{"id":12130,"date":"2013-11-30T05:10:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T05:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12130"},"modified":"2013-11-30T05:10:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T05:10:28","slug":"citrus-farmers-will-have-to-look-to-brics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12130","title":{"rendered":"Citrus farmers will have to look to BRICS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lemoen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12131\" alt=\"lemoen\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lemoen-300x177.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lemoen-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lemoen-70x40.jpg 70w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lemoen.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>South African citrus farmers may have to find markets other than the European Union (EU) for their citrus exports. This follows the EU&#8217;s decision to ban this season&#8217;s citrus crop as a result of fungal black spot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">AgriSA president, Johannes Moller, says the EU\u2019s ban on local citrus is an artificial trade barrier imposed at the request of European farmers fighting for a bigger market share.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">South Africa is the biggest citrus exporter to the EU ringing up R13 billion sales a year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But this year EU inspectors were on the lookout for black spots, fearing that it might spread to Europe&#8217;s citrus groves, especially in Spain. Before the South African season ended last month, 36 shipments were turned back and on Thursday a ban was placed on further exports this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The European Food Safety Authority is to release a decision next month about future exports. Letsitele farmers say they have exported citrus to Europe for the past 80 years without transmitting black spot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">AgriSA meanwhile says farmers will have to look for new markets regardless of whether the ban is maintained in the New Year. These will include South Africa&#8217;s fellow BRICS nations &#8211; Brazil, India, China and Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While harmless to humans, citrus black spot causes unsightly lesions on the fruit and leaves, reducing both harvest quality and quantity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African citrus farmers may have to find markets other than the European Union (EU) for their citrus exports. This follows the EU&#8217;s decision to ban this season&#8217;s citrus crop as a result of fungal black spot. 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