The plum is a species known for more than two thousand years, its varieties are mainly characterized by producing an oval-shaped fruit with a bluish-purple skin, with a high sugar content.
Chile as an individual country is its main exporter, followed by the United States and Spain.
The cultivation of plum trees has developed in the central zone of the country, in particular, between the regions of Valparaíso and Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins.