Creating Connections over 20 Years

In a market alive with seasons and change, you need a fixed direction.

Connect with a world of fresh produce.

We serve four key groups across the diverse sector of fresh produce: fruit producers and retailers, both within South Africa and abroad. It’s a world of good produce, good people and good prices. An extensive, vast world which we navigate via committed one-on-one relationships, to offer personalised service and tailored solutions/shipments.

Star South is a specialist exporter of quality fresh produce – apples, pears, citrus, grapes, potatoes, butternuts, sweet potatoes, onions and carrots to the greater African market; dealing with strategic partners in West and East Africa. We have cultivated long term relationships with our clients and suppliers. In a notoriously high risk market, we have created a stable business environment for our clients and suppliers by managing financial transactions, monitoring quality and optimizing the supply chain.

Star South is focussed on developing partnerships in the retail and wholesale markets across Europe, and to supply the right fruit at the right time to meet our clients needs.

We deal with strategic partners in each of the following regions:

  • Northern Europe
  • Southern Europe

Star South supplies premium quality fruit to a highly regarded list of clients in the Far Eastern markets, where we focus on supplying quality fruit available from our producers.

We deal with strategic partners in each of the following regions:

  • China
  • Taiwan
  • Vietnam
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Thailand
  • Cambodia
  • Philippines

Star South is a leader in the Middle Eastern markets, and we are able to supply our clients with quality fruit throughout the year. Our primary suppliers are from South America (Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay) and South Africa.

We deal with strategic partners in each of the following regions:

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Doha
  • Bahrein
  • Dubai
  • Kuwait
  • Iraq
  • Oman

Star South also supplies fruit into Eurasia by way of direct shipments to St. Petersburg, Odessa and Vladivostok. Only the best quality fruit is
sourced from our producers.

We deal with strategic partners in each of the following regions:

  • Russia
  • Baltic States
  • Ukraine

Our local market division has maintained excellent relations with our local suppliers and service providers by focusing on achieving and exceeding expectations throughout the value-added chain. To meet every clients individual requirements, we work with farmers nationwide and even as far as Namibia, to market their fresh produce.

Over the past years we have also become the biggest importer of table grapes and stone fruit from the northern hemisphere. This has enabled Star South to become one of the leading distributors of table grapes and stone fruit in the South African domestic market.

We deal with strategic partners in each of the following regions:

  • Bangladesh
  • India
  • Sri Lanka

Star South supplies the British retail, wholesale and processing sectors with individually tailored shipments in terms of both quality and quantity.

We deal with strategic partners in each of the following regions:

  • England
  • Wales
  • Scotland

We serve four key groups across the diverse sector of fresh produce:

Fruit producers and retailers, both within South Africa and abroad. It’s a world of good produce, good people and good prices. An extensive, vast world which we navigate via committed one-on-one relationships, to offer personalised service and tailored solutions/shipments.

How can we help you?

Partner with us as we navigate the landscape together.

Danèl van Deventer

Commercial Manager

Trust between client and company is everything.”

Danél started out in the industry in 2010 and has been working her way up ever since. She began in logistics and now serves as a commercial manager, drawing from her in-depth understanding of the cost chain. Danél is passionate about figs and has been dedicated to the export of almost 70% of the South African fig offering for the past seven years.

Department: Management & Support
Market: Far East, Europe, United Kingdom, Canada, Middle East
Produce: Figs

“We are in no other business than the people business.”

Jaco is a born entrepreneur and has been trading fruit since the age of 12 when he started his first business. He has experience in all major business areas, including farming, handling, transport, logistics, IT, marketing operations, finance, management, international and domestic affairs. He is fluent in French and also has basic Spanish language skills.