Subheading 2208.40 · Food, beverages and tobacco

Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products

In the Arancel: Alcohol etílico sin desnaturalizar con grado alcohólico volumétrico inferior al 80 % vol.; aguardientes, licores y demás bebidas espirituosas › Ron y demás aguardientes procedentes de la destilación, previa fermentación, de productos de la caña de azúcar

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 360 thousand of this product, less than 0.1% of everything it exported. The main destination was the Netherlands (55%), and the main region of origin, Metropolitana (23%). It imported US$ 5.2 million, 1.5% less than in the same months of 2025, mostly from Mexico (37%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 360 thousand
exported, January–July 2026
US$ 5.2 M
imported, January–July 2026 · −1.5% vs January–July 2025
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · <0.1% of imports

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
01122US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
01122US$ 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 tariff line

Food, beverages and tobacco 100%Ron y demás aguardientes procedentes de la destilación, previa fermen…100%
Food, beverages and tobacco 100%Ron y demás aguardientes procedentesde la destilación, previa fermen…100%

What is imported, by tariff line

Food, beverages and tobacco 100%Ron y demás aguardientes procedentes de la destilación, previa fermen…97%Ronydem…
Food, beverages and tobacco 100%Ron y demás aguardientes procedentesde la destilación, previa fermen…97%

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$ 26 thousand and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. NetherlandsUS$ 199 thousand55%
  2. PanamaUS$ 51 thousand14%
  3. PeruUS$ 50 thousand14%
  4. UruguayUS$ 26 thousand7.2%
  5. ParaguayUS$ 22 thousand6.0%
  6. SpainUS$ 12 thousand3.4%
  7. GuatemalaUS$ 48<0.1%
  8. Congo - BrazzavilleUS$ 20<0.1%

Where imports come from

  1. MexicoUS$ 1.9 million37%
  2. CubaUS$ 1.0 million20%
  3. Dominican RepublicUS$ 908 thousand17%
  4. VenezuelaUS$ 447 thousand8.5%
  5. ColombiaUS$ 302 thousand5.8%
  6. BrazilUS$ 165 thousand3.1%
  7. PanamaUS$ 164 thousand3.1%
  8. GuatemalaUS$ 90 thousand1.7%
  9. NicaraguaUS$ 86 thousand1.6%
  10. United StatesUS$ 46 thousand0.9%
  11. United KingdomUS$ 36 thousand0.7%
  12. HaitiUS$ 13 thousand0.3%
  13. OthersUS$ 26 thousand0.5%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 276 thousand77%
  2. MetropolitanaUS$ 84 thousand23%
  3. No region declaredUS$ 68<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)%
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 134 thousand37%US$ 3.3 million63%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 128 thousand36%US$ 1.9 million37%
ChacallutaAricaUS$ 50 thousand14%——
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 48 thousand13%——
IquiqueIquique——US$ 14 thousand0.3%
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 20<0.1%US$ 7 thousand0.1%
CoronelCoronel——US$ 2 thousand<0.1%
AntofagastaAntofagasta——US$ 2<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. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 262 thousand73%
  2. RoadUS$ 98 thousand27%
  3. AirUS$ 20<0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 5.2 million100%
  2. RoadUS$ 18 thousand0.3%
  3. AirUS$ 7 thousand0.1%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 228<0.1%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 134 thousand37%US$ 3.3 million63%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 128 thousand36%US$ 1.9 million37%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 50 thousand14%——
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 48 thousand13%——
IquiqueTarapacá——US$ 14 thousand0.3%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 20<0.1%US$ 11 thousand0.2%
TalcahuanoBiobío——US$ 2 thousand<0.1%
AntofagastaAntofagasta——US$ 2<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 officeDestinationNationalised foreign goodsUS$ 276 thousand · 77%MetropolitanaUS$ 84 thousand · 23%No region declaredUS$ 68 · 0.0%Los AndesUS$ 48 thousand · 13%ValparaísoUS$ 128 thousand · 36%San AntonioUS$ 134 thousand · 37%AricaUS$ 50 thousand · 14%Other officesUS$ 20 · 0.0%UruguayUS$ 26 thousand · 7.2%ParaguayUS$ 22 thousand · 6.0%PanamaUS$ 51 thousand · 14%NetherlandsUS$ 199 thousand · 55%SpainUS$ 12 thousand · 3.4%PeruUS$ 50 thousand · 14%OthersUS$ 68 · 0.0%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationNationalis…77%Metropolit…23%No region …0.0%Los A…13%Valpa…36%San A…37%Arica14%Other…0.0%Uruguay7.2%Paraguay6.0%Panama14%Netherlands55%Spain3.4%Peru14%Others0.0%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeMexicoUS$ 1.9 million · 37%CubaUS$ 1.0 million · 20%Dominican RepublicUS$ 908 thousand · 17%VenezuelaUS$ 447 thousand · 8.5%ColombiaUS$ 302 thousand · 5.8%BrazilUS$ 165 thousand · 3.1%OthersUS$ 462 thousand · 8.8%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 5.2 million · 100%RoadUS$ 18 thousand · 0.3%AirUS$ 7 thousand · 0.1%Courier (air)US$ 228 · 0.0%San AntonioUS$ 3.3 million · 63%ValparaísoUS$ 1.9 million · 37%IquiqueUS$ 14 thousand · 0.3%MetropolitanaUS$ 11 thousand · 0.2%Other officesUS$ 2 thousand · 0.0%
OriginTransportCustoms officeMexico37%Cuba20%Dominican …17%Venezuela8.5%Colombia5.8%Brazil3.1%Others8.8%Sea, …100%Road0.3%Air0.1%Couri…0.0%San Antonio63%Valparaíso37%Iquique0.3%Metropolit…0.2%Other offi…0.0%

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 2 tariff lines

change against January–July 2025
CodeDescriptionExportschangeImportschange
2208.4010Ron y demás aguardientes procedentes de la destilación, previa fermentación, de productos de la caña de azúcar: ronUS$ 360 thousandUS$ 5.1 million−0.4%
2208.4090Ron y demás aguardientes procedentes de la destilación, previa fermentación, de productos de la caña de azúcar: los demásUS$ 48US$ 168 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.
Tariff lines
The 8-digit lines are Chile's own: the Harmonized System stops at the subheading and each country opens its own lines below it. They have no English text, so they are named in the Arancel's Spanish.

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