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🇨🇱 ChileProtein Intelligence

Chile is the world's second-largest Atlantic salmon producer after Norway, with AquaChile, Cermaq (Mitsubishi), and Mowi Chile as the dominant operators. The Atacama and Patagonian fjord regions provide ideal aquaculture conditions. Salmon export prices closely track the Nasdaq Salmon Index.

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Chile is the world's second-largest Atlantic salmon producer, with AquaChile, Cermaq (Mitsubishi), and Mowi Chile exporting premium seafood to Japan, the US, and Brazil.

Chilean salmon production is centred in the Los Lagos and Aysén regions, with sea lice management and ISA virus biosecurity as the key operational variables. Salmon export prices closely follow the Oslo-benchmark Nasdaq Salmon Index with a 6–8 week lag (harvest cycle). Chile is also a significant grape and blueberry exporter, but seafood represents the dominant protein export category by value. SalmaCo provides the industry's authoritative production volume data.

Salmon Exporter
WHAT TO WATCH
Norwegian Veterinary Institute sea lice reports
Sea lice levels in Chile correlate with Norwegian patterns but lag 4–6 months — Norwegian data is the leading indicator for Chilean biomass risk
El Niño water temperature anomalies (Pacific)
Warm water events in Chilean fjords reduce dissolved oxygen, increase parasite load, and force early harvest — supply disruptions from El Niño are highly predictable 6+ months ahead
KEY BENCHMARKS
Nasdaq Salmon Index (MOWI reference)
Nasdaq / Fish Pool
SalmaCo Chile Production Forecast
SalmaCo
TRADE & PRODUCTION DATA
Source: USDA FAS PSD · FAO FAOSTAT · MLA · NSC · VASEP (public datasets)
Low Energy Exposure
Chilean hydropower provides cheap electricity for salmon processing and cold chain — a structural cost advantage over UK land-based and some Norwegian operations. Diesel is used for feed delivery boats and harvest vessels in remote fjords. El Niño-linked water temperature anomalies can raise on-site aeration energy costs significantly, but this is weather-driven not energy-price-driven.
Atlantic Salmon
Export000 MT (HOG)
760 ↑
2026E
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
567
606
622
695
710
735
760
SalmaCo / Sernapesca
Atlantic Salmon
ExportUSD million
7.0k ↑
2026E
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
3.6k
4.1k
5.5k
6.1k
6.4k
6.7k
7.0k
SalmaCo / Sernapesca
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Imported from 9 sources.
UN Comtrade · Annual bilateral flows · Protein basket (beef, poultry, seafood)
Imports to CL
↓ ImportBR → CL$221.3M
Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0207
2025prev $163.8M
↓ ImportAR → CL$16.3M
Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0207
2025prev $274K
↓ ImportCN → CL$15.3M
Protein commodities (beef, poultry, seafood)HS 030617
2023prev $14.2M+7.4% YoY
↓ ImportPL → CL$4.3M
Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0207
2025
↓ ImportCA → CL$958K
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025prev $50K
↓ ImportDE → CL$409K
Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0207
2025
↓ ImportAU → CL$122K
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2024prev $110K
↓ ImportNL → CL$20K
Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0207
2025prev $15K+31.6% YoY
↓ ImportGB → CL$18K
Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0207
2024
Source: UN Comtrade Database · Annual bilateral trade flows · USD at time of export
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Key Protein Categories
Salmon
Beef
Poultry
Pork
Seafood
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Global Market Context
Global indices · not country-specific
FAO Food Price Index133.3
index (2014-2016=100)2026-08FAO
FAO Meat Price Index127.9
index (2014-2016=100)2026-08FAO
FAO Dairy Price Index119.2
index (2014-2016=100)2026-08FAO
FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index196.9
index (2014-2016=100)2026-08FAO
FAO Cereals Price Index116.3
index (2014-2016=100)2026-08FAO
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Data Coverage
HQ companies1
Operating2
Brands0
Facilities0
Events0
Documents0
Trade flows27
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