MUMBAI (Commoditiescontrol) - South Africa is likely to produce 35,445 tonnes of dry edible bean in 2016, which is 0,84% or 300 tonnes less than the 35,745 tons of the previous forecast. The area estimate of dry beans is 34,400 hectare, with an expected yield of 1,03 tonne/ha.
This is the lowest seeded area in over 30 years and the first time since 2007 that production has dropped under 40,000 tonnes.
| SOUTH AFRICA DRY BEANS – AREA PLANTED AND EIGHTH PRODUCTION FORECAST 2016 |
| Province/ |
Area planted/ |
8th forecast/ |
Area planted/ |
Final crop/ |
| Ha |
Tons |
Ha |
Tons |
| 2016 |
2016 |
2015 |
2015 |
| Western Cape/Wes-Kaap |
100 |
150 |
300 |
390 |
| Northern Cape/Noord-Kaap |
350 |
630 |
900 |
2 160 |
| Free State/Vrystaat |
17 000 |
17 000 |
28 000 |
22 400 |
| Eastern Cape/Oos-Kaap |
250 |
375 |
800 |
1 040 |
| KwaZulu-Natal |
2 200 |
2 640 |
6 500 |
7 800 |
| Mpumalanga |
6 000 |
6 000 |
9 000 |
11 250 |
| Limpopo |
3 000 |
3 750 |
7 000 |
16 800 |
| Gauteng |
2 500 |
2 500 |
4 000 |
4 800 |
| North West/Noordwes |
3 000 |
2 400 |
7 500 |
6 750 |
| Total |
34 400 |
35 445 |
64 000 |
73 390 |
(By Commoditiescontrol Bureau; +91-22-40015533)
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