Chile: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CI2023-0030
In marketing year (MY) 2023/24, FAS Santiago (Post) estimates table grape production will increase by 13.6 percent, totaling 740,000 metric tons (MT) due to abundant rainfall and high yields. Table grape export volume will increase by 13.5 percent, totaling 564,000 metric tons. In MY 2023/24, Post projects apple production at 897,000 MT, a 1.5 percent decrease from MY 2022/23, due to a reduction in area planted as profit margins remain low. Chilean apple exports will decrease by 1.9 percent and total 510,000 metric tons. Post estimates Chile’s MY 2023/24 fresh pear production to decrease by 4.8 percent and total 200,000 metric tons due to a decrease in area planted. Subsequently, Chilean pear exports will decrease by 4.5 percent and total 105,000 metric tons.

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