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On November 12, near the beginning of the cherry harvest season, a hailstorm damaged orchards in the O’Higgins region.
Chileans would be hard-pressed to think of a more popular fruit than avocado. Its versatility and availability throughout the year makes it a staple food.
While Chile remains the tenth largest producer of seeds in the world and the United States is the largest market for Genetically Engineered (GE) seeds, seed developers and researchers....
On Monday, November 12, a highly unusual hail storm damaged fruit crops that were in development in the O’Higgins region, one of the top fruit producing areas in Chile.
For marketing year (MY) 2018/19, Post estimates Chile’s apple production will reach 1.24 million metric tons (MMT) and 720,000 MT of exports assuming average yields, and a 4.2 percent decrease....
Chile offers excellent opportunities for U.S. food exports in the Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Food Service (HRI) sector.
Chile’s fluid milk production has been stagnant in the last five years reaching nearly 2.1 billion liters in marketing year (MY) 2017.
In MY2017/18, Chilean almond import volume increased by 32.5 percent and exports increased by 5.4 percent over MY2016/17.
Chile’s cherry exports reached a record of 184,741 MT in MY2017/18. Cherry trees planted area grew steadily at a 10.2 percent rate surpassing 30,000 hectares (ha) in MY2017/18.
Chile’s raisin production relies on inputs from table grape production from the northern regions in Chile, which offer the best climatic conditions for raisin production.
Chile’s food retail sales reached $16.7 billion in 2017. The main food distribution channels are supermarkets with a share of about 62 percent.
For marketing year (MY) 2017/18 fresh apples exports are expected to reach 731,000 metric tons (MT) following a surge in exports in the months of April and May to levels of a regular year.