Chile Balance of Trade

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

1,880

Units In

USD Million

1,630

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 07, 2025

Time to Release

25 Days 13 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
3,380 Jan 2025	-1,384.72 Oct 2008	585.88 USD Million	1991-2025	Banco Central de Chile

Chile has been recording trade surpluses since 1999, mostly due to a rise in shipments of copper. The most important non mineral exports are processed food, namely salmon; fresh fruit; chemicals; cellulose & paper; forestry & wood products; metals, machinery & equipment; and wine. In 2019, the biggest trade surpluses were recorded with China and Japan while the largest trade deficits with the US, Argentina and Brazil.

Latest Updates

Chile posted a trade surplus of $1,877 million in March 2025, down from $2,104 million in the corresponding period last year and missing market forecasts of $1,950 million. Exports increased 8.87% year-on-year to $8,661 million, with stronger shipments of mining products (+15.63%) and manufactured goods (+12.4%), especially copper (+13.59%), offsetting a 31.3% drop in agricultural, forestry and fisheries exports. Meanwhile, imports increased 7.3% to $6,784 million, driven by higher demand for capital goods (+10.88%) and consumer goods (+12.61%) and intermediate goods (+3.04%)