Indonesian food producers secure $29,000 Chilean order for fruit, vegetable and tempeh snacks
Two Indonesian small businesses have secured a Chilean order worth $29,000, equivalent to Rp510 million, for processed fruit, vegetable and tempeh snacks. The shipment is expected to reach Chile in October 2026 and enter local retail networks.
Two producers gain access to Chilean retail
Two Indonesian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises have secured orders from Chile worth $29,000, equivalent to Rp510 million, for processed fruit and vegetable products and tempeh snacks. Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade disclosed the transaction, which gives the producers an initial route into Chile’s retail market.
According to ANTARA, the suppliers are CV Pangantama Makmur Abadi and CV Arva Indonesia. Pangantama’s products include mango, apple and jackfruit chips, as well as broccoli and mushroom chips. Arva will supply tempeh chips in truffle, honey butter and Himalayan salt basil varieties.
The goods left Indonesia in the second week of August 2026 and are expected to arrive in Chile in October 2026. They will then be distributed through a local retail network, moving the transaction beyond a promotional trial and into consumer-facing sales channels.
Trade fair contacts convert into an order
The deal followed the companies’ participation in Espacio Food & Service 2025, a food and beverage exhibition in Chile. Subsequent commercial discussions were coordinated by the Ministry of Trade through the Indonesia Trade Promotion Center in Santiago and the Indonesian Embassy in Chile.
Fajarini Puntodewi, director general of national export development at the ministry, said the transaction could become the start of longer-term cooperation with the local buyer. If the products receive a positive market response and sales continue, the two businesses could generate a further $29,000 in potential transactions.
The order shows how trade exhibitions can produce measurable business for smaller food processors when followed by sustained contact with buyers. For the suppliers, however, repeat orders will depend on consistent product quality, food-safety compliance, efficient production and the ability to adapt flavors and packaging to Chilean consumer preferences. Koran Jakarta noted that stronger downstream processing can create more export value than selling agricultural commodities in raw form.
Food order enters a wider bilateral trade relationship
The snack shipment is small relative to trade between the two countries but broadens the composition of Indonesian sales to Chile. Indonesia-Chile trade totaled $277.4 million in January-June 2026, comprising Indonesian exports of $219.8 million and imports of $57.6 million. Indonesia therefore recorded a surplus of $162.2 million during the period.
In 2025, bilateral trade reached $534.9 million. Indonesia exported $440.8 million of goods to Chile and imported $94.0 million, producing a trade surplus of $346.8 million. Indonesia’s main exports that year included vehicles and parts, footwear, fertilizers, machinery and mechanical equipment, and paper and paperboard. Its imports from Chile included fish and shrimp, wood pulp, fertilizers, fruit and milling products.
Processed snacks remain a comparatively narrow part of this relationship, but the order provides a commercial test for Indonesian branded food in South America. Arrival in October will shift attention to retail turnover and the buyer’s decision on replenishment. A second order of the projected size would double the disclosed transaction potential for the two producers to $58,000.
