date:Feb 29, 2016
The size of the Chilean apple harvest was certainly not the issue; it reached 1.35 million tonnes, which is a normal volume. Chile took its biggest hit in the United States, where the country's exports dropped by over a third. In 2015, not even 80,000 tonnes were shipped to the United States, compared to the 120,000 tonnes of 2014 and 135,000 tonnes of 2013. The second largest purchaser, Colombia, also reduced its import volumes significantly (-17%). The export of Chilean apples to Peru and the