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The Chilean food processing industry is a highly developed and competitive sector, playing a crucial role in the national economy.

For marketing year (MY) 2025/26, Post estimates that the wheat area harvested will total 193,000 hectares (ha), representing a 1.0 percent decrease from MY 2024/25 due to high input costs and low prices.

Beer is the most consumed alcoholic beverage in Chile and represents 77 percent of total sales of alcohol beverages by volume. Per capita consumption of beer has grown rapidly in the past 20 years Chile reaching 59 liters in 2022.

This report provides an overview of the Chile's Sanitary Regulation for Food Products (RSA by its name in Spanish) currently in force.

This report lists and describes certificates and other documents that must accompany food and agricultural imports to Chile as required by Chilean regulations.

The United States is the main market for Chilean mandarin exports, with 96 percent market share.

In Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20, Chile’s fresh apple, table grape, and pear supplies will drop due to drought and a decline in planted area.

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.

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

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.

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.