The market is still adjusting to the increasing shipping costs.

2026-05-04 00:00

Jacobus van Staden from Sunfed, the marketing division of Soleil Citrus based in Hoedspruit, mentioned that typically by the end of April, they would have already harvested more than half of their lemon crop. However, due to the unusually high amount and duration of rainfall this year, they have only managed to pack and ship 20% of their crop so far.

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