The Chilean Avocado Committee estimates that the harvest for the 2024-25 cycle will reach 200,000 tonnes, which means a 33.3% increase compared to the 150,000 tonnes from the previous period.
Carmen Gloria Lüttges, the Chairwoman of the guild, attributes this growth to improved setting of the fruit in the production hectares, owing to more favourable weather conditions, marking this season into the best of the past three years.
Of the total production, it is expected that 55%, equivalent to 110,000 tonnes, will go to domestic consumption. Lüttges emphasises that the Chilean market continues to be a priority, considering that Chile is one of the largest consumers of Hass avocados in the world, only surpassed by Mexico. This fact underscores the importance of the avocado in the country and the tradition of its consumption, emphasising it as one of the crops with the highest production percentage for the local market.
Exports
The forecasts point towards the fact that around 90,000 tonnes of Chilean Hass avocados will be distributed internationally, with Europe as the main destination, taking up 74% of the exports.
Europe is followed by Latin America with 10.9%, Asia with 10.2% and the United States with 5.3%. Lüttges mentions that Argentina will play an important role on the Latin American market, due to its growing interest in the nutritional properties and excellent flavour of this fruit.
The executive also indicates that “the figures will be constantly updated over the season, as it develops.”
