date:Mar 14, 2014
The South African avocado industry is expecting a healthy export crop of 58,000 tonnes. The first shipments will be arriving in Europe towards the end of March and the season will continue to the end of October.
Although this will be South Africas largest export crop to date, it is not foreseen that the European market will be oversupplied, says Mark Baker, Chairman of the South African Avocado Growers Association (SAAGA), Peru will be channelling a greater proportion of its export avocados to