Tariff-Hit South Africa Targets Asian Buyers for Farm Produce

South Africa is trying to open up new markets in Asia and elsewhere for its farm produce that has been hit with punitive US import tariffs.

The priority is to export more to China, where duty-free access has been secured for five types of fruit, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen said, without specifying what they were. Russia, South Korea, the Philippines, Japan and nations in the Middle East are also being targeted.

Workers pick fruit at the ALG Estates citrus farm in Citrusdal, South Africa.

Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg

“I would sell my products anywhere in the world, to whoever wants them,” Steenhuisen said in an interview on Monday. “We have goods to sell and our job ...