Chestnut production maintains the yielding from the previous crops steady but exports shall decline.

The chestnut production campaign in Penela da Beira has been advanced this year, on fifteen days average. It foresees a quantity of about 470 tons, equivalent to that of 2019.

As for the marketing of chestnuts, in the export-based operations, we may expect a slow pace flow due to the private initiative policies this year, in regards to the pandemic caused by the covid-19.

France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Brazil and the United States of America are amidst the common destinations.

“Our expectation is that the product will flow well, a little more slowly than in previous year" underlined a producer.

In 2019, exports ratio were around 92% of production and in 2018 a total of 96%. This year it estimates 80%.

In the national market, analysts foresee that the commercialization of chestnuts is more active than in previous years.