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This report gives an overview of the hotel, restaurant and institutional food service (HRI) sector in Chile and outlines current market trends, including best product prospects.

Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma (Myanmar) are part of the fastest developing region in the world and account for roughly 221 million of Southeast Asia’s population.

Chile’s almond production regions are facing severe droughts, which are likely to affect production in MY (marketing year) 2019/20.

In July 2019, FAS sent five Myanmar private feed millers and importers to the United States on a Cochran Fellowship Program to learn more about feed and feed ingredients available....

Chile’s cherry exports totaled 180,000 metric tons (MT) in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 and 87 percent of all exports went to the Chinese market.

The report lists the major export certificates required for food, feed and agricultural product imports to Myanmar.

Raisin production in Chile increased by 21 percent in MY2017/18, reaching 65,000 MT.

Chile’s food retail sales reached $17.2 billion, a 5 percent over 2017.

FAS Rangoon successfully intervened to ensure the smooth arrival of the first bulk shipment of an agricultural commodity to Burma.

Chile’s fresh apple and table grape exports will drop on lower supply due to adverse climatic conditions during the spring and winter.

Production of rice and corn in Burma is forecast to increase in MY 2019/20 due to expansion of planting areas.

The Chilean food processing industry represents 25 percent of the country’s economy with annual sales of $34 billion.