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Estimated Postharvest Losses (%) 2003 - 2017

The figures quoted in the tables below are estimates of cumulative weight loss from production incurred during harvesting, drying, handling operations, farm storage, transport and market storage. The loss values for each link in the postharvest chain are taken from the scientific literature and are modified by several seasonal factors that vary from year to year and are submitted by the APHLIS network. More details can be found in the ‘Understanding APHLIS’ manual and the ‘Weight Loss Review’ article. The first loss table gives a regional weighted average PHL by crop. By clicking on the various country links it is possible to see the PHL by crop for country and then for each province. By clicking on a provincial loss figures it is possible to display the key data used in the calculation, including the seasonal data. The figures used for estimating the PHLs are displayed and a quality assessment is given of these figures as to whether they are specific to the cereal type, farm type and climate in question and the bibliographical source of the data can also be traced in a full reference list.

for Wheat in : South Africa

Provinces of South Africa

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Province	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Eastern Cape	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	-	-	-	-	-
Free State	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	-	-	-	-	-
Gauteng	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	-	-	-	-	-
KwaZulu-Natal	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	-	-	-	-	-
Limpopo	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	-	-	-	-	-
Mpumalanga	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.2	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Cape	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	-	-	-	-	-
North West	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	-	-	-	-	-
Western Cape	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.2	18.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	-	-	-	-	-
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Estimated Postharvest Losses (t) 2003 - 2017

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Province	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Eastern Cape	1034	424	474	636	382	467	382	594	615	339	2777	4020	3654	3289	3654	2010	-	-	-	-	-
Free State	50047	25066	22860	38511	46654	34778	20358	21630	24599	33082	104151	102324	113653	69069	98670	116759	-	-	-	-	-
Gauteng	763	594	721	776	679	509	382	603	594	431	2019	2375	2375	1827	2010	1827	-	-	-	-	-
KwaZulu-Natal	975	933	1569	1866	2121	1697	1379	1442	1788	1315	5262	6943	6395	5482	6943	7583	-	-	-	-	-
Limpopo	3181	1654	2205	3181	2545	2884	1484	2672	2121	3435	11010	20036	18032	11839	29871	9471	-	-	-	-	-
Mpumalanga	4180	2205	2969	4326	4877	5090	1527	3393	3964	3266	4568	8222	7492	4385	5664	16810	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Cape	13148	9543	12512	13784	10179	13572	11876	12724	12978	10603	11218	14081	11748	10688	11663	12978	-	-	-	-	-
North West	7210	6192	5938	7295	5514	6192	5514	6150	6871	5853	21509	27342	24972	22420	22238	22238	-	-	-	-	-
Western Cape	25660	25023	25872	29307	30961	37832	22479	22055	27356	30961	34568	36475	130050	22479	27526	34568	-	-	-	-	-
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