Inani lamazambane asetshenzisiwe, abe ngama-chips neminye imikhiqizo, selikhuphuke izinyanga ezimbalwa kusukela eCorona Valley kule ntwasahlobo. Ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule, ukucutshungulwa kusasele emuva ngamaphesenti ayi-7 uma kuqhathaniswa nezinyanga zikaSepthemba no-Okthoba wezi-2019. Lokhu kuboniswa yizibalo zanyanga zonke ze-VAVI, i-Association for the Potato Processing Industry.
Ngo-Okthoba 2020, amathani amazambane angama-340,100 acutshungulwa aba yimikhiqizo yabathengi bamazambane, ngokusho kwe-VAVI. Ngo-Okthoba 2019 lokhu kwakusengamathani ayi-364,000. Lokhu kusho ukuthi amazambane angaphansi kwamaphesenti angama-6.6 (amathani angama-24,000) angaphansi kwamazambane acutshungulwa ngo-Okthoba 2020 kunangenyanga efanayo ka-2019. Iphuzu eliphansi lafinyelelwa ngo-Ephreli 2020 lapho kusetshenzwa kuphela amathani amazambane ayi-192,500, uma kuqhathaniswa namathani angama-329,600 ngo-Ephreli 2019 (- Amaphesenti angama-41.5).
Isilinganiso sezinyanga eziyishumi nambili
Ngesikhathi sikaNovemba 2019 kuya ku-Okthoba 2020, imboni yaseDutch yokucubungula amazambane icubungule amathani amazambane angama-3,447,600, uma kuqhathaniswa namathani ayi-3,846,800 esikhathini sikaNovemba 2018 kuya ku-Okthoba 2019. Lokhu ukwehla cishe kwamathani angama-400,000 (-10.4 amaphesenti). Izinyanga zikaNovemba kuya kuFebhuwari bezisazinzile kahle kuzo zombili izikhathi. Ngenxa yenkinga ye-corona yomhlaba, ukucubungula amazambane kwawa kusukela ngoMashi 2020.