Chile: Blueberry Committee reviews fresh blueberry export estimate for the 2023-2024 season

The Chilean Blueberry Fruit Committee, together with iQonsulting, have revised their export estimates for the current season, reaching the new number of 76,500 tons of fresh blueberries to be exported from Chile this 2023-2024 season. This new figure reflects a decrease of 7% compared to the first estimate made last October, as well as a decrease of 13% compared to what was exported last season. As indicated by Andrés Armstrong, executive director of the Blueberry Committee: “This reestimation takes into consideration the effect of the rains at the beginning of November, as well as other associated climatic events such as frost and hail. In addition, this second estimate also includes the impact of the rains on November 9, 10 and 11." Regarding the dynamics of outputs, Armstrong pointed out that both weekly exports and the state of phenological progress of the country's main varieties are within the parameters of other seasons. "A pattern similar to the average of recent seasons ...