Production of fruit in Chile in two previous seasons.
Chile
Thursday 10 May 2007
Chile sells over 75 kinds of fruit and produce items -including apples, grapes, kiwifruit, pears, peaches and avocados- to 70 different country destinations. In 2005-2006, apples overtook grapes for the first time. Apples alone accounted for 35.7 percent of all fruit exports, with grapes a close second at 34.4 percent.
Leading buyers this season were the U.S. and Canada with 39 percent, followed by Europe and Latin America with 31 and 18 percent, respectively. Important destinations were East Asia with 8 percent and the Middle East with 4 percent.
Chile is the world's largest source of grapes and the second-largest kiwifruit and avocado producer. It leads the entire Southern Hemisphere in the production of grapes, apples, plums, peaches, nectarines, pears, berries and avocados, and comes in second as a kiwifruit producer.
Year-on-year figures for 2005 and 2006 show that Chilean exports of fresh fruit grew 17 percent in value and 14 percent in volume.
Leading buyers this season were the U.S. and Canada with 39 percent, followed by Europe and Latin America with 31 and 18 percent, respectively. Important destinations were East Asia with 8 percent and the Middle East with 4 percent.
Chile is the world's largest source of grapes and the second-largest kiwifruit and avocado producer. It leads the entire Southern Hemisphere in the production of grapes, apples, plums, peaches, nectarines, pears, berries and avocados, and comes in second as a kiwifruit producer.
Year-on-year figures for 2005 and 2006 show that Chilean exports of fresh fruit grew 17 percent in value and 14 percent in volume.