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Who buys South Africa’s citrus fruit? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $2.4 billion of citrus fruit (2.7 million tonnes), 13.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were the Netherlands (15%), the United Kingdom (8%) and the United Arab Emirates (7%). South Africa was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of citrus fruit.

Summary

Value
$2.4billion
Tonnes
2.7million tonnes
Share of world total
13.7%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports354Tonnes: 490,272USD per tonne: $72115%Sea
United Kingdom201Tonnes: 200,331USD per tonne: $1,0038.5%Sea
United Arab Emirates164Tonnes: 253,391USD per tonne: $6466.9%Sea
Russia150Tonnes: 209,294USD per tonne: $7156.3%Sea
Germany127Tonnes: 71,077USD per tonne: $1,7845.4%Sea
Canada126Tonnes: 118,493USD per tonne: $1,0635.3%Sea
United States119Tonnes: 100,480USD per tonne: $1,1805%Sea
China101Tonnes: 128,510USD per tonne: $7864.3%Sea
Portugal98Tonnes: 102,803USD per tonne: $9534.1%Sea
France85.7Tonnes: 64,918USD per tonne: $1,3203.6%Sea
Italy82.1Tonnes: 85,097USD per tonne: $9643.5%Sea
Saudi Arabia81.7Tonnes: 115,889USD per tonne: $7053.5%Sea
Spain62Tonnes: 52,931USD per tonne: $1,1722.6%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports50.2Tonnes: 62,441USD per tonne: $8042.1%Sea
Malaysia45.5Tonnes: 49,944USD per tonne: $9111.9%Sea
Iraq43.1Tonnes: 82,899USD per tonne: $5201.8%Sea
Poland40.8Tonnes: 29,275USD per tonne: $1,3931.7%Sea
Bangladesh38.5Tonnes: 49,136USD per tonne: $7841.6%Sea
Kuwait27.3Tonnes: 30,654USD per tonne: $8901.2%Sea
India24.5Tonnes: 38,764USD per tonne: $6321%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The Netherlands has been its main destination since 2005

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Netherlands 354
  • United Kingdom 201
  • United Arab Emirates 164
  • Russia 150
  • Germany 127

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands12.3354
United Kingdom67.7201
United Arab Emirates6.8164
Russia7150
Germany63.4127

Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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