In the fruit markets, the banana price increased to R7.80 per kilogram or R140 per 18kg box with volumes staying sideways. We still feel that we can remain close to current price levels for September as well, but that the price can jump in October to around the R10 mark due to lower expected volumes.

The latest apple price increased to R10.38 last week and remained close to last year’s price levels. If we remain on last year’s price trend, we can possibly now move closer to R13 in November. The latest pear price traded on R10.45 per kilogram and is still higher than the previous 4 years. The price will likely remain sideways in September, but then increase significantly from October until December due to lower volumes.

The Orange price increased slightly to R5.85 the past week with volumes decreasing by 6% week on week.

The Avo price increased to R17.59 per kilogram last week with volumes 8% lower week on week. Fuertes traded higher on R25.58, Hass higher on R12.78 while Pinkertons increased to R15.43. We can start to see higher prices from September onwards with prices that will likely move closer to R25 in November.

The average table grape price decreased to R105, pineapple prices traded higher on R9.88, lemons increased to R5.23 while the average Blueberry price traded higher on R89.14 per kilogram.