Chile's dairy exports reach the highest value in the last 5 years

Published Mar 9, 2023

Tridge summary

Chile's dairy exports experienced a significant surge in value and volume in 2022, reaching a five-year high of US$259.2 million, an increase of 31.0% from the previous year. The total dairy export volume increased by 17.7% to 91,499 tons. The United States, Colombia, and the United Arab Emirates were the leading recipients of these exports. Condensed milk, whole milk powder, cheese, and whey were the top dairy products exported, with condensed milk seeing a 41.9% increase and whole milk powder experiencing a 695% increase. This growth in dairy exports was not uniform across all destinations and product categories, with some experiencing significant increases while others saw decreases.

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Original content

At the end of 2022, the value of dairy exports from Chile showed a significant increase both in some destination countries and in the main export categories, with the total result being the highest obtained in the last five years. According to data from the Newsletter on the Advancement of Foreign Trade in Dairy products prepared by the Secretariat for Agrarian Studies and Policies -Odepa-, and reproduced by the National Federation of Milk Producers (Fedeleche), dairy exports between January and December 2022 reached a total value of US$259.2 million, which represents an increase of 31.0% and represents an increase of US$61.1 million compared to the same period in 2021. In December 2022, according to data released by Odepa, exports totaled US$ 17.2 million, registering a drop of 3.9% compared to the same month of the previous year, which in turn represents a drop of US$ 701 thousand compared to the previous year. It is worth mentioning that, in volume, dairy exports closed the ...

Source: Milkpoint