February 2025 - Citrus Resource Warehouse

Global Market Overview Mandarins

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:27:53 +0200

The global mandarin market is experiencing a dynamic season, with various countries facing unique challenges and opportunities. Spain is seeing high ...

Read the original article here: Fresh Plaza
Date published: 28 February 2025

Wind delays affect early season Cape Town citrus shipments

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:59:19 +0200

A shift in the production of lemons to earlier growing regions has put more emphasis on Cape Town for shipments to northwest Europe ...

Read the original article here: Eurofruit
Date published: 27 February 2025

SA citrus summit to tackle logistics market access, export growth

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:59:19 +0200

The South African citrus industry will convene at the fifth Citrus Summit from March 11-13 in Gqeberha, hosted by the CGA of Southern Africa ...

Read the original article here: Fresh Plaza
Date published: 26 February 2025

Conventional shipping programme from S Africa is growing in stature

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:59:18 +0200

Exporters are supporting the country’s conventional shipping programme to counter wind delays in Cape Town ...

Read the original article here: Eurofruit
Date published: 26 February 2025

Critical skills shortage looms in logistics industry, warns SACO CEO

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:47:27 +0200

The global logistics and supply chain industry faces a "critical skills shortage", with South Africa experiencing the brunt of the crisis ...

Read the original article here: Freight News
Date published: 25 February 2025

Private sector the only remedy to right size SA's rail network

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:47:26 +0200

South Africa’s rail freight sector has seen some signs of improvement, particularly in coal and iron ore exports, but overall tonnages remain well below ...

Read the original article here: Freight News
Date published: 21 February 2025

Agoa - is Donald Trump going to turn his back on SA

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:47:25 +0200

There is much discussion and no certainty over what the impact of President Donald Trump and his administration will be on agricultural exports to the US ...

Read the original article here: Freight News
Date published: 20 February 2025

Daryl Swanepoel: Trump tariff fest poses a threat to SA exports

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:45:33 +0200

Local policymakers should urgently put strategies in place to secure the US market ...

Read the original article here: Business Day
Date published: 19 February 2025

SA citrus industry warns port delays threaten growth, job creation

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:31:55 +0200

"It's incredibly frustrating for the growers and their rural communities, who feel the impact directly," said Gerrit van der Merwe, Chairperson of the CGA ...

Read the original article here: Fresh Plaza
Date published: 19 February 2025

A billion a day – that’s what SA loses through freight failures

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:29:33 +0200

As finance minister Enoch Godongwana was preparing to deliver South Africa’s ‘Budget 2025’, with some freight industry analysts saying ...

Read the original article here: Freight News
Date published: 19 February 2025

Budget: Godongwana must act on port concessions

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:29:32 +0200

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana must use the opportunity presented by the upcoming Budget to announce a review of import tariffs and timelines on urgent ...

Read the original article here: Freight News
Date published: 19 February 2025

Inefficient logistics cost citrus sector R5.3bn in 2024

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:29:30 +0200

A Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) study has found that the combined direct and indirect cost of inefficient logistics to the citrus industry ...

Read the original article here: Freight News
Date published: 19 February 2025

South Africa's new government threatened by dissent

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:27:00 +0200

Drama in parliament as budget speech is postponed, causing speculation about the stability of the new government ...

Read the original article here: Eurofruit
Date published: 19 February 2025

Securing SA's agricultural future with advanced irrigation technology

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:26:59 +0200

Despite its challenges as a water-scarce country, prone to droughts and erratic rainfall, South Africa has positioned itself as a leading food exporter ...

Read the original article here: BizCommunity
Date published: 19 February 2025

Citrus industry reveals true cost of South African port inefficiencies

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:26:58 +0200

Study says the cost of inefficient logistics to the country’s citrus industry was a ”staggering” R5.27bn in 2024 alone ...

Read the original article here: Eurofruit
Date published: 18 February 2025

ICTSI jumps into the ring as port costs are revealed

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:26:58 +0200

Further comment has been made on solutions to the costs of inefficiencies in South African ports ...

Read the original article here: Eurofruit
Date published: 18 February 2025

'Spurious' legal battle over Durban port threatens SA economy

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:26:57 +0200

The citrus sector lost more than R5bn in 2024 due to rail and port inefficiencies, though the figure is much higher when other economic sectors are ...

Read the original article here: Moneyweb Today
Date published: 18 February 2025

Inefficient logistics cost citrus industry R5.2bn in the latest season

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:26:57 +0200

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has found in an independent study that the citrus industry suffered a R5.2-billion direct and indirect cost ...

Read the original article here: Engineering News
Date published: 18 February 2025

Report reveals R5.27bn blow to SA's citrus exports in 2024

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:26:56 +0200

A new report by the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has revealed that inefficiencies South Africa’s logistics system cost the citrus industry ...

Read the original article here: BizCommunity
Date published: 18 February 2025

Botswana to invest in improving rail network

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:26:55 +0200

Botswana’s Minister of Finance has announced the country will spend 156 million pula (R208.7m) improving its rail networks as part of a ...

Read the original article here: Freight News
Date published: 18 February 2025