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Chile apple & table grape exports forecast
Chile
Wednesday 04 June 2008
In terms of overall apple exports to Europe, a good season is forecast for Braeburn and Red Delicious. The unexpected rain in March has had an impact on the size and colouring of Royal Galas harvested in and around the Metropolitan Region this year. The total exportable Royal Gala deal should be approximately 265,000 tons, 10% less than in 2006-2007, Decofrut estimated.
In terms of table grapes, exports to Russia, as of early April, were up by 21%, to 29,000 tons. The news is a symbolic reprieve for the world’s No. 1 exporter of the fruit. Like apples, part of the table grape harvest has been affected by unseasonable weather - this time a cold snap late in 2007 which delayed harvesting of big-seller Thomson White Seedless.
However, Decofrut estimated that in 2006-2007 Chile will still export over 690,000 tons, thanks in part to strong sales of Red Globe and Sugarone in Chile’s main table grape market, the US.
Ronald Bown, the president of the Chilean Exporters Association, declared: “The current season is presenting unique challenges for sectors of our industry, which has grown steadily and successfully for 20 years now. The fact that we are faced with these conditions and are still set to harvest and ship nearly 700,000 tons of table grapes, for example, is a credit to our growers’ commitment to our global fresh fruit partners”.
In terms of table grapes, exports to Russia, as of early April, were up by 21%, to 29,000 tons. The news is a symbolic reprieve for the world’s No. 1 exporter of the fruit. Like apples, part of the table grape harvest has been affected by unseasonable weather - this time a cold snap late in 2007 which delayed harvesting of big-seller Thomson White Seedless.
However, Decofrut estimated that in 2006-2007 Chile will still export over 690,000 tons, thanks in part to strong sales of Red Globe and Sugarone in Chile’s main table grape market, the US.
Ronald Bown, the president of the Chilean Exporters Association, declared: “The current season is presenting unique challenges for sectors of our industry, which has grown steadily and successfully for 20 years now. The fact that we are faced with these conditions and are still set to harvest and ship nearly 700,000 tons of table grapes, for example, is a credit to our growers’ commitment to our global fresh fruit partners”.
