Amawolintshi anguluhlu olwedlula zonke lwembali yezithelo zaseNingizimu Afrika. Kubalwa cishe ama-60% wazo zonke izinto ezithunyelwa kwamanye amazwe eziseNingizimu Afrika. Kulokhu, iValencia ngokwahlukaniswa komhlaba okukhulu okhiqizwe futhi kuthunyelwe kwamanye amazwe, okubandakanya ngaphezu kwenani lemikhiqizo yokukhiqiza amawolintshi enkaba - okuphindwe kabili kolunye uhlobo lukhiqiziwe.
Njengoba kwabiwe yi-Citrus Growers Association, ama-Valencia amawolintshi abala ama-34% amahektha angama-83 490 ama-citrus abhaliselwe ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe ngo-2018. Ngaphezu kwama-60% alezi zihlahla zamawolintshi atshalwe eLimpopo. I-Eastern Cape ibanga i-14% yendawo ekhiqizwayo, kanti iWestern Cape yona ibiza u-9% wokukhiqiza.
Amawolintshi enkaba ayeluhlobo lwesibili olukhiqizwa kakhulu lwolitrus. Ibiza i-20% yendawo ephelele ebhaliselwe ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe. I-Eastern Cape yaba ngu-39% walesi sisekelo sokutshala, okwenza kube yindawo enkulu yokukhiqiza yezinkaba. I-Limpopo neWestern Cape bezinezindawo zesibili nezesithathu ngobukhulu ezikhiqizwayo, kanti iLimpopo ngamaphesenti angama-26 ezokukhiqiza kanye neNtshonalanga Kapa ngamaphesenti angama-25.
Inkaba inezithelo zesibili ezikhula ngaphansi kwaso, ezifana nenkinobho yesisu noma inkaba (echaza igama layo). Amawolintshi enkaba atholakala eBrazil ngawo-1820s, ngokunokwenzeka njengokuguqulwa okuzenzakalelayo kwesihlahla se-orange se-laranja. Lolu hlobo alunembewu, okusho ukuthi kufanele lusatshalaliswe kusuka kokulungiswa.
AmaValencias amnandi, abe nesikhumba esincanyana futhi esivame ukuvuthwa ekuqaleni kwenkathi kunezinkaba. Batfola ligama labo edolobheni laseSpain, iValencia, kepha lencwadzi yakhiwa ngephampu ye-pummelo x mandarin ewela eCalifornia, ngumlimi wase-macitrus waseMelika kanye nesazi sezolimo zezulu, uWilliam Wolfskill. I-Orange, nokho, yayiphumelela kangcono kwezentengiso eSpain kunaseCalifornia.
Ngo-2018, iMidknight yayihluke kakhulu eValencia. Ibalwa ama-36% ayo yonke indawo engaphansi kweValencias. Izinhlobonhlobo zaqala ukuqashelwa ngo-1927 ngu-AP Knight, okwathiwa igama lakhe, engadini yezithelo eSummerville, e-Addo e-Eastern Cape. Amandla ahlukahlukene ahlukahlukene, noma kunjalo, awazange abonwe kuze kube ngawo-1970s.
UValencia sekwedlule isikhathi wayengumhlobo wesibili otshalwe kakhulu; ibiza u-19% wale ndawo. Ngenkathi i-Delta ibanga i-16% yendawo ekhiqizwayo. I-Turkey kanye ne-Bennie akhawunti ye-10% ne-9% ngokulandelana yendawo ekhiqizwayo.
I-Palmer, iBahianinha, iCambria neWashington kwakuyizinhlobo ezitshalwe kakhulu eValencia ngonyaka we-2018. I-Palmer yabalelwa ku-18%, iBahianinha yangama-14%, iCambria ngo-12% neWashington ngo-11% wendawo isiyonke ekhiqizwayo.
Isizini seValencia iqala ngoJulayi kuya kuSepthemba, kanti inkaba yeNavel iqala ngoJuni kuya kuJulayi.
Iningi lamawolintshi aseNingizimu Afrika athunyelwa kwamanye amazwe. Izithelo zithunyelwa emazweni ahlukahlukene emhlabeni wonke, kuthi i-European Union ibe yindawo enkulu ekufinyelela kuyo izithelo ezingama-33%. I-Middle East yaba indawo yesibili enkulu kunazo zonke ngonyaka ka-2018, ibalelwa ku-19% yezithelo, yalandelwa yiSouth-East Asia, ebanga u-18% wezithelo.
Translated by Nsika Khoza