Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
Cape Town etc, Byron Lukas
The provincial Minister for agriculture, Ivan Meyer, indicated after a briefing hosted by the South African Chamber of Commerce UK Cape Chapter, that the Western Cape is a net exporter of agricultural products to the UK as the exports of agriculture and agri-processing products in value terms shown a generally positive trend from 2010 to 2020.
Meyer said agricultural products were valued at R7.2 billion in 2020, followed by food, beverage and tobacco at R2.4 billion in the same year, combined agricultural and agri-processing exports were worth R9.6 billion.
According to Meyer, primary agriculture products account for 75% of the exported products and agri-processing 25%. The European Union and the UK are the main export markets for South Africa’s table grapes and combined they accounted for 74% of the volumes during the 2019/2020 season.
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