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In marketing year (MY) 2022, rainfall during the winter was abundant favoring pasture production in the southern regions of Los Lagos and Los Rios. As a result, Chilean production of milk powders increased significantly in recent months, and are expected to remain high during the remainder of the marketing year.

In 2021, consumer food-services sales grew by 42.5 percent, reaching $3.5 billion. In mid-2021, pandemic restrictions began to relax, and restaurants reopened to the public. The Chilean Central Bank estimates a two percent GDP growth in 2022 and a one percent GDP decrease in 2023.

Chile's output and exports of avocados are expected to increase this production season, due to better weather conditions last winter.

Chile's production of table grapes, apples and pears will be smaller than last year’s output as a result of September's frost.

Higher living standards and improved economic conditions led to a significant rise in consumer spending on food and beverages in Chile over the past year.