“Our country is home to many regions with the perfect sunny and arid conditions for producing high quality, sweet and crisp table grapes. Chile is therefore the top grower of table grapes in the southern hemisphere and the world, with almost 30 percent of Chile’s fruit growing area dedicated to grapes,” Wood added.

The Chilean table grape industry is export-focused and table grapes accounted for 24 percent of Chile’s $5.21 billion worth of fresh fruit exports in 2017 and 2018 – the largest share among all types of fruit. By volume, these exports of table grapes amounted to 730,000 tons, with China receiving 118,000 tons, or 16.5 percent, of Chile’s total table grape exports.