As of 2018/19, the production of plums in South Africa declined to 58,815 metric tons, down from 75,184 metric tons in the previous year. The produced volume has been decreasing since a peak of 86,715 metric tons in 2016/17. Drops in the plums roduction may be related to an alternate bearing crop (varies in production quantity from year to year).
Production of plums in South Africa from 2000 to 2019
(in metric tons)
Data for 2018/2019 is preliminary.
Year starts in October and ends in September of the next calendar year.
Alternate bearing or biennial bearing rtefers to the tendency that a whole tree's outcome is more than the average crop production for a year, and lower for the next year.
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DAFF (South Africa). (September 4, 2020). Production of plums in South Africa from 2000 to 2019 (in metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153881/production-of-plums-in-south-africa/
DAFF (South Africa). "Production of plums in South Africa from 2000 to 2019 (in metric tons)." Chart. September 4, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153881/production-of-plums-in-south-africa/
DAFF (South Africa). (2020). Production of plums in South Africa from 2000 to 2019 (in metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153881/production-of-plums-in-south-africa/
DAFF (South Africa). "Production of Plums in South Africa from 2000 to 2019 (in Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153881/production-of-plums-in-south-africa/
DAFF (South Africa), Production of plums in South Africa from 2000 to 2019 (in metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153881/production-of-plums-in-south-africa/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Production of plums in South Africa from 2000 to 2019 (in metric tons) [Graph], DAFF (South Africa), September 4, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153881/production-of-plums-in-south-africa/
