that this was, however, marginally higher than the five-year average (calculated on averages achieved between the 2012/2013 and 2016/2017 seasons) of about 57,9 million cartons.
According to Bestbier, the Olifants River, Berg River and Hex River regions were expected to produce lower volumes, however in line with the 5-year average crop sizes for each respective region.
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