2024-25 season: Chilean fruit shipments grow in volume and value

Published Jan 22, 2025

Tridge summary

The 2024-2025 fruit export season has seen a 26.5% increase in revenue compared to the previous season, with a total of US$ 9.33 billion FOB exported. Fresh fruit made up 67.7% of this total, dried fruit 11.6%, and other forms like dehydrated, frozen, canned, juiced, and oiled fruits made up the rest. Cherries were the most valued fresh fruit exported, with a 75% increase in value and a nearly threefold increase in volume exported to China. The export value and growth in value to the US were also significant. The 2023-24 season, which ended in August 2024, saw a total fruit export value of US$ 9.3 billion FOB, marking the highest figure in the last 10 years with a 13.1% growth compared to the previous season. China was the top destination for total fruit exports, with the US in second place. Cherries remained the top fresh fruit exported in value, with a significant increase in both value and volume exported to China.

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Original content

According to the new fruit bulletin from Odepa (Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies), so far in the 2024-2025 season (September - December), US$ 9.33 billion FOB worth of fruit have been exported to the world, with a growth of 26.5% compared to the previous season, which was the largest in the last 20 years. 67.7% of the exported value corresponds to shipments of fresh fruit, of which US$ 1.79 billion FOB were exported, 40.7% above the figure in value of the previous season at the same date, that is, US$ 516 million more exported this season and in volume the figure rose 49%. Dried fruits represented 11.6% of exports, US$ 306.3 million increased in value by 27.6%, US$ 66 million more exported, but decreased in volume by 10%. Dehydrated fruit accounted for 6.8% of the exported value, 179.7 million dollars, 5.1% of the exported value corresponds to frozen fruit, 3.6% to canned fruit, 3.5% to fruit juices and 1.7% to fruit oils, decreasing in all these categories except ...

Source: Portaldelcampo