Chile: SAG certifies exports of more than 8 million boxes of grapes

Published 2024년 4월 20일

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The 2023-2024 export season for table grapes from Atacama has been highly productive, with over 8.6 million boxes shipped worldwide, as reported by the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) and the Ministry of Agriculture. The United States emerged as the top recipient, importing over 5.6 million boxes. To comply with global market standards, the SAG issued 725 phytosanitary certificates. The port of Caldera was instrumental in this achievement, handling shipments of more than 2.3 million boxes to the U.S. This season's success is part of a broader trend, with Chile experiencing a 13% increase in fresh fruit exports in the first quarter of the year, led by table grapes, cherries, and plums, primarily to the Far East market.

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The Agricultural and Livestock Service, SAG, together with the Ministry of Agriculture in charge of phytosanitary certification of production, detailed that the productive balance of the 2023-2024 regional export season of table grapes, the main agricultural product of Atacama, was recorded at the beginning of April. shipping more than 8 million 626 thousand boxes to different markets around the world, According to a SAG statement, the main destination continued to be the United States, a country that received more than 5 million 666 thousand boxes, followed by countries in the Far East with 1 million 104 thousand boxes. Then followed Latin America, with more than 1 million boxes, and later Europe, Canada and the Middle East. The regional director of the SAG, Mei Maggi, indicated that "in relation to the regional production of the current season, which began in November of last year, the Service issued 725 phytosanitary certificates, which guarantee that the regional fruit meets ...

Source: Agromeat