[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Shipments of cherries from Chile totaled 300,230 tons in the first two months of the year, equivalent to US$ 1,543 million FOB. This represents 68% of the total value of fresh fruit exports in the period under analysis.<\/p>\n
Cherries continue to be one of the main fruits driving Chilean fruit exports so far this year. This is revealed by the export figures for the January-February period from the Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (Odepa).<\/p>\n
According to the entity’s fruit bulletin, cherry exports reached 300,230 tons, equivalent to US$ 1,543 million FOB. This figure reflects 68% of total fresh fruit exports in the period under analysis, which shows an increase of 8% in volume and 5% in value, compared to the same two months of the previous year. The main destination was China. China accounted for 89% of the value of Chilean cherry exports.<\/p>\n
This was followed by blueberries, with shipments of 67,600 tons equivalent to US$ 314 million FOB. According to Odepa, this fruit represents 14% of the total value of fresh fruit exported, registering a decrease of -7.5% in volume and an increase of 7.5% in value, compared to the same period of 2022. The main destinations were the USA (47%) and the Netherlands (23%).<\/p>\n
In third place is table grapes, with shipments of 108,890 thousand tons equivalent to US$ 166.58 million FOB, registering a decrease of 21.5% in volume and a drop of 20.4% in value, compared to the same period of the previous year, and where the main buyer in this period was the USA (69%).<\/p>\n
FRESH FRUIT SHIPMENTS
\nBetween January and February of this year, the country’s total fruit exports reached 738,000 tons, with a value of US$ 2,547 million FOB. The figure reflects an increase of 14.3% in the volume exported over the same period last year and 7.3% in value.<\/p>\n
Most of these exports are of fresh fruit, corresponding to 88.7% of the total. In this group, 634,800 tons were mobilized, equivalent to US$2,261 million FOB during the period. These shipments recorded an increase in volume of 17.3% and in value of 4.6% compared to the previous year’s figures.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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