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Chile offers excellent export opportunities for U.S. food and beverage exporters. With the highest per capita GDP in Latin America, Chile is a growing export market for U.S. food suppliers, and a strong trading partner.

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the sweets and snack industry in Chile, highlighting its main players, consumption trends, regulations, and related international trade. The industry is robust and competitive balancing local production and imports. Innovation and adaption to consumption trends are key to the sector's continued growth.

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).