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In a year where trade has dominated the headlines since the U.S. started imposing higher tariffs against its trading partners, agricultural export activity is worth paying close attention to.

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We continue to receive more encouraging data about the recovery of some subsectors of South Africa's agriculture in 2025. One of the latest industries that posted encouraging data is the table grapes. The industry harvested a decent output in the 2024-25 season.

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In the first quarter of 2025, there were 930 000 primary agriculture jobs in South Africa, an 11% yearly decrease and a 1% quarterly increase. Strong activity in the livestock industries and the recovery of grains and oilseeds from the drought served as the foundation for the quarterly improvements.

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Animal and plant health is the bedrock of a thriving agricultural industry and its export strategy. The success of South Africa's agricultural export strategy over the past few decades, which has seen the value of exports growing from US$2,4 billion in 2001 to US$13,7 billion in 2024, speaks to the strength of the controls over that period.

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President Ramaphosa let loose about the Afrikaans ‘refugees’ to the US during unscripted remarks while visiting South Africa’s premier showcase for commercial farmers.

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Amid escalating trade tensions worldwide, the appropriate posture for South Africa's agriculture on trade is not to prefer one country over another, but to seek ways to multiply friendships and trade relations.