SA farmers want WTO dispute declared over EU citrus rules
BY: NELSON BANYA South African citrus farmers want their government to lodge a complaint against the European Union at the World Trade Organisation over the European bloc’s citrus black spot…
SA citrus growers say EU pest rules putting squeeze on exports
BY: NELSON BANYA New European Union pest control rules will cut South Africa’s orange exports to Europe by 20% this year, threatening thousands of jobs, the Citrus Growers Association (CGA)…
CGA Citrus Summit: Key challenges needed to be overcome in order to ensure the R30 billion industry survives
The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) Citrus Summit took place in Gqeberha from the 15th to the 16th of March. Usually held every second year, this year’s event was the…
Could SA’s logistics crisis derail the citrus sector’s stellar growth trajectory?
A little-known, positive fact in a country that tends to focus on the negative is that South Africa is the second-biggest exporter of citrus in the world after Spain, the…
KZN and Gauteng unrest: Citrus industry rolling out a recovery plan to continue exports
The Citrus Grower Association of Southern Africa (CGA) strongly condemns the wave of looting and arson that swept across KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng last week. While the citrus value chain has…
Lemon export protocol to boost investment, create jobs
The recent signing of a revised citrus protocol between South Africa and China by Agriculture, Land Affairs and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza will secure R325-million in new export revenue and create…
The importance of conventional reefer ships for the South African fruit export industry
The outlook on citrus production and export from Southern Africa clearly shows a massive growth phase is currently in play. Tree census data confirms this and the outlook is for…
South African citrus en route to Philippines after 12 years of negotiations
A delegation from the Citrus Growers’ Association of South Africa (CGA) visited the Port of Durban this week to send off the first South African shipment of citrus to the…
Citrus growers welcome world’s largest reefer vessel
Last week (May 14) marked a major milestone for the Port of Durban with the arrival of the world’s largest specialised reefer vessel, the Cool Eagle, which will help meet the capacity…
Growth coalitions that work? We need to talk about citrus
The stand-out performance of the citrus industry in SA is an export-led success story, which has generated hundreds of thousands of jobs along the value chain. Less well appreciated is…