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The increased cost of ocean freight has led caused lower profit margins for Chilean fruit exporters, according to the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile and the Agricultural Society of Biobio (Socabio).

ASOEX has released a second Chilean cherry export estimate for the 2021-2022 season, now estimating that the volume exported this year will be 72,367,963 boxes, or 361,840 tons

According to a USDA report, Chile is set to produce 220,000 tons of avocados in the 2021-22 marketing year, reflecting a 57 percent increase over 140,000 tons during the 2020-21 marketing year.

The first 2021-2022 grape export estimate has been presented by the ASOEX Table Grape Committee, based on 38 companies who represent 57.4 percent of the total exported.

Chilean cherry exporters project a nearly 10 percent rise this season over last.

Chile’s table grape industry should rebound for the 2021/2022 season, with USDA projecting an increase of 22 percent to 805,000 tons.

The 2020-2021 Chilean fresh fruit export season ended with a total of 2,567,717 tons, reflecting a 1.2 percent increase over to the previous season, according to Ronald Bown Fernandez, the President of the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile.

With now only two weeks away from the start of the Chilean cherry season we checked in again with the Vanguard Chilean Cherry team for an update fresh from the field.

Chile projects that cherry exports to the U.S. will see substantial growth in 2021/22, and for the first time, the season will run more than 12 weeks, from November through February. The Chilean Cherry Committee estimates that nearly 13,000 tons will be shipped to the U.S. market during the 2021/22 season.

Chile has been hit by an unprecedented drought for more than 10 years now, with the lack of rainfall leaving arid fields and a growing concern in the agricultural sector.