The annual Chilean fresh fruit exporters ranking by late December 2012 brought some changes, although the first spots remained the same. The main change happened in the third place, taken by Frusan, which was fifth in 2011. Dole's subsidiary in the country remained as undisputed leader, and the Italian multinational Unifrutti took the second place.
Dole Chile, which has led the sector for years, made shipments reaching 155.7 million kilos; a figure 4.9% lower than in the previous year, when it reached 163.8 million kilos.
Something similar happened to Unifrutti, which exported 129.9 million kilos, which meant a 6.1% drop compared to the 138.4 million kilos of the 2011 campaign.
However, the Chilean firm Frusan went from 94.4 million kilos in 2011 to 100.4 million kilos last year, which meant a 16.2% increase.
It consequently overtook Copefrut; which shipped 113.3 million kilos in 2011, but only 100.4 million kilos last year, suffering an 11.4% drop and sending them to the fifth spot in the ranking.
The fourth place was taken by the fruit producer David del Curto, controlled by Falabella Teresa Solari's associate, a firm which earlier this year signed a partnership deal with Southern Fruit and which exported 108.5 million kilos last year, surpassing by 2.4% the 105.9 million kilos exported in 2011.
Río Blanco remained sixth, despite seeing its shipments fall from 87.6 million kilos in 2011 to 84.5 million kilos last year.
For its part, Subsole, chaired by Miguel Allamand, took the seventh spot with exports reaching 81.7 million kilos, thereby surpassing Del Monte Fresh's local subsidiary, which shipped 76.5 million. They both saw their export drop, by 2.3% and 11.8% respectively.
Agricom and Propal kept their positions, despite both of them shipping lower export volumes.
The sector in general saw a drop in exports, going from 2,696.3 million kilos in 2011 to 2,605.9 million kilos last year; thereby, national export volumes dropped by 3.3%, according to Asoex's ranking.
Source: df.cl
