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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The garlic industry\u2019s troubles have returned after a brief glimmer of hope during the COVID-19 lockdown period. And, despite a renewal of the import duties against garlic \u2018dumping\u2019 from China, the industry continues to see an exodus of producers.<\/p>\n

During the previous two years, garlic reached unprecedented prices, peaking at about R120\/kg, but this year prices have returned to pre-COVID-19 levels of about R21\/kg.Corrie Bezuidenhout, chairperson of the South African Garlic Growers\u2019 Association, said that before the duties were imposed, Chinese garlic was being \u201cdumped\u201d in South Africa at R2\/kg. The duties then increased the price by R19,25\/kg.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis offered the industry some relief initially, but it quickly opened up a gap for Spain, as the higher prices made it more feasible [for that country to export garlic].Since South Africa has a free trade agreement with the EU, Spanish garlic lands without any duties. Consequently, this garlic has flooded our market, killing the local industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Approximately 75% of South Africa\u2019s garlic was imported, with the largest exporter being Spain, followed by Argentina and China.Bezuidenhout said while good-quality garlic produced locally achieved good prices, any garlic that did not meet the quality standards of that being imported struggled to find a market. Typically, only a portion of a crop was of export quality, which meant that the rest needed to be sold at a near loss just to \u201cget rid of the produce\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jaco Oosthuizen, CEO of RSA Group, said economies of scale and adverse weather conditions also made it difficult for local producers to compete with imports.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeither the limited growing seasons nor the fact that garlic production is highly labour-intensive works in our favour. International players planting in regions that offer longer seasons, and therefore [have] stronger investment [potential] and enhanced labour efficiency, are naturally in a better position than South African producers to generate larger volumes at a lower price.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bezuidenhout added that the low prices had pushed larger South African producers out of the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see many new entrants try their hand at garlic, but they don\u2019t last long, as they can\u2019t compete with the imports,\u201d Oosthuizen added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. The garlic industry\u2019s troubles have returned after a brief glimmer of hope during the COVID-19 lockdown period. And, despite a renewal of the import duties against garlic \u2018dumping\u2019 from China, the industry continues to see an exodus of producers. 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