Chile’s opportunities in Asia are continuing to improve, with the opening this week of Taiwan to the country’s organic products.
Access was granted on Monday this week (31 May) after the organic protocol was settled, according to exporter Greenvic, which accounts for 85 per cent of Chile’s organic fruit exports.
“It means we have a new market in Asia we can export organic apples to,” the company’s commercial manager Alejandro Le Roy told Fruitnet.com today. “We believe it will be very positive for our developing business in organics.”
Greenvic, which trades under the Organik Time label, plans to enter the market with four containers of organic Fuji apples this current Chilean season.
“We see a lot of potential for organic Fujis, and other varieties like Granny Smiths and Royal Galas,” Mr Le Roy said.
“In other markets we see some demand for Chilean organics in Singapore and Malaysia, and we believe that little by little Hong Kong and China will enter into our business.”
Mr Le Roy explained that apart from these markets, Japan would be Greenvic’s organic focus for the next three years in Asia.
“We started with organic blueberries there last season on a small scale, and now we are developing kiwifruit and avocados there, and we believe the Japanese market has huge potential for Chile.”
