Chinese consumers show continued enthusiasm for South African grapefruit
The 2018 season for South African grapefruit has already started. The Guangzhou Jiguoxuan fruit trading company dispatched a special delegation to South Africa in April when the citrus season began. They investigated the actual conditions in the orchards and packaging factories.
The quality of citrus fruit in production areas has increased in the 2018 production season, but fruit size is smaller. This year the grapefruit matured slowly, and took a long time to get a ripe color. The official opening of the grapefruit season was therefore delayed by around two weeks. This increased the gap between the supply periods of Israeli grapefruit and South African grapefruit.
The website of Jiguoxuan states that "the interval between supply from these two production areas is greater this year, which means that traders who are desperate to sell their late-season Israeli grapefruit can still sell them at a good price, despite the relatively poor quality of late-season Israeli grapefruit."
There are farmers who see the opportunity here and harvest grapefruit early for export to the Chinese market, even though it increases the cost price. The first shipping containers of this season arrived on wholesale markets in Guangzhou and Jiangnan. The price of South African grapefruit from this shipment can be as high as 390 yuan [61.16 USD] per box.
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