AGRICULTURE NEWS - The estimate for South Africa’s avocado exports in 2020 has been adjusted down 11,6% from 18,5 million 4kg cartons to 16 million 4kg cartons, due to smaller fruit sizes as a result of the hot, dry summer.
However, even at this lower estimate, 2020’s export volume would still represent a handsome improvement compared with the 2019 season when a total of 14,1 million cartons were exported.
Derek Donkin, CEO of the South African Subtropical Growers’ Association (Subtrop), said lower volumes of certain varieties were exported due to the closure of the food-service and hospitality sectors in many countries, as part of lockdown regulations to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
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