Illustration of a valley in central Chile: a row of wooden hives among scrub and dry grass, flowering quillay and espino branches with bees in the foreground, and the snow-capped Andes behind.

Chilean beekeeping data observatory

Chilean beekeeping in figures, with every source in plain sight

Colony counts, foreign trade, prices, animal health and regulation, drawn together from public sources. Every figure links to its methodology sheet, to the capture it came from and to the version of the method.

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Version 1.9Site updated 4 October 2026 at 14:46 (Chile time)

Latest figure

Indicators

The latest published figure of each series, with its status.

Colonies and holdings

Declared hives

1,533,405hives

Period 2023 · National total Normal

Colonies and holdings

Registered beekeepers

11,583beekeepers

Period 2023 · National total Normal

Colonies and holdings

Declared apiaries

22,260apiaries

Period 2023 · National total Normal

Colonies and holdings

Migratory hives

No figure published yet. The methodology sheet explains what is missing.

Colonies and holdings

Honey production reported to the international organization

12,224.79tonnes

Period 2024 · National total Imputed

Foreign trade

Honey export volume

89.046tonnes

Period 2026-08 · National total · Exports Provisional

Foreign trade

Honey import CIF value

0dollars CIF

Period 2026-08 · National total · Imports Provisional

Foreign trade

Honey import CIF value by country of origin

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey import CIF value by country of origin, rolling twelve months

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export volume by destination country

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export volume by destination country, rolling twelve months

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export volume by tariff heading

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export volume by tariff heading, rolling twelve months

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export volume by declared region of origin

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export volume by declared region of origin, rolling twelve months

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export FOB value

288,343.6dollars FOB

Period 2026-08 · National total · Exports Provisional

Foreign trade

Honey export FOB value by destination country

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export FOB value by destination country, rolling twelve months

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export FOB value by tariff heading

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export FOB value by tariff heading, rolling twelve months

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export FOB value by declared region of origin

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey export FOB value by declared region of origin, rolling twelve months

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Unit FOB price of exported honey

3.24dollars FOB per kilogram

Period 2026-08 · National total · Exports Provisional

Foreign trade

Concentration of export destinations

0.374index from 0 to 1

Period 2026-08 · National total · Exports Provisional

Foreign trade

Live bee material exports

0units

Period 2026-08 · National total · Exports Provisional

Foreign trade

Honey imports

0tonnes

Period 2026-08 · National total · Imports Provisional

Foreign trade

Honey imports by country of origin

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey imports by country of origin, rolling twelve months

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Foreign trade

Honey imports as declared by the partner

4,795.532tonnes

Period 2024 · National total Estimated

Foreign trade

Mirror discrepancy with the partner

No figure published yet. The methodology sheet explains what is missing.

Foreign trade

RAMEX-registered beekeepers

1,683beekeepers

Period 2023 · National total Normal

Prices

FOB price of Argentine honey

2.18dollars FOB per kilogram

Period 2024 · National total Normal

Prices

FOB price gap against Argentina

No figure published yet. The methodology sheet explains what is missing.

Prices

United States producer price of honey

3.05dollars per pound

Period 2025 · National total Provisional

Prices

Honey import price in the European Union

2.1dollars CIF per kilogram

Period 2024 · European Union Estimated

Prices

Consumer price of honey in Chile

10,343pesos per kilogram

Period 2026-09 · National total Normal

Prices

Chile relative price index

No figure published yet. The methodology sheet explains what is missing.

Animal health

American foulbrood outbreaks

25outbreaks

Period 2025 · National total Normal

Animal health

Apiaries testing positive in health surveillance

This series has no single national figure. Its figures are on its page, by region or by category.

Territory

By region, from north to south

Declared hives, 2023

Source: Boletín Apícola del SAG (Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG)); Artículos y estudios apícolas de ODEPA (Biblioteca Digital) (Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias (ODEPA))
Sheet: A1 v1.5.0
Capture date of the latest figure: 30 September 2026
Agency: Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG)
Origin: exact capture address
Fingerprint: sha256 f3283a1a1385bb2eed3ef98ca5ec8620f399006a566bcbec18634e064875c9ba
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Chile

Hatched cells are suppressed because they cover very few producers or because a single one accounts for most of the figure, and so are the cells that would let someone work one of those out by subtracting from a total. Publishing them could make someone identifiable.