Chilean grape export -5% through week 5

Chilean grape exports in 2022/2023 through week 5 totaled 8.9 million 8.2 kg cartons. That is 5% less than in the same period last season. Exports to the US, the main market for Chilean grapes, are 8% lower and to China 42% lower than last season. The figures come from the latest and fifth export estimates of the Grape Committee of Asoex, the Chilean association of fruit exporters, which estimate final exports at 9.7% lower than last season. "There are shifts in market destinations for Chilean grapes. So far, 6.8 million cartons have been shipped to the US, the main market. That is 8% less than last year," says market analyst Isabel Quiroz of IQonsulting. "207,000 cartons were shipped to China, which is 42% less. Japan, Korea and Mexico, on the other hand, imported 7%, 52% and 44% more respectively. However, these destinations are secondary and the volume shipped is less than 1 million cartons each time. " Asoex president Ivan Marambio says Chile's focus is still on switching to a ...