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The new projection of blueberry exports for the current season should reach 80,000 tons, an 8.5 percent decrease compared to the previous season.

Did you know that February is National Cherry Month? With numerous ongoing promotions, the Frutas de Chile Cherry Committee is giving shoppers many reasons to celebrate.

The Frutas de Chile Stone Fruit Committee has released a new estimate for this season, including Nectarines, Japanese Plums, European Plums, and Peaches.

Unifrutti, a global leader in premium fresh fruits production and distribution, announced the acquisition of 100% of Sociedad Exportadora Verfrut S.A. (“Verfrut”), a key South American fruit producer and exporter.

During January-November 2023, Chile exported a total of 2,947,000 tons of fruit for a value of $6.89 billion FOB, (sales values are subject to adjustments by IVV1).

World production of table grapes reached 27,898,000 tons in the 2022/2023 campaign, showing an increase of 4.4 percent compared to the 26,712,000 tons registered in the previous campaign (2021/2022)

The first arrivals of Chilean red currants hit stores under the Sun Belle label in mid-December and will be available through mid-February.

Fedefruta, the federation that represents all of Chile's fruit producers, detects a generalized decrease of 50 percent of early cherry harvests, mainly in the Royal Dawn and Santina varieties.

This season, Chile has exported 395,889 tons of citrus, of which 15.5 percent correspond to clementines; 43.7 percent to mandarins; 23.7 percent oranges; and 17.1 percent lemons, according to Simfruit, quoting Juan Enrique Ortuzar, the president of the Chilean Fruit Citrus Committee.

Through a comprehensive strategic alliance between the Chilean avocado producing and exporting company, Cabilfrut, together with Green SuperFood - one of the leading companies in avocado production in Colombia with operations also in Brazil - have joined forces in order to enhance their offer, with commercial programs in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin American markets.