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Although the wheat production has declined in recent months due to the production cuts and wheat market liberalization, the South African pet food industry has continued to grow in sales since 2014.
South Africa's pet food industry has recorded an increase in sales since 2014 with the $94.5 million achieved in 2016 being the highest in the last four years.
The sales volumes were higher than those of 2014 and 2015 when local manufacturers and importers sold $73.7 million and $89.7 million of pet food, respectively.
Although the 2018 data on the number of pets, particularly dogs and cats, was not immediately available, South Africa is estimated to have had 9.1 million dogs and 2.4 cats by 2014.
These pet numbers are driving increase in consumption of pet foods in the country where the domestic pet food market is dominated by Martin & Martin, Mars Africa Pty Ltd and RCL Foods and its subsidiary Food Corp Pty Ltd, among others.
Currently, South Africa's pet food market comprise of a mixture of imports and domestic products with the country being a major gateway to regional pet food markets, especially of members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a 15-member nation inter-governmental organization based in Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana.
In 2016, South Africa's value of imported and exported pet foods was estimated at $40 million and $20 million, respectively, by the Global Trade Atlas statistics, a global merchandise trade statistics database.
