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Chile has become one of Europe’s favorite sourcing countries for fruit and vegetables. In fact it has taken less than ten years
Chile has become one of Europe’s favorite sourcing countries for fruit and vegetables. In fact it has taken less than ten years
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2010-01-10
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Chile has become one of Europe’s favorite sourcing countries for fruit and vegetables. In fact it has taken less than ten years for Chile to establish itself as Latin America’s largest exporter of fruit and vegetables, with Europe the largest consumer. Fresh produce exports are one of the country’s main growth sectors, 【B1】______ .
Much of the country’s agriculture is carried out in the fertile Maipo Valley, 【B2】______ . The Mediterranean climate and fertile soil provide ideal growing conditions, helped by a comparative absence of insects and disease. Being located in the southern hemisphere is another advantage and, at certain times of the year, 【B3】______ .
The Chileans recognize that investment is the key to continued success, and have invested heavily in food-processing and packaging technology in order to build up sales of value-added foods, 【B4】______ , in addition to the original juices and jams. Raspberries are their largest frozen fruit export. There has been a dramatic rise in the export sales of frozen fruit and vegetables, 【B5】______ .
A very important player in this success story has been the Frutos del Maipo Corporation. Frutos del Maipo was formed in 1978, originally to provide fruit for jam producers in Chile. Using both fresh and frozen fruit, it now supplies the national industry all year round, as well as the principal markets of Europe, the USA and Japan. Its sales last year reached 8,000 tons and were valued at US $12m, representing 30% of the Chilean market.
The UK is Chile’s fourth largest European importer of frozen produce, 【B6】______ . The distance between Santiago and the UK means that most of this fruit and vegetable cargo is transported by air. British airways has benefited from the dramatic increase in exports to the UK, adding a third direct weekly flight to Santiago. BA’s World Cargo Division has seen a 45% growth in the movement of fresh goods from Chile to the UK in the last year. According to Rodrigo Casal of British Airways World Cargo, this trade between Chile and the UK will continue to grow at a rapid rate.
A. which have increased by as much as 4000% in some cases
B. importing over three million tons, valued at US $ 6m
C. which is the largest importer in Asia
D. which is also famous as a wine-growing area
E. but Chile doesn’t export bananas, apples and oranges
F. such as frozen and tinned fruit and vegetables
G. with over 36 million tons of fruit and seven million tons of vegetables exported world-wide each year
H. fruit such as grapes and certain vegetables can be obtained only from Chile
【B5】______
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A
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