PAARL - Fresh fruit usually exported to the Middle East is piling up at storage facilities.
The war is causing delays, diversions and longer transport routes.
Many worry that prolonged fighting will decimate their product.
A hike in fuel prices will have equally dire consequences.
Pome and stone fruit producers in the Western Cape say they are already feeling the effects of the Middle East war.
The province exports plums, apricots, nectarines and pears to the UAE, Saudia Arabia, Oman and Qatar.
If the war continues for much longer, and the oil price skyrockets, the industry will suffer dire consequences.
- eNCA's Ayesha Ismail reports.