# The Citrus Growers’ Association warns that South Africa’s citrus industry faces massive losses if a new 30-percent US import tariff takes effect on Friday. The association says approximately one-thousand hectares of orchards could become unviable, jeopardising thousands of jobs in the Western and Northern Cape, as over seven-million cartons of citrus are exported to the US annually. The association urges president Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene and secure an extension or exemption, warning the tariff could collapse the rural economy and disrupt the citrus supply chain.
Citrus industry urges Ramaphosa to intervene as US tariff threatens exports