Industry
Production Regions
Production Stats
- 21 708 ha planted in SA (2026 Census)
- ± 450 ha new plantings annually
- 3-year annual average production: 156 000 t.
- Employment: 1 permanent worker / 2.6 h.a.
- Time to full production: 6-8 years, depending on cultivar
Percentage ha per Province
- Limpopo: 55%
- Mpumalanga: 20%
- KZN: 19%
- Western Cape: 6%
- Eastern Cape: <1%
South African Tree Sales & Forecast
RSA Tree Sales & Forecast
The graph depicts the South African avocado tree sales from season 1999-2000 to 2024-2025. The final two bars show the estimated forcasts for seasons 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.
Sales Forecast SA vs Export
- The total actual and forecasted trees sales were collected from 13 ANA nurseries and one non-ANA nursery.
- This season the non-ANA nursery submitted actual treee sales incomparison to rounded off numbers in previous seasons.
- The 2024-2025 sales forecast was 890 820 trees and the actual is 770 163.
