Chile: Potato exports grow 39% between January and May 2022

Published 2022년 6월 14일

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The Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (Odepa) in Chile has released its new Potato Bulletin, highlighting a significant 39% increase in potato exports, reaching a total of USD 589,600 FOB from January to May 2022, compared to the same period in 2021. This surge is primarily due to a rise in seed potatoes and fresh potatoes exports, while shipments of frozen prepared potatoes have ceased. Notable destinations include Uruguay, the United States, and Australia for seed potatoes, and Argentina and Brazil for potato puree. This marks a successful start for these markets in 2022, showcasing a positive trend in Chile's potato export sector.

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By Editorial PortalPortuario.cl, @PortalPortuario, The Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (Odepa) published a new edition of its Potato Bulletin, which reported that the situation of shipments abroad of this tuber -between January and May 2022- presented an increase by mobilizing a total of USD 589,600 FOB, a figure 39% higher when compared to the same period of 2021., Specifically, there was an increase in shipments of seed potatoes and fresh potatoes. While frozen prepared potatoes were no longer shipped abroad, In detail, a total volume of 92,647 kilos of potatoes prepared without freezing were exported for a total amount of USD 300,925 FOB, presenting a positive year-on-year variation of 5.2% when compared to the same period of analysis in 2021. The main destinations for this product were Uruguay with 82,239 kilos (+40.8%) for a value of USD 275,653 FOB, followed by the United States with 4,000 kilos for USD 10,422 FOB and Australia with 851 kilos for USD 6,300 FOB, ...

Source: CLPortalportuario