Chile: In January-February 2021, 69.2 million dollars were exported FOB in vegetables

Published 2021년 3월 15일

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Between January and February 2021, Chile exported vegetables worth $69.2 million, with garlic making up 42.5% of the value and a 27.7% increase compared to the same period in 2020. Tomato exports saw a decrease of 44.7%, leading to a 7.3% drop in total vegetable export value. Mexico was the main destination for Chile's horticultural exports, with tomatoes and fresh garlic being the main products. Imported vegetables totaled $30.7 million, with a 27% increase compared to the previous year, mainly from China, the USA, and Peru.

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In the period January-February 2021, 69.2 million dollars were exported FOB in vegetables, 45.8% as fresh vegetables, 20.4% as pasta, 14.2% in seeds, 9.6% frozen vegetables, 16 , 4% as juice and 5.7% as dehydrated vegetables. The main species exported in this period was garlic with 42.5% of the exported value, followed by tomato with 20.8% of this value. Garlic had an increase of 27.7% compared to the value exported in the same period of 2020, going from 23.9 to 29.4 million USD FOB, while tomato decreased its export value by 44.7% going from 26, 0 to 14.4 million USD FOB, which resulted in a 7.3% drop in the exported value of vegetables between 2021 and 2020 for the first two months of the year, mainly affecting our tomato paste exports, which went from 25, 6 million USD in the period January February 2020 to 14.0 million USD FOB in the same period of 2021. For their part, fresh vegetables increased their exported value by 19.3% due to the increase in exported garlic. The main ...

Source: Odepa