SA’s citrus growers emerged from the annus horribilis that was 2022, the tides began to turn, the elevated risk of more stringent cold treatment regulations implemented by the EU, has brought some new challenges for the sector in 2023 NtandoThukwana
As South Africa’s citrus growers emerged from the annus horribilis that was 2022, and the tides began to turn, the elevated risk of more stringent cold treatment regulations implemented by the European Union , has brought some new challenges for the sector in 2023.
The industry suffered a blow last year, when the EU’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed voted in a new requirement which forces southern African countries, including South Africa, to implement extreme cold treatment to tackle false codling moth . Even without South Africa’s energy supply crisis, adhering to the required cooling protocols would still be difficult with the current cooling infrastructure, Absa added.
“With the African Growth and Opportunity Act , set to expire in 2025, strained relations between the two countries could have an effect on preferential market access of products such as citrus from South Africa when a new round of Agoa is negotiated,” said the report.
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