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Chile exports 3.24 million tons of fruit, and China is a big buyer of cherries, grapes and prunes

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Chilean fruit exports totaled 3.
24 million mt worth US$6.
594 billion
between January and November 2022, according to Chilean media outlet Simfruit.
Compared with the same period last year, the export volume was basically unchanged, and the export value increased by 0.
5%.

Among them, 66.
6% are fresh fruits, 24.
1% are processed fruits (fruit juice, fruit oil, jam, frozen fruits, dried fruits), and 9.
2% are nuts (walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, etc.
).

Fresh fruit

Between January and November 2022, Chilean fresh fruit exports reached 2.
47 million mt worth US$4.
394 billion (FOB).

Compared with the same period last year, exports decreased by 1% and export value by 4.
1%.

The most important export category of fresh fruits was cherries, with an export volume of 291,000 tons worth US$1.
54 billion (FOB), an increase of 8.
5% and 27% respectively year-on-year, with a total of 90.
1% exported to China
.

Cherries were followed by table grapes with exports of 605,209 tonnes worth $876 million (FOB), an increase of 16% compared to the same period last year, while exports fell by 3.
7%, with the main export destination being the United States (50%), followed by China (12%)
.

In third place is Apple, with exports of 596,827 tons worth $518.
68 million (FOB), down 6.
3% and 14.
8%,
respectively, compared to the same period last year.
Chilean apples are exported to several countries, including Colombia (14%), the United States (12%), Brazil (10%) and Ecuador (10%)
.
In fourth place is blueberries, with exports of 92,385 tonnes worth $372.
17 million (FOB), down 5.
7% and 25.
8%, respectively, compared to the same period last year, with the main export destinations being the United States (47.
1%) and the Netherlands (19.
7%)
.
Prune exports ranked fifth, and the above five fruits accounted for 80.
2%
of Chile's total fresh fruit exports during the statistical period.

Processed fruit

Between January and November 2022, Chile's exports of processed fruits amounted to 628,295 tons worth $1,591 million (FOB), up 3% and 18.
2%
year-on-year, respectively.
The category with the highest share of exports was frozen fruit (32.
6%), followed by dried fruit (26.
2%), canned fruit (21.
9%), fruit juice (14.
7%) and fruit oil (4.
6%)
.
Compared with the same period last year, only the export value of fruit juices fell by 1.
7%, and the export value of other categories increased, among which the export value of fruit oil and jam increased by more than
30%.

Of all dried fruits, the export value of prunes and raisins was $233.
15 million and $118.
65 million (FOB), respectively
.
During the reporting period, the main export destinations for prunes were China and Mexico, while raisins were mainly sold to the United States and China
.
According to Chinese customs statistics, from January to November 2022, China imported a total of 6,548.
565 tons of dried plums and dried plums from Chile, worth about RMB 151 million, and 4,016.
031 tons of raisins, worth about RMB 59.
7 million
.

nut

Chilean nuts exported 143,000 tonnes worth $609.
4 million (FOB) during the reporting period, representing an increase of 4.
8% year-on-year and a decrease of 3.
9%
in value.
The main export products were shelled and hulled walnuts, with exports of 85,107 tons and 31,750 tons, respectively, valued at $251.
4 million and $197.
85 million (FOB), accounting for 41.
3% and 32.
5%
of total Chilean nut exports during the same period.

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