Chile: Citrus exports increase during the 2023 season

Chilean citrus exports during this season had an increase of 48% compared to the previous season, and 16% over the average of the last three seasons, reported the Chilean Citrus Fruit Committee. The figures provided indicate that a total of 395,889 tons have been exported, of which 15.5% correspond to clementines, 43.7% to mandarins; 23.7% oranges and 17.1% lemons. Regarding the main destination market, the United States continues to lead and receives 88.2% of what was shipped, while the remaining volume was exported to the Far East (5.9%), Latin America (2.8%) and Europe ( 1.8%), Canada 0.9%, Russia 0.3% and the Middle East 0.01%. Exports by species In relation to exports by species, the volume of clementines was 47% more than the previous season, reaching 61,490 tons of exports, with the US being the main destination market, with 98.4% of the total. shipments. Shipments of clementines this season are 14% more compared to the last 3 seasons. In the case of mandarins, shipments ...