Chile: Las exportaciones de papa aumentaron un 47% en volumen hasta agosto; las papas de siembra lideran los envíos.
Puntos clave
- 2 million kg of potatoes exported by Chile in Jan-Aug 2026
- 19% value growth took Chilean exports to US$3 million FOB
- 46% of export volume was seed; Uruguay took 47% of sales
- 110 million dollars of imports, down 9%, dwarf exports
Por qué importa
- para los agricultores
- Verificar la demanda de exportación de semillas certificadas en Uruguay y Brasil; planificar lotes de semillas en La Araucanía y Los Lagos para compradores regionales.
- Para los comerciantes
- Planificar ofertas de papa de siembra para Uruguay, que absorbió el 47% de las exportaciones chilenas entre enero y agosto de 2026.
Resumen de 60 segundos
Chilean potato exports are growing from a small base, with seed tubers doing most of the work. The agricultural policy office ODEPA counts 2 million kilograms shipped abroad from January to August, up 47 percent, for a value of 3 million dollars, up 19 percent. Seed makes up almost half of that volume, and Uruguay is the biggest buyer, followed by Brazil. Snack-type products bring the most value. The trade balance still leans heavily the other way, since imports, mostly frozen prepared potatoes, reached 110 million dollars over the same months. At home, shoppers in the Santiago region paid 69 percent more at street markets in August than a year before. For seed growers in the southern regions of La Araucania and Los Lagos, regional demand is a useful extra outlet next to a tight home market. The data come from one official bulletin, and the country split of exports is not specified by value or volume.
Chile exported more potatoes in the first eight months of 2026. From January to August, exports reached 2 million kilograms. That is 47% more than in the same period of 2025. The export value rose 19% to 3 million US dollars FOB. The figures come from the September potato bulletin of the agricultural policy office ODEPA, published on 14 September.
Seed and snacks drive exports
Seed potatoes were the largest export group by volume. They made up 46% of the exported volume and 36% of the value. Prepared potato products, mainly snacks, made up 55% of the value but only 22% of the volume. Fresh potatoes for consumption made up 22% of the volume and 7% of the value.
The main buyers were neighbouring countries. Uruguay took 47% of the exports, Brazil 25%, Argentina 9% and Guatemala 8%, according to the office.
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Imports remain much larger
Chile is still a large net importer of potato products. From January to August, imports reached 110 million US dollars CIF. This is 9% less than a year earlier. The import volume fell 4.7% to 81 million kilograms. Frozen prepared potatoes made up 83% of the import value. By value, imports were about 37 times larger than exports, by our calculation.
Consumer prices rise
The bulletin also shows higher prices for shoppers in the Santiago region in August. At open-air markets, potatoes cost 935 pesos per kilogram. This is 69% more than in August 2025. In supermarkets, the price was 1,669 pesos per kilogram, up 50% from a year earlier.
The potato area for the 2025/2026 season is estimated at 38,553 hectares, 2% less than the season before. La Araucanía has 27% of the area and Los Lagos 20%.
Por qué importa
Chilean exports are still small, but they are growing. Seed potato exports to Uruguay and Brazil show that Chilean seed has a place in the region.
At home, the market is tight. Consumer prices are much higher than last year, and the planted area is slightly smaller. Seed growers may find export demand a useful addition to the local market.
Photo: Tubers of an Andean potato variety (not Chile) (illustrative). Ordercrazy / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
Informe mundial sobre la papa
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¿Y ahora qué
ODEPA publishes its potato bulletin monthly. The next issue is expected to add September trade and price data.
Fuentes
- ODEPA — Boletín de la papa, septiembre 2026 (14.09.2026) — https://www.odepa.gob.cl/publicaciones/boletines/boletin-de-la-papa-septiembre-2026
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