The value of Chilean export potatoes grows by 51.8% between January and September 2022

Published 2022년 11월 3일

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The Office of Agrarian Studies and Policies (Odepa) of Chile has released its new Potato Bulletin, highlighting a significant increase in potato exports from January to September 2022. The exports saw a 51.8% increase in value and a 105.6% increase in volume compared to the same period in 2021, totaling USD 2.07 million FOB and 1,980 tons. The increase is primarily due to higher yields from seed potatoes. The seed potato category alone accounted for 62% of the total export value. The main destinations for these exports were Brazil and Guatemala. Other potato products like puree, fresh ware potatoes, potatoes prepared without freezing, and potato flour also saw substantial increases in exports during this period.

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The Office of Agrarian Studies and Policies (Odepa) published a new edition of its Potato Bulletin, where it reported on the situation of shipments abroad of this tuber between January and September 2022, a period in which there was an increase in mobilize USD 2.07 million FOB, a figure 51.8% higher than what was achieved in the same period of 2021. Likewise, a volume of 1,980 tons of the Chilean product was exported, which meant an increase of 105.6% in the volume sold in international markets. The foregoing was influenced, mainly, by the yields obtained from seed potatoes, fresh and not frozen. The category that was mostly mobilized outside of Chile was the seed potato, which represented 62% of the total value of exports between January and September 2022, totaling USD 1,287,190 FOB (positive variation of 92.9%) and a volume in kilos of 1,370,500, presenting an increase of 113.5% compared to the same period in 2021. In line with the above, its main destinations were Brazil with ...

Source: Portaldelcampo