Chile cultivates a variety of high-yielding raspberries, and the export market for frozen fruit is broad

Chile has always been a major raspberry producer and exporter in the world. Initially, it mainly exported fresh fruit to the United States. Later, due to increased transportation costs and competition from neighboring countries, Chile gradually shifted to exporting IQF raspberry products. It is estimated that Chile At its peak in 2007, the raspberry planting area reached 12,000 hectares, making it the third largest raspberry exporter in the world. In the past few years, the scale of Chilean raspberry planting has shrunk, mainly due to factors such as low yields of planted varieties and labor shortages, which have led to a decline in competitiveness. In the last two seasons, thanks to the increase in raspberry prices and the application of new technologies, the planting area has increased to 5,000 hectares. and is still expanding. In 2009, Chile launched the Raspberry Variety Improvement Program, aiming to develop new varieties with higher yield and better quality to replace ...