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Chile: Potato imports grow 19.1% between January and March 2022

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Chile
Published May 4, 2022

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By Editorial PortalPortuario.cl, @PortalPortuario, The Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (Odepa) published a new edition of its Potato Bulletin, covering the period between January and March 2022, where it was noted that Chile imported a total of USD 37.05 million of this tuber , which translates into an increase of 19.1% compared to the same period in 2021., Frozen prepared potatoes were the main product purchased for the Chilean market, showing a growth of 21.5% in the analyzed time frame. In its breakdown, the total volume (kilos) of frozen prepared potatoes sent to Chile was equivalent to 36,353,879, for a CIF USD value of 31,518,918. Merchandise that was mainly brought from Belgium (23,948,480 kilos), the Netherlands (5,605,032 kilos) and Argentina (4,512,766 kilos), for CIF USD 19,163,990, 5,371,021 and 4,917,431, respectively. In the case of potatoes prepared without freezing, a total of 818 thousand 601 kilos were moved to the Chilean market, mainly from the ...
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