Chilean stone fruits close a challenging season, but achieve record exports in values and volume

Published 2024년 7월 4일

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The Chilean seed industry had a challenging 2023-2024 season, with mixed market results but achieved record exports in values and volume. The industry saw growth in FOB values and volume of exports, with China being the main market but only achieving a 5% growth in FOB values compared to the US. The industry also faced challenges, especially with European plums. However, there was significant growth in volumes of Japanese plums, nectarines, and European plums, and a notable increase in apricot volumes. The industry also opened the China market, with expectations for a greater volume next season. Chile's stone fruit exports are currently in second place globally in FOB values from 2014 to 2023, with fresh Chilean plums being the global leader, and Chile's global shipments of nectarines are in first place within the southern hemisphere in FOB values.

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2023-2024 season: Chilean seeds close a challenging season, but achieve record exports in values and volume July 4, 2024.- According to information provided by the Chilean Fruit Stones Committee, this 2023-2024 season has been be very challenging for Chilean stones, with mixed results by market. The main milestone, without a doubt, is that historical highs were reached in terms of exported volumes and FOB values of the entire stone category, which includes Japanese plums, European plums (Sugar Plums), nectarines, peaches and apricots. Furthermore, the main market, China (56% share of total exports to the world), presented challenging results, because although it grew in shipments by 25%, it only achieved 5% growth in FOB values, compared to the US ( 19% share of total exports) that grew significantly in FOB values (+20%), despite decreasing -1% in volume. In this regard, the president of Frutas de Chile, Iván Marambio, highlighted: “This season our shipments of fresh pits ...

Source: CLportalagro