date:May 29, 2023
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South Africa: Lack of coloured fruits pushes prices up
Early cold and overcast weather in the pineapple production area of Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal has slowed down ripening of pineapples. It is a transitional period when winter spec pineapples (with lower Brix and colour) come to the market.
Theres a little bit of an oversupply on the market, a trader at the Johannesburg fresh produce market remarks. He says there are a lot of green pineapples coming to the market while buyers are loo