Chapter 38 · Chemicals

Chemical products n.e.c.

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 76.2 million of the goods in this chapter, 0.1% of everything it exported and 2.1% more than in the same months of 2025. The main destination was Peru (23%), and the main region of origin, Metropolitana (73%). It imported US$ 694 million, 2.7% less than in the same months of 2025, mostly from United States (27%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 76.2 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +2.1% vs January–July 2025
US$ 694 M
imported, January–July 2026 · −2.7% vs January–July 2025
0.1%
of everything Chile exported · 1.3% of imports

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
050100150US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
050100150US$ 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

Chemicals 100%Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides,anti-sprouting pr…51%Prepared binders forfoundry moulds or cores;chemical products and p…23%Activated carbon; activatednatural mineral products;animal black, i…12%Preparedrubberaccelerator…5.6%Reagents; diagnosticor laboratory reagentson a backing, prepare…Industr…monocar…fatty…1.7%Refra…cemen…morta…Reacti…initia…Pre…cul…med…
Chemicals 100%Insecticides,rodenticides,fungicides,…51%Prepared bindersfor foundry mouldsor cores; chemica…23%Activated carbon;activated naturalmineral products;…12%Preparedrubberacceler…5.6%Reagen…diagno…or…3.9%Indust…Refr…

What is imported, by heading

Chemicals 100%Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides,herbicides, anti-sprouting pr…35%Reagents; diagnostic orlaboratory reagents ona backing, prepared di…20%Prepared binders forfoundry moulds orcores; chemical…19%Anti-knockpreparations,oxidation and gum…7.1%Industrialmonocarboxyl…fatty acids;…4.9%Finishingagents, dyecarriers to…2.4%Reactioninitiators,reaction…2.4%Anti-fre…preparat…and…2.1%Preparedrubberaccelera…1.7%Mixedalkylb…and…Prepa…cultu…media…Activatedcarbon;…Refrac…cement…Organ…compo…solve…Metal…prepa…Mixt…cont…Pre…and…Rosi…Resi…
Chemicals 100%Insecticides,rodenticides,fungicides,…35%Reagents; diagnosticor laboratory reagentson a backing, prepare…20%Prepared bindersfor foundry mouldsor cores; chemica…19%Anti-knockpreparatio…oxidation…7.1%Industr…monocar…fatty…4.9%Finish…agents,dye…Reacti…initia…reacti…Anti-fr…prepara…Prepar…rubberaccele…Mix…alk…Pre…cul…

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$ 9.0 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$ 127 million and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. PeruUS$ 17.2 million23%
  2. BrazilUS$ 11.5 million15%
  3. ChinaUS$ 8.1 million11%
  4. ArgentinaUS$ 7.9 million10%
  5. United StatesUS$ 6.9 million9.0%
  6. ColombiaUS$ 4.0 million5.2%
  7. BoliviaUS$ 2.8 million3.7%
  8. MexicoUS$ 2.7 million3.5%
  9. EcuadorUS$ 2.6 million3.4%
  10. AustraliaUS$ 1.2 million1.6%
  11. SpainUS$ 1.1 million1.5%
  12. MalaysiaUS$ 1.1 million1.5%
  13. OthersUS$ 9.0 million12%

Where imports come from

  1. United StatesUS$ 186 million27%
  2. ChinaUS$ 84.3 million12%
  3. GermanyUS$ 62.7 million9.0%
  4. ArgentinaUS$ 52.8 million7.6%
  5. BrazilUS$ 45.0 million6.5%
  6. SpainUS$ 23.0 million3.3%
  7. ItalyUS$ 22.8 million3.3%
  8. FranceUS$ 20.5 million3.0%
  9. United KingdomUS$ 19.0 million2.7%
  10. ColombiaUS$ 18.3 million2.6%
  11. MexicoUS$ 16.2 million2.3%
  12. JapanUS$ 15.6 million2.2%
  13. OthersUS$ 127 million18%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. MetropolitanaUS$ 55.7 million73%
  2. Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 9.4 million12%
  3. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 5.5 million7.2%
  4. Los LagosUS$ 1.4 million1.8%
  5. MauleUS$ 1.2 million1.5%
  6. O'HigginsUS$ 1.1 million1.5%
  7. ValparaísoUS$ 924 thousand1.2%
  8. AtacamaUS$ 294 thousand0.4%
  9. AntofagastaUS$ 270 thousand0.4%
  10. BiobíoUS$ 250 thousand0.3%
  11. No region declaredUS$ 181 thousand0.2%
  12. TarapacáUS$ 67 thousand0.1%
  13. AraucaníaUS$ 7 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)%
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 37.1 million49%US$ 293 million42%
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 4.1 million5.4%US$ 138 million20%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 7.9 million10%US$ 112 million16%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 11.8 million16%US$ 77.8 million11%
Puerto AngamosMejillones——US$ 34.1 million4.9%
San VicenteTalcahuano——US$ 19.2 million2.8%
ChacallutaAricaUS$ 7.9 million10%——
CoronelCoronel——US$ 6.5 million0.9%
Pino Hachado (Liucura)Lonquimay——US$ 4.9 million0.7%
AricaAricaUS$ 3.2 million4.2%——
ChungaráPutreUS$ 2.1 million2.7%——
Paso JamaSan Pedro de AtacamaUS$ 1.1 million1.5%——
Other portsUS$ 951 thousand1.2%US$ 9.0 million1.3%

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$ 48.4 million64%
  2. RoadUS$ 23.7 million31%
  3. AirUS$ 3.3 million4.3%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 791 thousand1.0%
  5. OtherUS$ 60<0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 469 million68%
  2. AirUS$ 118 million17%
  3. RoadUS$ 87.2 million13%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 20.1 million2.9%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 37.1 million49%US$ 293 million42%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 4.1 million5.4%US$ 138 million20%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 7.9 million10%US$ 112 million16%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 11.8 million16%US$ 79.7 million11%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 1.1 million1.4%US$ 37.5 million5.4%
TalcahuanoBiobíoUS$ 306 thousand0.4%US$ 27.4 million4.0%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 13.5 million18%US$ 1.1 million0.2%
AraucaníaAraucaníaUS$ 103 thousand0.1%US$ 4.3 million0.6%
OsornoLos LagosUS$ 78 thousand0.1%US$ 776 thousand0.1%
IquiqueTarapacáUS$ 4 thousand<0.1%US$ 736 thousand0.1%
Punta ArenasMagallanesUS$ 22 thousand<0.1%US$ 405 thousand0.1%
TocopillaAntofagastaUS$ 180 thousand0.2%——

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$ 55.7 million · 73%Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 9.4 million · 12%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 5.5 million · 7.2%Los LagosUS$ 1.4 million · 1.8%MauleUS$ 1.2 million · 1.5%O'HigginsUS$ 1.1 million · 1.5%Other regionsUS$ 2.0 million · 2.6%ValparaísoUS$ 7.9 million · 10%San AntonioUS$ 37.1 million · 49%AricaUS$ 13.5 million · 18%Los AndesUS$ 11.8 million · 16%MetropolitanaUS$ 4.1 million · 5.4%Other officesUS$ 1.7 million · 2.3%ChinaUS$ 8.1 million · 11%United StatesUS$ 6.9 million · 9.0%BrazilUS$ 11.5 million · 15%ColombiaUS$ 4.0 million · 5.2%PeruUS$ 17.2 million · 23%BoliviaUS$ 2.8 million · 3.7%ArgentinaUS$ 7.9 million · 10%OthersUS$ 17.8 million · 23%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationMetropolit…73%Arica y Pa…12%Nationalis…7.2%Los Lagos1.8%Maule1.5%O'Higgins1.5%Other regi…2.6%Valpa…10%San A…49%Arica18%Los A…16%Metro…5.4%Other…2.3%China11%United Sta…9.0%Brazil15%Colombia5.2%Peru23%Bolivia3.7%Argentina10%Others23%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeUnited StatesUS$ 186 million · 27%ChinaUS$ 84.3 million · 12%GermanyUS$ 62.7 million · 9.0%ArgentinaUS$ 52.8 million · 7.6%BrazilUS$ 45.0 million · 6.5%SpainUS$ 23.0 million · 3.3%ItalyUS$ 22.8 million · 3.3%OthersUS$ 217 million · 31%AirUS$ 118 million · 17%Courier (air)US$ 20.1 million · 2.9%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 469 million · 68%RoadUS$ 87.2 million · 13%MetropolitanaUS$ 138 million · 20%San AntonioUS$ 293 million · 42%ValparaísoUS$ 112 million · 16%AntofagastaUS$ 37.5 million · 5.4%Los AndesUS$ 79.7 million · 11%Other officesUS$ 34.7 million · 5.0%
OriginTransportCustoms officeUnited Sta…27%China12%Germany9.0%Argentina7.6%Brazil6.5%Spain3.3%Italy3.3%Others31%Air17%Couri…2.9%Sea, …68%Road13%Metropolit…20%San Antonio42%Valparaíso16%Antofagasta5.4%Los Andes11%Other offi…5.0%

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 27 headings

change against January–July 2025
CodeDescriptionExportschangeImportschange
38.08Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators, disinfectants and the like, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articlesUS$ 38.5 million+11%US$ 242 million−1.8%
38.24Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or includedUS$ 17.7 million−4.5%US$ 130 million+3.2%
38.22Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 30.06; certified reference materialsUS$ 3.0 million−40%US$ 139 million+7.2%
38.11Anti-knock preparations, oxidation and gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and the like, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or other liquids used for the same purposesUS$ 116 thousandUS$ 49.3 million+8.9%
38.23Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcoholsUS$ 1.3 million−58%US$ 34.0 million−46%
38.09Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing, fixing of dyestuffs, other products and preparations, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.c. or includedUS$ 307 thousandUS$ 16.8 million−2.5%
38.15Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations n.e.c. or includedUS$ 388 thousandUS$ 16.7 million−4.3%
38.12Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, n.e.c. or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plasticsUS$ 4.3 million+29%US$ 11.8 million−9.0%
38.02Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal blackUS$ 9.2 million+26%US$ 5.5 million−8.0%
38.20Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluidsUS$ 84 thousandUS$ 14.5 million+2.8%
38.17Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902US$ 9 thousandUS$ 6.4 million+84%
38.21Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cellsUS$ 314 thousandUS$ 6.0 million+17%
38.16Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 38.01US$ 677 thousandUS$ 3.9 million−31%
38.14Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removersUS$ 63 thousandUS$ 3.8 million−8.1%
38.10Metal-pickling preparations; fluxes etc for soldering, brazing; welding powders, pastes of metal and other materials; preparations used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rodsUS$ 25 thousandUS$ 3.3 million+19%
38.27Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or includedUS$ 23 thousandUS$ 2.9 million−2.6%
38.13Preparations and charges for fire extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenadesUS$ 79 thousandUS$ 2.5 million−22%
38.19Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous mineralsUS$ 87 thousandUS$ 2.1 million−13%
38.06Rosin and resin acids and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums—US$ 1.6 million−27%
38.04Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading no. 3803US$ 175US$ 1.3 million−48%
38.01Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufacturesUS$ 41 thousandUS$ 445 thousand
38.05Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine, other terpenic oils; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine, other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituentUS$ 40 thousandUS$ 426 thousand
38.26Biodiesel and mixtures thereof; not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals—US$ 126 thousand
38.25Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other residual products.US$ 350US$ 61 thousand
38.18Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics—US$ 5 thousand
38.07Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch—US$ 2 thousand
38.03Tall oil, whether or not refinedUS$ 400US$ 1 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 →