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For the past decade, Chile’s planted cherry area maintained steady growth, due to its profitability. There is a high demand for Chilean cherries from the Chinese market, which receives over 91 percent of Chilean cherry export volume.

Chilean raisins are almost exclusively produced from grapes deemed unsuitable for the export market at vineyards focused on fresh table grape production for export. In marketing year (MY) 2024/25, Post estimates that due to low area planted, raisin production will total 68,900 metric tons (MT), a 6.9 percent decrease from MY 2023/24.

There is no commercial production of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops in Chile, with the exception of seeds for re-export.

While there are many avocado varieties planted in Chile, mainly destined for the domestic market, Hass avocado planted area reached nearly 90 percent of the total 30,143 hectares (ha).

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

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

In the winter of MY2020/21 rainfall was abundant, especially in the month of June and climatic conditions during the spring have been favorable, thus fruit producers are expecting higher production...

In Marketing Year (MY) 2020, Chilean dairy production increased by 6.3 percent totaling 1.3 billion liters.

For MY2020/21, Post projects Chilean almond production to reach 11,000 metric tons (MT), and exports to increase to 9,500 MT or 35 percent, assuming unchanged planted area...

This report provides an overview of Chile´s Decree 977 of 1997 of the Ministry of Health, also known as the Sanitary Regulation for Food Products (RSA by its name in Spanish) related to human health.

The United States is the second largest supplier of U.S. consumer-oriented products to the Chilean retail industry, shipping a record of $699 million in 2019.

For marketing year (MY) 2020/21, due to favorable climatic conditions and increasing planted area, Post estimates a 12.1 percent cherry production increase over MY2019/20, totaling 286,000 metric tons