Tag: chile

With only a few months still away from harvest, Vanguard International is looking forward to the upcoming 2021-2022 Chilean cherry season.

With Chilean lemons, mandarins, and navels all in bountiful supply, the Chilean Citrus Committee has launched an innovative program with leading shopping rewards app, Shopkick, to educate and inspire shoppers online and incentivize Chilean citrus purchases at the store level.

The latest Crop Report provided by Chile’s Kiwi Committee highlights Europe as the largest importer of Chilean kiwifruit with 47,824 tons, although it registered a decrease of 6 percent when compared to 2020.

A total of 2.04 million tons of fruit exports from Chile were registered from January-June 2021, totaling $4.441 billion FOB, which was 1 percent less in volume and 4 percent more in value than in the same time period of the previous year.

Summit Produce based in U.S. announces the alliance between Pura Fruit Company, formerly Agrícola San José de Perú, and GESEX, Chilean company with more than 20 years of experience.

Chilean table grape exports for the 2020-2021 season reached 536,248 tons, reflecting a decrease of 11 percent compared to the previous year’s 603,554 tons, according to ASOEX.

The ASOEX Citrus Committee reported that the 2021 lemon season began with harvests in week 15 with the Messina, Eureka, and Genova varieties, and during week 19 the first shipments were made.

According to ASOEX’s Citrus Committee, Chile shipped its first clementine load in week 15 and had shipped 573 tons by week 17, compared to 1,503 tons exported by the same week the previous year.

A growing trend in the Southern Hemisphere continues in the 2020/2021 season with a 20 percent increase in blueberry supply and more than 311,000 tons exported.

Produce Marketing Association has announced the hiring of Iván Correa who will serve as the country representative in Chile.