AGRICULTURE NEWS - Despite efforts made by the South African table grape industry to attain a more diversified export market portfolio there has, since 2013, only been a 5% change in the market composition of table grape exports.

Attendees of a recent virtual table grape and dried grape information day, hosted by the South African Society for Enology and Viticulture, and the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI), heard that the EU and the UK markets still represented 75% of all table grape exports, while Africa and South East Asia accounted for 1% and 4% respectively, and the Far East and Middle East for 5% each during the 2019/2020 season.

However, the industry remained positive that recent work aimed at growing exports to countries in the Far East and Asia would lead to a significant expansion of market share for South African table grapes in these markets over the next five years.

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