Vegetable exports from Chile totaled 492.3 million FOB dollars in the period between January and November 2022, registering an increase of 11.4% compared to what was mobilized abroad in the same period of the previous year, according to a recent bulletin from the Office of Agrarian Studies and Policies (Odepa).
“Of that value, 40.1% (197 million FOB dollars) was exported as pasta and sauces, 99.6% of that value corresponds to tomato paste, exports that increase in value, but decrease in volume. 32.3% of the exported value corresponds to seeds, decreasing both in value and in volume. 9.8% of the total is exported as fresh vegetables, a format that is growing both in volume and value. 50.3% of this value corresponds to fresh garlic exports mainly to Mexico and 42.3% to fresh onions exported mainly to Brazil and Spain”, the report details. “As frozen vegetables, 8.6% of the value is exported. 70% corresponds to exports of frozen asparagus, mainly to the United States”. The United States of America, in fact, is the main destination of Chilean horticultural exports in the period January-November 2022 with acquisitions for 99.5 million FOB dollars (20.2% of the exported value); mainly vegetable seeds (32.7% of that value), among which watermelon and broccoli stand out. Japan, the Netherlands, ...
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