SA’s blueberry exports set to increase 58% this season

A bumper blueberry crop of 36 000t is being forecast for the 2021/2022 production season, up from 20 000t in 2020/2021.

Contributor Jeandré van der Walt, Farmer's Weekly

Friday, 28 May 2021, 07:08
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SA’s blueberry exports set to increase 58% this season
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AGRICULTURE NEWS - According to Elzette Schutte, operational manager of BerriesZA, a blueberry crop of 36 000t had been forecast for the 2021/2022 production season, up from 20 000t in 2020/2021. 

Schutte attributed this to new blocks of blueberry orchards in the Western Cape coming into production.

The export estimate for South Africa’s upcoming blueberry season was about 25 000t, or a 58% increase from the previous season’s 15 800t.

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