South Africa: export volume of plums from South Africa 2000-2019

South Africa's preliminary export volume of plums in 2018/19 slowed down to 42,579 metric tons, a decrease of approximately 21 percent from the preceding year. Due to the drought occurring in Western Cape between 2004 and 2006, which led to lower production, the export volume was over 40 thousand metric tons in the mentioned years. Moreover, the fact that plums are an alternate bearing crop also contributed to drops in the exports.

Export volume of plums from South Africa from 2000 to 2019 (in metric tons)

Characteristic	Export volume in metric tons
2018/2019	42,579
2017/2018	53,808
2016/2017	64,833
2015/2016	58,139
2014/2015	60,413
2013/2014	50,786
2012/2013	53,467
2011/2012	44,203
2010/2011	49,331
2009/2010	41,353
2008/2009	46,713
2007/2008	46,639
2006/2007	40,689
2005/2006	27,906
2004/2005	39,663
2003/2004	44,108
2002/2003	41,922
2001/2002	30,861
2000/2001	30,165

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

South Africa

Survey time period

2000 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Data for 2018/2019 is preliminary.
Year starts in October and ends in September of the next calendar year.
Alternate bearing or biennial bearing: the tendency that a whole tree's outcome is more than the average crop production for a year, and lower for the next year.

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