AREA PLANTED PER CULTIVAR: DRY GRAPE REGIONS
Cultivar
2010
Thompson Seedless / Sultana
6 433
Merbein Seedless
2 301
Prime
1 043
Sugraone
1 169
Flame Seedless
848
Crimson Seedless
330
Currants
388
Regal Seedless
161
Sunred Seedless
16
Selme Peet
0
Other
1 175
TOTAL
13 866
% CHANGE (YEAR-ON-YEAR)
SOURCE: HORTGRO TREE CENSUS, 2014; OWK, 2014
2011
6 450
2 483
1 116
1 196
914
402
370
161
21
0
1 382
14 495
5%
2012
6 093
2 864
1 135
1 151
961
385
386
127
16
1
1 439
14 557
0%
2013
6 268
3 136
1 294
1 308
1 033
429
404
136
15
5
1 536
15 563
7%
% Contribution to total dry grape area
Other
11%
Selme Peet
0%
Sunred Seedless
0%
Regal Seedless
1%
Currants
3%
Crimson Seedless
3%
Flame Seedless
7%
Sugraone
8%
Prime
8%
Merbein Seedless
20%
Thompson Seedless / Sultana
39%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
AREA PLANTED PER CULTIVAR PER REGION (2014): DRY GRAPE REGIONS
Cultivar
Orange River Namaqualand
Thompson Seedless / Sultana
5 912
233
Merbein Seedless
3 147
97
Prime
1 306
16
Sugraone
1 273
45
Flame Seedless
924
105
Crimson Seedless
254
202
Currants
7
395
Regal Seedless
111
22
Sunred Seedless
2
13
Selme Peet
11
0
Other
1 370
391
TOTAL
14 317
1 519
SOURCE: HORTGRO TREE CENSUS, 2014; OWK, 2014
35%
40%
45%
2014
6 144
3 244
1 322
1 318
1 029
456
402
133
15
11
1 761
15 835
2%
VINEYARD AGE DISTRIBUTION (HECTARES): Orange River
Cultivar
0 - 3 years
4 - 10 years
Thompson Seedless / Sultana
107
428
Merbein Seedless
630
1 405
Prime
71
377
Sugraone
79
202
Flame Seedless
36
255
Crimson Seedless
42
99
Currants
0
0
Regal Seedless
0
1
Sunred Seedless
0
0
Selme Peet
11
0
Other
343
507
TOTAL
1 319
3 275
% OF TOTAL AREA (HA)
9%
23%
SOURCE: HORTGRO TREE CENSUS, 2014
11 - 15 years 16 - 25 years 25+ years
824
2 508
2 044
259
818
35
794
49
14
346
638
7
272
358
3
114
0
0
6
1
0
108
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
172
315
33
2 895
4 691
2 136
20%
33%
15%
VINEYARD AGE DISTRIBUTION (HECTARES): Namaqualand
Cultivar
0 - 3 years
4 - 10 years
Currants
24
63
Thompson Seedless / Sultana
15
48
Crimson Seedless
33
136
Flame Seedless
5
51
Merbein Seedless
48
40
Sugraone
14
20
Regal Seedless
4
0
Prime
0
4
Sunred Seedless
0
0
Other
38
229
TOTAL
178
592
% OF TOTAL AREA (HA)
12%
39%
SOURCE: HORTGRO TREE CENSUS, 2014
11 - 15 years 16 - 25 years 25+ years
114
118
75
21
82
67
30
3
0
34
16
0
0
10
0
7
4
0
3
15
0
9
4
0
4
9
0
22
97
5
243
358
148
16%
24%
10%
PRODUCTION OF RAISINS (TON)
2008
(Ton)
8 790
12 210
19 121
2 239
80
42 440
-
Raisins
Sultanas
Goldens
Thompson seedless
Currants
Raisin muscat
TOTAL
% CHANGE (YEAR-ON-YEAR)
2009
(Ton)
1 800
12 800
15 315
2 740
64
32 719
-23%
2010
(Ton)
7 269
17 734
23 273
2 300
52
50 628
55%
2011
(Ton)
3 637
7 021
15 507
2 500
35
28 700
-43%
2012
(Ton)
4 479
15 800
14 788
2 820
20
37 907
32%
2013
(Ton)
4 978
17 382
30 391
2 844
18
55 613
47%
2014
(Ton)
3 610
12 350
27 773
2 306
12
46 051
-17%
2013
(R/Ton)
17 600
16 000
13 800
15 260
-11%
2014
(R/Ton)
18 000
16 200
14 150
15 406
1%
SOURCE: DFTS, 2014
RAISIN CROP DISTRIBUTION
Local Market
Exports
60 000
50 000
TONS
40 000
30 000
20 000
10 000
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
SOURCE: DFTS, 2014
HISTORICAL PRICE TRENDS: RAISIN PRODUCER PRICES
2008
2009
Raisins
(R/Ton)
(R/Ton)
Goldens
10 980
17 000
OR
8 590
11 500
Thompson Seedless
7 300
11 500
WEIGHTED AVERAGE
8 703
13 853
% CHANGE (YEAR-ON-YEAR)
59%
2010
(R/Ton)
12 700
10 400
8 800
10 474
-24%
2011
(R/Ton)
19 300
16 000
13 000
15 108
44%
2012
(R/Ton)
19 800
16 900
14 200
17 068
13%
SOURCE: DFTS, 2014
HISTORICAL RAISIN VOLUME VS. PRICE
VOLUME
AVERAGE PRICE PER TON
60 000
18 000
16 000
50 000
40 000
12 000
10 000
30 000
8 000
20 000
6 000
4 000
10 000
2 000
0
0
2008
SOURCE: DFTS, 2014
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
RAND PER TON
TONS
14 000
RAISIN EXPORTS PER SEASON
45 000
41 123
40 000
40 383
38 734
35 041
35 000
32 194
TONS
30 000
25 000
21 977
23 628
24 923
23 181
20 000
16 950
15 000
10 000
5 000
0
SOURCE: DFTS, 2014
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
EXPORTS PER MARKET DESTINATION
USA & Canada
21%
Africa
18%
UK
7%
FE & Asia
3%
ME
2%
SOURCE: TRADEMAPS, 2014
EU & Russia
49%
2014