Chile Agriculture

Contents extracted from the comprehensive atlas of international trade by Export Entreprises

Chilean farmers first concern is the concequences of the entry within the Mercosur. Indeed, this would reduce or suppress barriers at legal entry of numerous foreign products. Some difficulties would follow for numerous Chilean producers.

Farmland surface area:

the areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 2,294,000 hectares in Chile.

Number of farms:

Crops

Crop	Yield (in Metric Tons)	Surface (in hectares)	Yield Hg/ Ha*
Grapes	1 575 000	138 277	113 902
Wheat	1 500 000	370 000	40 541
Corn	646 000	73 000	88 493
Apples	750 000	32 400	231 481
Potatoes	992 000	56 300	176 199

Livestock

Species	Headcount
Cattle	4 068 000
Ovine races	4 144 000
Pigs	2 465 000
Goats	740 000
Poultry	70 043 000

Number of tractors:

54 000

Irrigated land (surface area):

1 800 000 hectares.

Fishing yield in metric tons:

Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods	Saltwater fish
130 596 Tm.	5 656 612 Tm.

Aquacultural yield in metric tons:

7 590 947 Tm.

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