Chile's fruit exports in the first seven months exceeded US$6.3 billion, with more than 90% of cherries sold to China

Chile's fruit exports, including cherries, grapes, blueberries, prunes, apples, and kiwifruit, experienced a significant increase from January to July, with a 19.4% year-on-year rise in value and a 7.6% increase in volume. The main markets for these fruits were Mainland China, the United States, and the Netherlands. However, nut exports, particularly walnuts, hazelnuts, and almonds, saw a decrease in both value and volume. The exports of processed fruits, such as frozen and dried fruit, also increased.

Mainland China is the main export market for cherries, prunes and grapes According to the Chilean website "Simfruit", from January to July, the export value of fresh fruits was US$4.657 billion, a year-on-year increase of 19.4%, and the export volume was 1.5 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.6%. Among them, the export value of cherries was US$2.293 billion (+15.9%), and the export volume was 341,000 tons (+12.7%). In terms of export volume, Mainland China is the main export market, The United States ranked second with 3.1%. Grape exports amounted to $1.07 billion (+16.9%) and 519,000 tons (+4.9%), mainly exported to the United States (61.4%), mainland China (5.8%) and the Netherlands (5.2%). Blueberry exports amounted to $405 million (+28.1%) and 76,000 tons (+5.4%), mainly exported to the United States (45.7%), the Netherlands (21.8%) and Germany ( 9.2%) is the main buyer. Prune exports were worth $314 million (+7.4%) and 169,900 tons (+24.1%), mainly sold to mainland ...