First Chilean cherries land in international markets

Chile has fired the starting gun on the 2024/25 cherry export campaign with the first air flown shipments of Chilean cherries arriving in international markets, marking the beginning of what exporters hope will be another record-breaking season. Chile’s Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) said it had certified 10 tonnes of the fruit destined for China, India, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea and Spain. With record volumes expected this season, SAG said it has added more personnel and improved its inspection and treatment systems in the main producing regions of the country. “The first shipments of cherries have been made by air, totalling 2,186 cartons. With the beginning of the harvest in the central-northern part of the country, in the regions of Coquimbo and Valparaíso, we hope that the exported volume of this fruit will continue to increase progressively,” said SAG director José Guajardo Reyes. “The increase in international demand, especially in Asia and North America, ...