30/01/2020 | Namibia

After significant increases in 2017 and 2018, grape exports from Namibia increased further in 2019 reaching a value of NAD 839 million ($57 million), double the income generated by fresh grapes exported in 2015.

 

 

 

According to figures from the Namibia Statistics Agency, grape exports reached NAD 839 million ($57 million) for 33 million kg shipped. In 2017 grape exports had totaled 27 million kg and 30 million kg in 2018.

 

 

 

Last year, the main destinations for Namibia's fresh grapes were the Netherlands, with more than 10 million kg, then the United Kingdom, with more than 8 million kg. Germany came in third with more than 4 million kg, followed by South Africa and Belgium with more than 2 million kg each.