Chilean apples and fresh pears exports will both drop year-on-year in 2021

As the main producer of apples and fresh pears in the southern hemisphere, the planting area of apples and pears in Chile has shrunk year by year in the past five years. Compared with crops such as cherries, blueberries, fresh grapes, and avocados, apples and pears have no advantage in profit. According to a recent report issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, due to factors such as shrinking plantation area, severe weather (heavy rain at the end of January) and shortage of harvesting personnel caused by the new crown epidemic, Chilean apple output in 2021 is expected to fall by 4.8% year-on-year, approximately It is 1.095 million tons. The decline in production will also reduce the export volume in 2021. It is expected that Chilean apple exports will fall by 2% year-on-year this year, and the total export volume is about 647,000 tons. The main overseas markets for Chilean apples are the United States, Colombia and Ecuador. In 2020, it is In the new year of Chinese ...