date:Sep 12, 2019
ower this year, given the smaller crop.
No access for SA mandarins to Japan
South Africa would like to diversify its offering to Japan, but there are some snags. Unlike most other countries, Japan only allows soft citrus per variety and at the moment, to protect their own year-round greenhouse mandarin production, from South Africa only clementines are allowed while, Justin Chadwick, the CEO of the Citrus Growers Association points out, Japanese consumers dont particularly have a taste for clem