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Chile offers excellent opportunities for U.S. food exports.

Biotech products can be produced in Chile only for reproduction and research purposes.

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products to Aruba reached an all-time high of $74 million in 2016 and are on pace to reach another record level in 2017.

The United States exported over $1 Billion in U.S. consumer-oriented foods and fish products to the Caribbean Basin in 2016.

Chilean avocado exports to the world grew by 42.9 percent in volume and 61.7 percent in value from January through September, 2017, over 2016 reaching 90,985 MT and $197.5 million.

Biotech regulations have been virtually non-existent in the Caribbean. However, that may change in the years ahead....

U.S. exports of agricultural and related products reached $ 986.8 million in Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 2017), which represents a 15 percent increase over FY 2016 and records the highest level of exports...

Abundant rainfall, sufficient number of chill hours and spring conditions are expected to remain favorable for fruit development while high temperatures and low relative humidity is expected....

The U.S. increased its dairy exports to Chile by 28 percent in value and 31percent in volume in Jan -Aug 2017 over the same period in 2016.

The United States is the most important supplier of almonds to Chile.

Chile’s MY2017/18 cherry production is expected to increase by nearly 7 percent up to 123,870 metric tons (MT).

Post interventions in the month of July helped release a total of nine containers from the same exporter with a total value of $ 312,816.