SATI STATISTICS OF TABLE GRAPES IN SOUTH AFRICA 2021

HEX RIVER

COST I NFORMATI ON

(COST IN RANDS)

PRODUCTION COST PER HECTARE (2020) Fertiliser & Organic Material 16 984 Pesticide & Herbicide Control 28 553 Labour & Supervision 136 133 Fuel Oil Repairs Parts & Maintenance 32 886 Hired transport 4 982 Electricity 14 852 Water 3 305 Packaging & Marketing 141 023 Other allocatable costs 8 883 Direct Production Cost 387 601 Overheads 55 068 Total Production Cost 442 669 Depreciation 42 902 Total Production Cost & Depreciation 485 570

ESTABLISHMENT COST PER HECTARE (2020) Drainage 20 600 Fuel Oil Repairs Parts & Maintenance 17 493 Hired transport 458 Irrigation (surface) 45 051 Irrigation (sub-surface) 40 000 Pesticide & Herbicide Control 0 Soil preparation 80 993 Labour & Supervision 62 000 Vines 82 522 Trellising with Nets 253 107 Total Cash Expenditure 602 224

Breakdown of production cost/ha

n Other

2.3% 4.4% 7.4% 1.3% 8.5% 3.8% 0.9% 35.1% 36.4%

n Fertilisers n Chemicals

n Management & Labour

2 5 7 35 + 1 + 9 4 1 36

n Hired Transport

n Fuel & Oil n Electricity

n Water

n Packaging & Marketing

SOURCE: BFAP. PRODUCTION UNITS REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH REGION WERE USED.

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