About Chile

· Chile has 25 trade agreements in place with 64 markets, which together represent 64.1% of the world’s population and 86.3% of global GDP.

· Chilean exports to the UAE totalled US$90.6 million between January and November 2015; 54.1% of the shipments consisted of food exports, mainly walnuts, apples and salmon.

Foods from Chile, source of life

Chile is located in South America. It is bordered by Peru to the north, Bolivia and Argentina to the east, Antarctica to the south and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Its geographic location allows Chile to produce innocuous, high-quality food products with international guarantees, natural flavours, and reliable traceability information.

Chilean foods are innocuous because the country has natural phytosanitary barriers that isolate them and keep them free from pests and diseases. Chile is therefore free from foot-and-mouth disease, fruit flies, phylloxera and many other pests and diseases.

Due to the country’s geography, climate, experience, and professionalism, the quality of Chilean food products is renowned and appreciated around the world. Thanks to its attributes and its long history of international trade, Chile guarantees its products, which are valued by consumers on every continent.

Companies in this sector have developed technologies to monitor their production processes, ensuring they comply with strict quality standards and this enables them to produce certified and trustworthy products.

Let’s not forget their flavour, which results from the purity and freshness of their place of origin. Chile’s climatic and geographic conditions, such as very warm summers, cool winters and mineral-rich soils, make its food products a source of life.

Chilean food exports to the UAE

Chile at Gulfood 2016

Traditional Chilean agroindustry products include dried, canned and frozen food, as well as concentrated juices. The most important of these are canned peaches, fruit pulp, tomato paste and berries. Over the past 10 years, Chile’s agroindustry has increased exports by over 200%, that is to say between 2003 and 2014, food exports increased from US$480 million to over US$1.6 billion.

Chile is currently one of the principal exporters of dried and dehydrated fruits. In 2014, the country positioned itself as the world’s biggest exporter of prunes and dehydrated apples and the second biggest exporter of hazelnuts. Chile is also the biggest exporter of walnuts in the southern hemisphere and the third biggest in the world.

Chilean dried and dehydrated fruits have superior organoleptic characteristics that allow them to enter very discriminating niche markets.

The main dried and dehydrated fruits in Chile are walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, prunes, dehydrated apples and raisins, all of which have grown exponentially in recent years.

Dried fruit exports have tripled in just a decade, moving from US$287 million in 2005 to US$871 million in 2014. They are continuing to experience significant growth and currently represent one of Chile’s main food exports.

Chilean exports of dried fruits to the UAE

Gulfood Chile Delegation 2016