Heading 15.12 · Fats and oils

Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 843 thousand of this product, less than 0.1% of everything it exported. The main destination was Peru (51%), and the main region of origin, Metropolitana (93%). It imported US$ 101 million, 24% more than in the same months of 2025, mostly from Argentina (95%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 843 thousand
exported, January–July 2026
US$ 101 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +24% vs January–July 2025
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · 0.2% of imports

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
05101520US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
05101520US$ MJ2025FMAMJJASON·DJ2026FMAMJJ·A
ExportsImportsshaded: the months the figures above are read over

«s/d» is a month the Aduanas database does not carry, not a month without trade.

What is inside

January–July 2026

What is exported, by subheading

Fats and oils 100%Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions,…55%Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil andtheir fractions,…44%
Fats and oils 100%Vegetable oils;sunflower seed orsafflower oil and…55%Vegetable oils;sunflower seedor safflower oi…44%

What is imported, by subheading

Fats and oils 100%Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions,…69%Vegetable oils; sunflower seed orsafflower oil and their fractions,…31%
Fats and oils 100%Vegetable oils; sunflowerseed or safflower oil andtheir fractions,…69%Vegetableoils;sunflower…31%

With which countries

January–July 2026

Each line joins the start and a country this was sold to; it is a relationship, not a route.

Each line arrives from the country where the goods were made; it is a relationship, not a route. The other countries, pooled, and the codes that are not a country (free zones, ship stores) add up to US$ 437 and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. PeruUS$ 433 thousand51%
  2. ArgentinaUS$ 373 thousand44%
  3. ColombiaUS$ 32 thousand3.8%
  4. BrazilUS$ 4 thousand0.5%

Where imports come from

  1. ArgentinaUS$ 95.5 million95%
  2. SpainUS$ 2.6 million2.5%
  3. BoliviaUS$ 1.5 million1.5%
  4. ParaguayUS$ 701 thousand0.7%
  5. SwedenUS$ 102 thousand0.1%
  6. United StatesUS$ 97 thousand0.1%
  7. BrazilUS$ 84 thousand0.1%
  8. IndiaUS$ 9 thousand<0.1%
  9. ItalyUS$ 4 thousand<0.1%
  10. FranceUS$ 4 thousand<0.1%
  11. PolandUS$ 914<0.1%
  12. JapanUS$ 508<0.1%
  13. OthersUS$ 437<0.1%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. MetropolitanaUS$ 787 thousand93%
  2. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 51 thousand6.0%
  3. No region declaredUS$ 4 thousand0.5%

The region the declaration names as the origin of the exports. An import declares no region.

Where it leaves and lands

January–July 2026
Port or crossingComunaLoaded (exports)%Unloaded (imports)%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 373 thousand44%US$ 94.5 million94%
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 380 thousand45%US$ 2.2 million2.2%
Other Chilean ports——US$ 1.9 million1.9%
Pino Hachado (Liucura)Lonquimay——US$ 1.4 million1.4%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 441 thousand0.4%
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 4 thousand0.5%US$ 98 thousand0.1%
ChacallutaAricaUS$ 85 thousand10%US$ 168<0.1%
IquiqueIquique——US$ 10 thousand<0.1%

The Chilean port where the exports were loaded and the imports unloaded: where the cargo passes, which is not always the office that processes it. The eight largest are named; the rest are in «other ports». Every port →

Exports, by transport

  1. RoadUS$ 458 thousand54%
  2. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 380 thousand45%
  3. Courier (air)US$ 4 thousand0.5%

Imports, by transport

  1. RoadUS$ 97.8 million97%
  2. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 2.7 million2.7%
  3. AirUS$ 94 thousand0.1%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 4 thousand<0.1%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 373 thousand44%US$ 96.4 million96%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 380 thousand45%US$ 2.2 million2.2%
AraucaníaAraucanía——US$ 1.1 million1.1%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 441 thousand0.4%
TalcahuanoBiobío——US$ 362 thousand0.4%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 4 thousand0.5%US$ 98 thousand0.1%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 85 thousand10%US$ 168<0.1%
IquiqueTarapacá——US$ 10 thousand<0.1%

The office is the branch of the Service that processed the declaration. An import is counted at the office that clears it.

From where to where

January–July 2026

What leaves: region of origin, customs office, destination

Region of originCustoms officeDestinationMetropolitanaUS$ 787 thousand · 93%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 51 thousand · 6.0%No region declaredUS$ 4 thousand · 0.5%Los AndesUS$ 373 thousand · 44%AricaUS$ 85 thousand · 10%San AntonioUS$ 380 thousand · 45%MetropolitanaUS$ 4 thousand · 0.5%ArgentinaUS$ 373 thousand · 44%PeruUS$ 433 thousand · 51%ColombiaUS$ 32 thousand · 3.8%BrazilUS$ 4 thousand · 0.5%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationMetropolit…93%Nationalis…6.0%No region …0.5%Los A…44%Arica10%San A…45%Metro…0.5%Argentina44%Peru51%Colombia3.8%Brazil0.5%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeArgentinaUS$ 95.5 million · 95%SpainUS$ 2.6 million · 2.5%BoliviaUS$ 1.5 million · 1.5%ParaguayUS$ 701 thousand · 0.7%SwedenUS$ 102 thousand · 0.1%United StatesUS$ 97 thousand · 0.1%BrazilUS$ 84 thousand · 0.1%OthersUS$ 18 thousand · 0.0%RoadUS$ 97.8 million · 97%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 2.7 million · 2.7%Courier (air)US$ 4 thousand · 0.0%AirUS$ 94 thousand · 0.1%Los AndesUS$ 96.4 million · 96%AraucaníaUS$ 1.1 million · 1.1%TalcahuanoUS$ 362 thousand · 0.4%San AntonioUS$ 2.2 million · 2.2%ValparaísoUS$ 441 thousand · 0.4%Other officesUS$ 108 thousand · 0.1%
OriginTransportCustoms officeArgentina95%Spain2.5%Bolivia1.5%Paraguay0.7%Sweden0.1%United Sta…0.1%Brazil0.1%Others0.0%Road97%Sea, …2.7%Couri…0.0%Air0.1%Los Andes96%Araucanía1.1%Talcahuano0.4%San Antonio2.2%Valparaíso0.4%Other offi…0.1%

Every column adds up to the same total; the largest are named and the rest pooled into «others». Hover a ribbon to see how much it carries.

Its 4 subheadings

change against January–July 2025
CodeDescriptionExportschangeImportschange
1512.19Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modifiedUS$ 467 thousandUS$ 69.5 million+12%
1512.11Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modifiedUS$ 373 thousandUS$ 31.1 million+60%
1512.29Vegetable oils; cotton-seed oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modifiedUS$ 2 thousandUS$ 9 thousand
1512.21Vegetable oils; cotton-seed oil and its fractions; crude, whether or not gossypol has been removed, not chemically modified——

A change is shown only where the same months of the year before added up to at least US$ 1.0 million.

2 of these subheadings have no page of their own (they moved less than US$ 10.0 million); their figures are the ones in this table.

How it is measured

Where the figures come from
Every export and import declaration the Servicio Nacional de Aduanas processed since January 2025, added up as Aduanas publishes them in its open databases. Nothing is estimated. They are amounts of trade, not PuroChile indicators, and they are never divided by census figures.
FOB and CIF
Exports are valued FOB («free on board»): what the goods are worth loaded on the ship, plane or truck that takes them out of Chile. Imports are valued CIF («cost, insurance and freight»): what they are worth on arrival in Chile, with insurance and freight paid. That is how Aduanas publishes them. So «exports less imports» is not the Central Bank's trade balance, which values imports without insurance or freight.
Which months
The figures at the top add up January–July 2026: the months of this year both databases already carry, against the same months of 2025. Aduanas replaces the running year's database every month, so this year's months can still be corrected. «s/d» on a chart is a month the database does not carry — not a month without trade.
Changes
A change is shown only where the same months of the year before added up to at least US$ 1.0 million.
The codes
Aduanas classifies every good with a code of the Arancel Aduanero, which is the international Harmonized System with two Chilean digits added: 2 digits are the chapter (74, copper), 4 the heading (74.03, refined copper), 6 the subheading (7403.11, cathodes) and 8 Chile's own tariff line. Names are the Arancel's; in English, the Harmonized System 2022's. Chile's Section 0 and its 8-digit lines have no English text and are shown in Spanish.
Port and customs office
The port is where the cargo physically passes: loaded for an export, unloaded for an import. The customs office is the branch of the Service that processes the declaration. They are not always the same place: the Aduana de Antofagasta processes what is loaded at Mejillones.
What is not here
Customs agents: every declaration names the agent who filed it, but Aduanas's open databases leave that field out, and PuroChile does not estimate it.
A month at zero
A month with no bar is one in which nothing was declared under this code; «s/d» is one the database does not carry.
What has a page
A subheading has a page of its own if it moved at least US$ 10.0 million in exports and imports over every month the databases cover; the rest are, with their figures, in this page's table.

Source: Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How each figure is checked →