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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.

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.