Heading 72.17 · Base metals

Wire of iron or non-alloy steel

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 7.1 million of this product, less than 0.1% of everything it exported and 98% more than in the same months of 2025. The main destination was Brazil (30%), and the main region of origin, Biobío (98%). It imported US$ 15.7 million, 28% less than in the same months of 2025, mostly from China (62%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 7.1 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +98% vs January–July 2025
US$ 15.7 M
imported, January–July 2026 · −28% vs January–July 2025
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · <0.1% of imports

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
0246US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
0246US$ 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; wire, plated or coated with zinc75%Iron or non-alloy steel;wire, (not plated or coated),whether or not…18%Iron or non-alloysteel; wire, platedor coated with base…4.3%Iron ornon-alloysteel; wire…2.8%
Base metals 100%Iron or non-alloy steel;wire, plated or coated withzinc75%Iron ornon-alloysteel;…18%Iron ornon-alloysteel;…Iron ornon-alloy…

What is imported, by subheading

Base metals 100%Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, plated or coated with zinc47%Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, (notplated or coated), whether or not…34%Iron or non-alloysteel; wire, plated orcoated with base…16%Iron or non-alloy steel; wire,n.e.c. in heading no. 72174.1%
Base metals 100%Iron or non-alloy steel; wire,plated or coated with zinc47%Iron or non-alloy steel; wire,(not plated or coated), whether ornot…34%Iron ornon-all…steel;…16%Iron ornon-all…steel;…4.1%

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$ 203 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$ 245 thousand and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. BrazilUS$ 2.1 million30%
  2. ArgentinaUS$ 2.1 million29%
  3. PeruUS$ 964 thousand14%
  4. CanadaUS$ 910 thousand13%
  5. ColombiaUS$ 314 thousand4.4%
  6. ParaguayUS$ 215 thousand3.0%
  7. UruguayUS$ 212 thousand3.0%
  8. Puerto RicoUS$ 138 thousand1.9%
  9. United StatesUS$ 120 thousand1.7%
  10. Dominican RepublicUS$ 26 thousand0.4%
  11. MexicoUS$ 12 thousand0.2%
  12. El SalvadorUS$ 358<0.1%
  13. OthersUS$ 204<0.1%

Where imports come from

  1. ChinaUS$ 9.8 million62%
  2. SpainUS$ 2.5 million16%
  3. South KoreaUS$ 1.5 million9.7%
  4. ItalyUS$ 631 thousand4.0%
  5. TürkiyeUS$ 359 thousand2.3%
  6. BrazilUS$ 328 thousand2.1%
  7. OthersUS$ 136 thousand0.9%
  8. MexicoUS$ 110 thousand0.7%
  9. GermanyUS$ 78 thousand0.5%
  10. IndiaUS$ 60 thousand0.4%
  11. JapanUS$ 56 thousand0.4%
  12. NetherlandsUS$ 56 thousand0.4%
  13. OthersUS$ 109 thousand0.7%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. BiobíoUS$ 7.0 million98%
  2. MetropolitanaUS$ 85 thousand1.2%
  3. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 46 thousand0.7%
  4. Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 5 thousand0.1%
  5. No region declaredUS$ 783<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$ 116 thousand1.6%US$ 10.1 million64%
San VicenteTalcahuanoUS$ 2.8 million39%US$ 3.0 million19%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 1.9 million12%
Pino Hachado (Liucura)LonquimayUS$ 1.6 million22%——
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 964 thousand14%US$ 296 thousand1.9%
CoronelCoronelUS$ 944 thousand13%——
LirquénPencoUS$ 734 thousand10%US$ 106 thousand0.7%
VentanasPuchuncaví——US$ 281 thousand1.8%
Cardenal SamorePuyehue——US$ 22 thousand0.1%
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 2 thousand<0.1%US$ 19 thousand0.1%
ChacallutaAricaUS$ 12 thousand0.2%——
Other ports——US$ 14 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$ 4.6 million64%
  2. RoadUS$ 2.5 million36%
  3. AirUS$ 860<0.1%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 762<0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 15.4 million98%
  2. RoadUS$ 319 thousand2.0%
  3. AirUS$ 17 thousand0.1%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 2 thousand<0.1%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 116 thousand1.6%US$ 10.1 million64%
TalcahuanoBiobíoUS$ 5.1 million72%US$ 3.1 million20%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 2.2 million14%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 964 thousand14%US$ 296 thousand1.9%
AraucaníaAraucaníaUS$ 868 thousand12%——
OsornoLos Lagos——US$ 22 thousand0.1%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 2 thousand<0.1%US$ 19 thousand0.1%
AntofagastaAntofagasta——US$ 12 thousand0.1%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 12 thousand0.2%US$ 21<0.1%
IquiqueTarapacá——US$ 1 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 officeDestinationBiobíoUS$ 7.0 million · 98%MetropolitanaUS$ 85 thousand · 1.2%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 46 thousand · 0.7%Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 5 thousand · 0.1%No region declaredUS$ 783 · 0.0%AraucaníaUS$ 868 thousand · 12%TalcahuanoUS$ 5.1 million · 72%Los AndesUS$ 964 thousand · 14%San AntonioUS$ 116 thousand · 1.6%AricaUS$ 12 thousand · 0.2%Other officesUS$ 2 thousand · 0.0%ArgentinaUS$ 2.1 million · 29%CanadaUS$ 910 thousand · 13%BrazilUS$ 2.1 million · 30%ColombiaUS$ 314 thousand · 4.4%PeruUS$ 964 thousand · 14%UruguayUS$ 212 thousand · 3.0%ParaguayUS$ 215 thousand · 3.0%OthersUS$ 297 thousand · 4.2%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationBiobío98%Metropolit…1.2%Nationalis…0.7%Arica y Pa…0.1%No region …0.0%Arauc…12%Talca…72%Los A…14%San A…1.6%Arica0.2%Other…0.0%Argentina29%Canada13%Brazil30%Colombia4.4%Peru14%Uruguay3.0%Paraguay3.0%Others4.2%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeChinaUS$ 9.8 million · 62%SpainUS$ 2.5 million · 16%South KoreaUS$ 1.5 million · 9.7%ItalyUS$ 631 thousand · 4.0%TürkiyeUS$ 359 thousand · 2.3%BrazilUS$ 328 thousand · 2.1%OthersUS$ 136 thousand · 0.9%OthersUS$ 469 thousand · 3.0%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 15.4 million · 98%Courier (air)US$ 2 thousand · 0.0%RoadUS$ 319 thousand · 2.0%AirUS$ 17 thousand · 0.1%San AntonioUS$ 10.1 million · 64%TalcahuanoUS$ 3.1 million · 20%ValparaísoUS$ 2.2 million · 14%Los AndesUS$ 296 thousand · 1.9%OsornoUS$ 22 thousand · 0.1%Other officesUS$ 32 thousand · 0.2%
OriginTransportCustoms officeChina62%Spain16%South Korea9.7%Italy4.0%Türkiye2.3%Brazil2.1%Others0.9%Others3.0%Sea, …98%Couri…0.0%Road2.0%Air0.1%San Antonio64%Talcahuano20%Valparaíso14%Los Andes1.9%Osorno0.1%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 4 subheadings

change against January–July 2025
CodeDescriptionExportschangeImportschange
7217.20Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, plated or coated with zincUS$ 5.3 million+77%US$ 7.3 million−28%
7217.10Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, (not plated or coated), whether or not polishedUS$ 1.3 millionUS$ 5.3 million−26%
7217.30Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, plated or coated with base metals (other than zinc)US$ 306 thousandUS$ 2.4 million−29%
7217.90Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, n.e.c. in heading no. 7217US$ 196 thousandUS$ 638 thousand−49%

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 →