Deciduous Fruit Special Export Programs Co-ordinating Meeting 27

Deciduous Fruit Special Export Programs Co-ordinating Meeting 27 th June 2007

Statistics and Volumes • FOB Markets – markets experience a weak US Dollar versus a strong Rand • Adverse weather conditions – drought influencing quality issues • Strength of local market • Expense of complying with protocols where it is not worth the returns to the grower

Value in US$ of Precleared Fruit Exports for 2005/6 season Fruit Kind Cartons Apprvd Eq. Cartons USA Table Grapes (Org) 58, 520 106, 636 480 0 0 USA Apples Tons Value (Rand) Exprtd R 2, 576, 389. 82 Av. Curr US$/R Value US$ $6. 20 $415, 547 $6. 48 $0 USA Pears 73, 080 70, 157 877 R 3, 334, 201. 92 $6. 48 $514, 537 Israel Table Grapes 71, 676 130, 610 588 R 3, 155, 593. 24 $6. 20 $508, 967 Taiwan Apples 53, 154 76, 542 957 R 3, 468, 298. 50 $6. 48 $535, 231 Total $1, 974, 282

Accumulative Ending Week 24 PROGRAMME CARTONS PRESENT’D CARTONS PASSED 106, 900 60, 750 46, 150 57% Taiwan Apples (Fujis & Granny. Smt) 37, 576 0 100% Israel Table Grapes 37, 716 16, 654 21, 062 44% USA Pears (Comice) 2, 800 0 100% USA Pears (Packhams) 1, 120 0 100% USA Pears (Forelle) 76, 310 0 100% USA Table Grapes CARTONS REJECTED PASS RATE MAIN REASONS 4 REJECTION PLR, Chinch Bug, Fruit Fly, FCM USA Apples Mexico Apples Banded Fruit Weevil, PLR