High-Value Crops

Citrus & Essential Oils Complex

Hunyani Estate, DarwendalePlanting 2025 · Full Production Year 6

400-hectare citrus estate with processing lines for juice, concentrates, and high-value essential oils targeting EU and Middle East buyers.

CitrusEssential OilsCold ChainJuice ProcessingExport

Investment Overview

The citrus complex plants 200,000 trees, supported by precision fertigation, frost mitigation, and mechanised harvesting. The processing block includes juice, concentrate, and essential oil extraction facilities to maximise value capture.

Export programmes focus on Valencia oranges, Navel oranges, and Eureka lemons, leveraging existing EU relationships and diversified Middle Eastern buyers.

Oil extraction and downstream flavour houses create higher-margin opportunities while utilising peel and by-products for circular bio-products and animal feed.

Key Opportunities

1Equity stake in citrus estate & processing SPV
2Essential oils and flavour compound JV
3Cold chain and logistics concessions
4Carbon and biodiversity credit programmes

$441K

Establishment capital

18,000 t

Annual fresh fruit output

$30M – $35M

Gross revenue potential

25–35%

Net margins with processing

Target Markets & Offtake

Europe

50%

Retail & juice concentrate buyers

Middle East

30%

Fresh fruit and FMCG processors

Asia

20%

Premium juice and flavour houses

Revenue Architecture

Diversified USD Cashflows

Fresh fruit exports

Contribution

$18M–$22M

Juice & concentrate

Contribution

$7M–$8M

Essential oils & by-products

Contribution

$4M–$5M

Key Features

Multi-Product Processing Campus
Fresh pack, juice, concentrate, and essential oil extraction facilities with export-grade QA/QC labs and HACCP certification pathways.
Integrated Cold Chain
15,000 m³ cold storage with blast freezing and controlled-atmosphere rooms connected to SEZ logistics centre.
Circular Bio-Product Value Chain
Peel converted into essential oils, pectin, livestock feed ingredients, and organic fertiliser for estate soils.
Export Market Diversification
50% Europe, 30% Middle East, 20% Asia with strategic partners for supermarkets, HORECA, and FMCG suppliers.

Citrus & Essential Oils Complex features

Execution Blueprint

Each cluster is delivered through DrumCorp's integrated development stack – combining engineering, operations, sustainable finance, and inclusive supply-chain design.

Estate Development & Agronomy
Processing Operations Management
Export Compliance & Logistics
By-Product Commercialisation

Execution Considerations

Ensuring consistent fruit quality across large blocks, optimising post-harvest handling, and managing cold chain logistics during peak export windows.