Poultry and pork were positioned in the fourth place among the most exported Chilean foods in 2022

Published 2023년 2월 27일

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The Central Bank of Chile reports a 3% increase in total exports in 2022, reaching US$97,491 million, with the food sector accounting for US$21,597 million, including US$1,308 million from chicken, turkey, and pork meat. These meats made up 95% of Chile's total meat exports. The food sector saw a 16% growth, particularly in processed products like poultry, salmon, trout, and dried fruits. Despite a 21% decrease in the value of pork meat exports, they still reached US$608 million. Exports reached 194 countries, with increased amounts going to China, South Korea, and Japan. However, rising production costs, especially grain values, negatively affected company results.

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The Central Bank of Chile issued a report with the figures for the country's total exports as of December 2022, which reflected a 3% growth compared to the previous year, totaling US$97,491 million, of which US$21,597 correspond to to the food sector and US$1,308 million to chicken, turkey and pork meat. Complementing the data with the figures from Chilean Customs for 2022, 637 thousand tons of these last three proteins were exported, which is equivalent to 95% of the total Chilean meat exported. In the detail of the figures for the food sector, it can be seen that the increase in foreign sales is due to what happened with shipments of processed products, which expanded by 16%. Within these, the largest increase can be seen in poultry (+40%), salmon and trout (+27%) and dried fruits (+25%). According to figures from the Central Bank, shipments of poultry meat in 2022 totaled US$700 million and in 2021 they had been US$499 million. Pork meat, meanwhile, although its exports ...

Source: Portaldelcampo