Despite the recent operational issues at SA’s ports, the citrus industry exported its largest amount of fruit to date, shipping about 161-million cartons in 2021.

In 2020, the industry moved 146-million cartons on the back of increasing demand for fruit driven by the Covid-19 pandemic. This was up from 126-million cartons of fruit in 2019...

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