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Chile: Value of vegetable exports falls 5.4% between January and May 2022

Vegetables
Chile
Published Jun 24, 2022

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In the period between January and May 2022, Chile managed to export 191.8 million FOB dollars in vegetables, which translates into a contraction of 5.4% compared to 202, 7 million dollars mobilized in the same period of 2021, according to the Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (Odepa). The main species in value exported for this period was the Tomato, concentrating 31.4% of the value sent abroad and 43.2% of the volume. In detail, 94% of the total figure treated comes from its paste format. Tomato exports in this period have a decrease of 6% in volume, but show an increase of 17.9% in value, passing from 51 to 60.2 million dollars FOB, which translates into 9.2 million dollars more than in 2021. Garlic follows in importance with 12.7% of the value exported in the period January-May this year, agglomerating 10.9% of the mobilized volume of vegetables.

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By Editorial PortalPortuario.cl, @PortalPortuario, In the period between January and May 2022, Chile managed to export 191.8 million dollars FOB in vegetables, which translates into a contraction of 5.4% compared to the 202.7 million dollars mobilized in the same period of 2021, according to the Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (Odepa). The main species in value exported for this period was Tomato, concentrating 31.4% of the value sent abroad and 43.2% of the volume. In detail, 94% of the total figure treated comes from its paste format. Tomato exports in this period have a decrease of 6% in volume, but show a rise of 17.9% in value, going from 51 to 60.2 million FOB dollars, which translates into 9.2 million dollars more than in 2021. Garlic follows in importance with 12.7% of the value exported in the January-May period of this year, agglomerating 10.9% of the mobilized volume of vegetables. 99% of said product was sent abroad fresh, mainly to Mexico. In the period of ...
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