2023-2024 season: They project a 5% increase in shipments of fresh Chilean grapes and to continue increasing new varieties, reaching 63% of total shipments to the world

The ASOEX Table Grape Committee delivered the first estimate of Chilean table grape exports for the 2023-2024 season, specifying that they will reach 63,780,328 million boxes (equivalent to 8.2 kg), reflecting growth 5.4% compared to the previous year (2022-2023). In this regard, Iván Marambio, president of ASOEX, highlighted: “This growth is mainly the product of an increase in the production of new varieties, which allows us to project that these will represent 63% of the country's total fresh grape exports in this period. season, totaling close to 40 million boxes. While traditional varieties, including Red Globe, would reach around 23.5 million boxes. This visible increase in new varieties is in line with the commitment and strategy that the Committee has set, regarding reaching 70% of new varieties in total shipments of table grapes within the next 2 years. This first estimate, without a doubt, clearly reflects the efforts that Chilean producers and exporters have made to ...