Agri Western Cape says commercial farmers exporting to the United States of America will be hard hit if the African Growth and Opportunity Act AGOA agreement with America is not renewed.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is heading a delegation to the US to discuss, among others, trade and tariff agreements.
The AGOA grants preferential access to the US market for qualifying exports from South Africa which includes citrus fruit and wines.
US President Donald Trumps unilateral hiking of tariffs early this year, unsettled local citrus and wine farmers.
Agri West Cape CEO Jannie Strydom says farmers will have to go back to the drawing board if the agreement is not rekindled.