Heading 72.14 · Base metals

Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 1.6 million of this product, less than 0.1% of everything it exported and 21% less than in the same months of 2025. The main destination was Paraguay (99%), and the main region of origin, Metropolitana (98%). It imported US$ 61.2 million, 2.1% more than in the same months of 2025, mostly from Türkiye (47%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 1.6 M
exported, January–July 2026 · −21% vs January–July 2025
US$ 61.2 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +2.1% vs January–July 2025
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · 0.1% of imports

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
0102030US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
0102030US$ 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

Base metals 100%Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-…98%
Base metals 100%Iron or non-alloy steel; bars androds, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-…98%

What is imported, by subheading

Base metals 100%Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-…83%Iron or non-alloysteel; bars androds, hot-rolled,…16%
Base metals 100%Iron or non-alloy steel; barsand rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawnor hot-…83%Iron ornon-al…steel;…16%Iron…

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$ 12 thousand and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. ParaguayUS$ 1.6 million99%
  2. United StatesUS$ 13 thousand0.8%
  3. PeruUS$ 120<0.1%
  4. GermanyUS$ 100<0.1%
  5. PanamaUS$ 10<0.1%

Where imports come from

  1. TürkiyeUS$ 28.8 million47%
  2. PeruUS$ 17.7 million29%
  3. ChinaUS$ 6.0 million9.7%
  4. BrazilUS$ 4.2 million6.9%
  5. South KoreaUS$ 2.6 million4.3%
  6. ArgentinaUS$ 1.7 million2.8%
  7. GermanyUS$ 91 thousand0.1%
  8. United StatesUS$ 79 thousand0.1%
  9. Iquique free zoneUS$ 11 thousand<0.1%
  10. ColombiaUS$ 6 thousand<0.1%
  11. SpainUS$ 6 thousand<0.1%
  12. FranceUS$ 1 thousand<0.1%
  13. OthersUS$ 1 thousand<0.1%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. MetropolitanaUS$ 1.6 million98%
  2. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 20 thousand1.3%
  3. BiobíoUS$ 13 thousand0.8%
  4. No region declaredUS$ 220<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)%
Muelle HuachipatoTalcahuano——US$ 19.9 million32%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 18.6 million30%
VentanasPuchuncaví——US$ 8.5 million14%
AntofagastaAntofagasta——US$ 6.5 million11%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 1.6 million99%US$ 1.7 million2.8%
LirquénPenco——US$ 2.2 million3.6%
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 10<0.1%US$ 2.2 million3.6%
ChacallutaArica——US$ 882 thousand1.4%
San VicenteTalcahuanoUS$ 13 thousand0.8%——
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 220<0.1%——
Other ports——US$ 791 thousand1.3%

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. RoadUS$ 1.6 million99%
  2. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 13 thousand0.8%
  3. Courier (air)US$ 120<0.1%
  4. AirUS$ 100<0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 58.0 million95%
  2. RoadUS$ 3.1 million5.0%
  3. AirUS$ 101 thousand0.2%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 23 thousand<0.1%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 27.1 million44%
TalcahuanoBiobíoUS$ 13 thousand0.8%US$ 22.1 million36%
AntofagastaAntofagasta——US$ 7.1 million12%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 1.6 million99%US$ 1.7 million2.8%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 10<0.1%US$ 2.2 million3.6%
AricaArica y Parinacota——US$ 882 thousand1.4%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 220<0.1%US$ 123 thousand0.2%
IquiqueTarapacá——US$ 39 thousand0.1%

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$ 1.6 million · 98%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 20 thousand · 1.3%BiobíoUS$ 13 thousand · 0.8%No region declaredUS$ 220 · 0.0%San AntonioUS$ 10 · 0.0%Los AndesUS$ 1.6 million · 99%TalcahuanoUS$ 13 thousand · 0.8%MetropolitanaUS$ 220 · 0.0%PanamaUS$ 10 · 0.0%ParaguayUS$ 1.6 million · 99%United StatesUS$ 13 thousand · 0.8%PeruUS$ 120 · 0.0%GermanyUS$ 100 · 0.0%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationMetropolit…98%Nationalis…1.3%Biobío0.8%No region …0.0%San A…0.0%Los A…99%Talca…0.8%Metro…0.0%Panama0.0%Paraguay99%United Sta…0.8%Peru0.0%Germany0.0%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeTürkiyeUS$ 28.8 million · 47%PeruUS$ 17.7 million · 29%ChinaUS$ 6.0 million · 9.7%BrazilUS$ 4.2 million · 6.9%South KoreaUS$ 2.6 million · 4.3%ArgentinaUS$ 1.7 million · 2.8%GermanyUS$ 91 thousand · 0.1%OthersUS$ 102 thousand · 0.2%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 58.0 million · 95%AirUS$ 101 thousand · 0.2%RoadUS$ 3.1 million · 5.0%Courier (air)US$ 23 thousand · 0.0%ValparaísoUS$ 27.1 million · 44%TalcahuanoUS$ 22.1 million · 36%San AntonioUS$ 2.2 million · 3.6%AntofagastaUS$ 7.1 million · 12%Los AndesUS$ 1.7 million · 2.8%Other officesUS$ 1.0 million · 1.7%
OriginTransportCustoms officeTürkiye47%Peru29%China9.7%Brazil6.9%South Korea4.3%Argentina2.8%Germany0.1%Others0.2%Sea, …95%Air0.2%Road5.0%Couri…0.0%Valparaíso44%Talcahuano36%San Antonio3.6%Antofagasta12%Los Andes2.8%Other offi…1.7%

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 subheadings

change against January–July 2025
CodeDescriptionExportschangeImportschange
7214.20Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rollingUS$ 1.6 million−14%US$ 50.8 million+13%
7214.99Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, n.e.c. in heading no. 7214, other than of rectangular cross-sectionUS$ 14 thousandUS$ 9.7 million−28%
7214.91Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, n.e.c. in heading no. 7214, of rectangular (other than square) cross-sectionUS$ 20 thousandUS$ 483 thousand
7214.10Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling—US$ 235 thousand
7214.30Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, including those twisted after rolling, of free-cutting steel—US$ 11 thousand

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

3 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 →