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The Trade in Agricultural Raw Materials and Livestock Industry in South Africa 2022

Stephen Timm | South Africa | 31 March 2022

The Trade in Agricultural Raw Materials and Livestock Industry in South Africa 2019

Marc Bosman | South Africa | 17 December 2019

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Report Coverage

This report deals with the wholesale trade in agricultural raw materials and livestock, which represent essential building blocks for most human and animal food, and human beverages. It contains comprehensive information on trade in major agricultural commodities and various livestock breeds, notable international and local players, corporate actions and developments. There are profiles of 29 companies including multinationals such as Bayer, notable local agri companies such as NWK, Kaap Agri, Senwes and VKB, fishing companies including Premier Fishing and Oceana, seed companies Pannar Seed and Sakata Seed and flower wholesaler Multiflora.

Trade in Agricultural Raw Materials and Livestock in South Africa

Favourable weather and record crop production resulted in growth in wholesale trade in agricultural raw materials and livestock in 2021 and record exports of agricultural products, food and beverages. In 2021 South Africa’s biggest agricultural raw exports were citrus fruit, grapes, maize, deciduous fruit, fish and nuts.

Prices

Key agricultural commodities have recorded significant price increases in recent months, driven by drought in some producing countries and rising demand for grains and oilseeds in India and China. The Ukraine war has put upward price pressure on key commodities such as wheat, maize and sunflower seeds, while stoking fear that it could led to prices of agricultural exports to Russia (such as fruit) falling because of difficulties accessing the market. Russia and Ukraine account for about 60% of sunflower oil exports and 28% of wheat and 19% of maize exports.

Key challenges

Producers are under pressure from significant prices increases in inputs such as fertiliser and fuel, compounded by supply challenges caused by the Russia-Ukraine war. Other major challenges that affect agricultural sales include lack of traceability, lack of market access to key export markets, poor logistics and ailing municipal services. Despite South Africa being the second biggest citrus exporter in the world after Spain, citrus exporters are battling to get market access. The sugar sector is struggling to compete against countries whose sugar industries are highly subsidised.

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Table of Contents

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Value Chain 3
2.2. Geographic Position 4
2.3. Size of The Industry 5
2.4. Key Success Factors and Pain Points 19
3. LOCAL 20
3.1. Key Trends 20
3.2. Notable Players 23
3.3. Trade 25
3.4. Corporate Actions 32
3.5. Regulations 33
3.6. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 36
4. AFRICA 38
5. INTERNATIONAL 41
6. INFLUENCING FACTORS 43
6.1. COVID -19 43
6.2. Economic Environment 44
6.3. Labour 45
6.4. Environmental Issues 48
6.5. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 49
6.6. Government Intervention 50
6.7. Input Costs 51
6.8. Traceability 53
7. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT 54
7.1. Competition 54
7.2. Ownership Structure of the Industry 55
7.3. Barriers to Entry 57
8. SWOT ANALYSIS 58
9. OUTLOOK 59
10. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 59
11. REFERENCES 60
11.1. Publications 60
11.2. Websites 61
APPENDIX 1 66
Summary of Notable Players 66
COMPANY PROFILES 73
AFG Worldwide (Pty) Ltd 73
AFGRI Agri Services (Pty) Ltd 75
Bayer (Pty) Ltd 79
BKB Ltd 82
Brisen Commodities (Pty) Ltd 86
Bunge ZA (Pty) Ltd 88
Capekaroo International (Pty) Ltd 90
Capstone Seeds South Africa (Pty) Ltd 93
COFCO International South Africa (Pty) Ltd 95
Hochfeld Grains (Pty) Ltd 97
Humansdorpse Kooperasie Beperk Primary Co-Operative (Die) 99
Kaap Agri Bedryf Ltd 102
Klein Karoo (Pty) Ltd 105
Louis Dreyfus Company Africa (Pty) Ltd 108
Multiflora (Pty) Ltd 110
NWK Ltd 112
Obaro Handel (Pty) Ltd 116
Oceana Group Ltd 119
Olam South Africa (Pty) Ltd 125
Pannar Seed (Pty) Ltd 127
Premier Fishing SA (Pty) Ltd 129
Rijk Zwaan South Africa (Pty) Ltd 133
Sakata Seed Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd 134
Selemo Valley Farms (Pty) Ltd 136
Senwes Ltd 138
Stucken and Company (Pty) Ltd 156
Syngenta South Africa (Pty) Ltd 158
Universal Leaf South Africa (Pty) Ltd 161
VKB Beleggings (Pty) Ltd 162

Report Coverage

The Trade in Agricultural Raw Materials and Livestock report discusses the wholesale trade in agricultural raw materials and livestock, which represent essential building blocks for most human and animal food, and human beverages. It includes comprehensive information on the value chain of various commodities from wheat to seeds, cotton, fish, poultry, game and flowers. There are profiles of 33 companies including South African subsidiaries of multinationals such as Monsanto, and local companies such as Afgri, whose acquisition of the South African Bank of Athens will increase its financial services penetration in the small business and agrifood sectors and co-operative NWK, in which Grindrod subsidiary Grindrod Trading sold its share.

Trade in Agricultural Raw Materials and Livestock

Food production needs to perpetually scale to satisfy growing demand and population growth as global per capita consumption of food is now increasing faster than population growth. Total agricultural commodity trade by value has increased by 5% annually over the 20 years to 2018 due to increasing trade by developing countries. The traditional bulk commodities market is growing slowly relative to intermediate and consumer products in the agrifood sector as major industry players increasingly assume ownership of all links in the value chain. Of some 35 of the most significant agricultural raw materials on the World Bank Commodity Price Data “pink sheet”, only ten have prices which are higher in nominal and real US dollar terms than they were in 2010.

Agricultural Development and Consolidation

Agricultural value chains are undergoing increasing integration and consolidation through acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures. There is also concentration in input, production, trading, processing, and retail, with these links increasingly concentrated in major industry players. There is significant development in agricultural technologies such as big data, drones or technologies to better use fertilisers and pesticides.

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Table of Contents

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PAGE
1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Value Chain 5
2.2. Geographic Position 9
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 11
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 25
4.1. Local 25
4.1.1. Corporate Actions and Industry Developments 31
4.1.2. Regulations 35
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 39
4.2. Continental 41
4.3. International 44
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 45
5.1. Government Intervention 45
5.2. Economic Environment 46
5.3. Traceability, Transparency and Sustainability 49
5.4. Risk management 50
5.5. Trade 52
5.6. Input and Operating Costs 54
5.7. Labour 55
5.8. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 58
5.9. Cyclicality 61
5.10. Environmental Concerns 62
6. COMPETITION 64
6.1. Barriers to Entry and Moving up the Value Chain 67
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 67
8. OUTLOOK 68
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 69
10. REFERENCES 70
10.1. Publications 70
10.2. Websites 72
APPENDIX 1 77
Summary of Notable Players 77
APPENDIX 2 82
Seed and Crop Protection Industry Consolidation 82
COMPANY PROFILES 83
AFG WORLDWIDE (PTY) LTD 83
AFGRI OPERATIONS (PTY) LTD 84
BAYER (PTY) LTD 88
BKB LTD 91
BRISEN COMMODITIES (PTY) LTD 95
BUNGE ZA (PTY) LTD 97
CAPEKAROO INTERNATIONAL (PTY) LTD 99
CAPSTONE SEEDS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 102
COFCO INTERNATIONAL SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 104
FLAMINGO HORTICULTURE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 106
HOCHFELD GRAINS (PTY) LTD 107
HUMANSDORPSE KOOPERASIE BEPERK PRIMARY CO-OPERATIVE (DIE) 109
KAAP AGRI BEDRYF LTD 111
KLEIN KAROO (PTY) LTD 114
LOUIS DREYFUS COMPANY AFRICA (PTY) LTD 117
MONSANTO SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 119
MULTIFLORA (PTY) LTD 122
NWK LTD 123
OBARO HANDEL (PTY) LTD 127
OCEANA GROUP LTD 129
OLAM SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 134
PANNAR SEED (PTY) LTD 136
PIONEER FISHING (PTY) LTD 138
PREMIER FISHING SA (PTY) LTD 141
RIJK ZWAAN SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 144
SAKATA SEED SOUTHERN AFRICA (PTY) LTD 145
SENWES LTD 147
STUCKEN AND COMPANY (PTY) LTD 158
SUIDWES BELEGGINGS (PTY) LTD 160
SYNGENTA SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 162
TRADEVANTAGE GRAIN (PTY) LTD 165
UNIVERSAL LEAF SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 167
VKB BELEGGINGS (PTY) LTD 169