Chapter 16 · Food, beverages and tobacco

Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 407 million of the goods in this chapter, 0.5% of everything it exported and 14% more than in the same months of 2025. The main destination was Spain (22%), and the main region of origin, Los Lagos (75%). It imported US$ 209 million, 2.3% less than in the same months of 2025, mostly from China (23%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 407 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +14% vs January–July 2025
US$ 209 M
imported, January–July 2026 · −2.3% vs January–July 2025
0.5%
of everything Chile exported · 0.4% of imports

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
020406080US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
020406080US$ 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 heading

Food, beverages and tobacco 100%Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or pr…76%Prepared or preserved fish;caviar and caviarsubstitutes prepared fr…14%Prepared or preserved meat, meatoffal, blood or insects10%
Food, beverages and tobacco 100%Crustaceans, molluscs andother aquatic invertebrates,prepared or pr…76%Preparedorpreserved…14%Preparedorpreserved…10%

What is imported, by heading

Food, beverages and tobacco 100%Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutesprepared fr…50%Prepared or preserved meat, meatoffal, blood or insects31%Crustaceans, molluscsand other aquaticinvertebrates,…14%Sausages and similarproducts, of meat, meatoffal, blood or insects;…5.3%
Food, beverages and tobacco 100%Prepared orpreserved fish;caviar and caviar…50%Prepared orpreserved meat,meat offal, blood…31%Crustaceans,molluscs andother aquatic…14%Sausa…andsimil…5.3%

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. The other countries, pooled, and the codes that are not a country (free zones, ship stores) add up to US$ 77.2 million and have no line.

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$ 1.4 million and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. SpainUS$ 90.2 million22%
  2. United StatesUS$ 66.3 million16%
  3. RussiaUS$ 40.0 million9.8%
  4. JapanUS$ 35.5 million8.7%
  5. ItalyUS$ 30.7 million7.5%
  6. FranceUS$ 25.4 million6.2%
  7. United KingdomUS$ 10.3 million2.5%
  8. NetherlandsUS$ 7.8 million1.9%
  9. LithuaniaUS$ 7.4 million1.8%
  10. ArgentinaUS$ 5.6 million1.4%
  11. DenmarkUS$ 5.6 million1.4%
  12. MexicoUS$ 5.3 million1.3%
  13. OthersUS$ 77.2 million19%

Where imports come from

  1. ChinaUS$ 48.1 million23%
  2. BrazilUS$ 44.2 million21%
  3. ThailandUS$ 34.5 million16%
  4. EcuadorUS$ 28.4 million14%
  5. United StatesUS$ 14.9 million7.1%
  6. ColombiaUS$ 10.7 million5.1%
  7. ArgentinaUS$ 7.1 million3.4%
  8. ParaguayUS$ 6.1 million2.9%
  9. VietnamUS$ 5.0 million2.4%
  10. SpainUS$ 5.0 million2.4%
  11. PeruUS$ 3.1 million1.5%
  12. ItalyUS$ 556 thousand0.3%
  13. OthersUS$ 1.4 million0.7%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. Los LagosUS$ 306 million75%
  2. BiobíoUS$ 47.7 million12%
  3. O'HigginsUS$ 34.2 million8.4%
  4. CoquimboUS$ 9.1 million2.2%
  5. AraucaníaUS$ 4.5 million1.1%
  6. MetropolitanaUS$ 3.3 million0.8%
  7. ValparaísoUS$ 962 thousand0.2%
  8. MauleUS$ 543 thousand0.1%
  9. AtacamaUS$ 424 thousand0.1%
  10. AysénUS$ 384 thousand0.1%
  11. TarapacáUS$ 304 thousand0.1%
  12. MagallanesUS$ 151 thousand<0.1%
  13. No region declaredUS$ 2 thousand<0.1%

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)%
CoronelCoronelUS$ 192 million47%——
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 34.4 million8.5%US$ 136 million65%
San VicenteTalcahuanoUS$ 135 million33%US$ 516 thousand0.2%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 1.8 million0.4%US$ 52.6 million25%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 12.8 million3.1%US$ 15.7 million7.5%
LirquénPencoUS$ 21.6 million5.3%US$ 1.1 million0.5%
Pino Hachado (Liucura)LonquimayUS$ 3.0 million0.7%US$ 2.1 million1.0%
Cardenal SamorePuyehueUS$ 2.8 million0.7%——
Other Chilean ports——US$ 678 thousand0.3%
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuel——US$ 359 thousand0.2%
Other portsUS$ 3.3 million0.8%US$ 214 thousand0.1%

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. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 397 million98%
  2. RoadUS$ 8.8 million2.2%
  3. AirUS$ 1.2 million0.3%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 251<0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 153 million73%
  2. RoadUS$ 55.6 million27%
  3. AirUS$ 231 thousand0.1%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 14 thousand<0.1%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
TalcahuanoBiobíoUS$ 350 million86%US$ 1.7 million0.8%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 34.4 million8.5%US$ 136 million65%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 1.8 million0.4%US$ 53.3 million25%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 12.5 million3.1%US$ 15.7 million7.5%
Puerto MonttLos LagosUS$ 5.5 million1.3%——
AraucaníaAraucaníaUS$ 143 thousand<0.1%US$ 2.1 million1.0%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 2.1 million0.5%US$ 99 thousand<0.1%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 1.2 million0.3%US$ 244 thousand0.1%
IquiqueTarapacáUS$ 98 thousand<0.1%US$ 2 thousand<0.1%
AntofagastaAntofagasta——US$ 82 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 officeDestinationLos LagosUS$ 306 million · 75%BiobíoUS$ 47.7 million · 12%O'HigginsUS$ 34.2 million · 8.4%CoquimboUS$ 9.1 million · 2.2%AraucaníaUS$ 4.5 million · 1.1%MetropolitanaUS$ 3.3 million · 0.8%Other regionsUS$ 2.8 million · 0.7%Puerto MonttUS$ 5.5 million · 1.3%TalcahuanoUS$ 350 million · 86%San AntonioUS$ 34.4 million · 8.5%ValparaísoUS$ 12.5 million · 3.1%AricaUS$ 2.1 million · 0.5%Other officesUS$ 3.2 million · 0.8%RussiaUS$ 40.0 million · 9.8%United KingdomUS$ 10.3 million · 2.5%SpainUS$ 90.2 million · 22%ItalyUS$ 30.7 million · 7.5%FranceUS$ 25.4 million · 6.2%United StatesUS$ 66.3 million · 16%JapanUS$ 35.5 million · 8.7%OthersUS$ 109 million · 27%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationLos Lagos75%Biobío12%O'Higgins8.4%Coquimbo2.2%Araucanía1.1%Metropolit…0.8%Other regi…0.7%Puert…1.3%Talca…86%San A…8.5%Valpa…3.1%Arica0.5%Other…0.8%Russia9.8%United Kin…2.5%Spain22%Italy7.5%France6.2%United Sta…16%Japan8.7%Others27%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeChinaUS$ 48.1 million · 23%BrazilUS$ 44.2 million · 21%ThailandUS$ 34.5 million · 16%EcuadorUS$ 28.4 million · 14%United StatesUS$ 14.9 million · 7.1%ColombiaUS$ 10.7 million · 5.1%ArgentinaUS$ 7.1 million · 3.4%OthersUS$ 21.3 million · 10%RoadUS$ 55.6 million · 27%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 153 million · 73%AirUS$ 231 thousand · 0.1%Courier (air)US$ 14 thousand · 0.0%Los AndesUS$ 53.3 million · 25%AraucaníaUS$ 2.1 million · 1.0%San AntonioUS$ 136 million · 65%ValparaísoUS$ 15.7 million · 7.5%TalcahuanoUS$ 1.7 million · 0.8%Other officesUS$ 427 thousand · 0.2%
OriginTransportCustoms officeChina23%Brazil21%Thailand16%Ecuador14%United Sta…7.1%Colombia5.1%Argentina3.4%Others10%Road27%Sea, …73%Air0.1%Couri…0.0%Los Andes25%Araucanía1.0%San Antonio65%Valparaíso7.5%Talcahuano0.8%Other offi…0.2%

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 5 headings

change against January–July 2025
CodeDescriptionExportschangeImportschange
16.05Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preservedUS$ 310 million+14%US$ 28.7 million−9.5%
16.04Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggsUS$ 55.9 million+12%US$ 104 million−14%
16.02Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insectsUS$ 41.4 million+15%US$ 65.2 million+25%
16.01Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products—US$ 11.0 million+14%
16.03Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebratesUS$ 27 thousandUS$ 73 thousand

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

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.

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