Mercado Mayorista Lo Valledor: physical wholesale market in Santiago — Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Lo Valledor is a wholesale market in Santiago particularly associated with Chilean fruit and vegetable trading.
AGR-076 · Physical wholesale market · Santiago — Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chile · CLP
Major Chilean fruit and vegetable distribution centre
Lo Valledor is a wholesale market in Santiago particularly associated with Chilean fruit and vegetable trading. The operator also lists eggs, pulses, meat and groceries. Its profile states annual product turnover above 2.5 million tonnes and a site larger than 300,000 square metres. These are indicative figures without a stated base year, so they are not presented as audited results for 2025 or 2026. They help describe the market's scale while retaining the limits of the source.
The market welcomes businesses and individuals; its buyer information says that operating a business is not required simply to purchase goods. Trading is organised around night and morning activity with a weekend interruption, making the current timetable worth checking before travelling. Fruit and vegetable prices and volumes can be examined through the government ODEPA system by selecting the specific market. That coverage does not automatically establish price reporting for meat, eggs or every grocery line sold in the complex.
A buyer should compare items of the same variety, grade and trading unit. Chilean reports can use bulk containers of different weights, so a container price should be converted only after its contents are confirmed. Specify whether fruit must be ready for immediate retail sale or withstand additional transport and storage. Before a substantial order, establish the supplier, collection point and payment method. Access for individuals does not mean that every business sells arbitrarily small quantities on the same terms as a wholesale lot. Keep the agreed net weight visible in the order, particularly when a purchase combines several different packaging formats.
A seller can use the supplier section to establish the appropriate form of market participation and delivery arrangements. A useful offer identifies the producing region, harvest calendar, available quantity and sorting and packing method. Determine the entry, unloading and trading charges applying to the chosen arrangement, together with responsibility for any unsold part of the shipment. For trend analysis, retain daily ODEPA observations with variety and quality rather than comparing generic fruit names alone. Season, origin and the share of individual grades can alter an average price even when demand is similar. Net receipts after transport, packaging and quality losses provide a practical basis for evaluating a route to market. Record the agreed commercial conditions alongside price data so that a later comparison reflects the whole shipment rather than its headline quotation.
What is priced: Grains, oilseeds and pulses, Fruit, Vegetables and potatoes, Livestock and meat, Poultry and eggs, Retail and consumer food prices
Where to find the prices
Products and quotations
Fresh fruit; Vegetables; Oranges; Pears; Tomatoes; Eggs; Pulses; Meat; Dry groceries
Key figures
- Indicative annual physical turnover: 2,500,000 t (Base year undisclosed; checked 27 Oct 2026). More than; whole-market profile.
- Complex area: 300,000 m² (Base year undisclosed; checked 27 Oct 2026). More than; operator profile.
Sources
- Lo Valledor — profile and assortment
- Lo Valledor — buyer information
- Lo Valledor — seller information
- ODEPA — prices and methodology
All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources
