date:Dec 04, 2013
Nearly 40,000 tons of South African citrus were exported to the U.S. in 2013.
Grower-shippers sent 39,463 tons of navels, midknights, clementines, cara caras and grapefruit this season, according to a news release from the Western Cape Citrus Producers Forum, the consortium of about 230 growers approved to export to the U.S.
It has been a very good season for our citrus, Suhanra Conradie, the forums chief executive officer, said in the release. When our fruit arrived, domestic fruit was no lon