date:Mar 19, 2014
fruit this season, which has contributed to the good sales. Part of the robust demand this season might be due to the fact that there are fewer kiwis coming from Chile this year because production was negatively affected by cold weather in September.
We weren't affected so badly with the frost in Chile because we don't have a lot of plantings in the affected areas, said Pinel. But, though it's difficult to know the degree of the decrease, production in Chile this year could be 60 to 65 percent