Heading 73.05 · Base metals

Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (e.g. welded, riveted or similarly closed), having circular cross-sections, external diameter of which exc…

Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (e.g. welded, riveted or similarly closed), having circular cross-sections, external diameter of which exceeds 406.4mm, not seamless

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 244 thousand of this product, less than 0.1% of everything it exported. The main destination was Peru (48%), and the main region of origin, Metropolitana (72%). It imported US$ 12.2 million, 78% less than in the same months of 2025, mostly from China (95%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 244 thousand
exported, January–July 2026
US$ 12.2 M
imported, January–July 2026 · −78% 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 steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (other than line…57%Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of akind used for oil…43%
Base metals 100%Iron or steel(excluding castiron); tubes and…57%Iron or steel(excluding castiron); line pipe…43%

What is imported, by subheading

Base metals 100%Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil…70%Iron or steel (excluding cast iron);tubes and pipes (other than line…17%Iron or steel (excludingcast iron); line pipe of akind used for oil…8.8%Iron or steel(excludingcast iron);…3.2%Iron or steel(excluding…
Base metals 100%Iron or steel (excludingcast iron); line pipe of akind used for oil…70%Iron orsteel(excluding…17%Iron orsteel(excluding…8.8%Iron orsteel…Ironorste…

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$ 39 thousand and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. PeruUS$ 117 thousand48%
  2. BoliviaUS$ 104 thousand43%
  3. ArgentinaUS$ 22 thousand8.9%

Where imports come from

  1. ChinaUS$ 11.6 million95%
  2. GermanyUS$ 289 thousand2.4%
  3. United StatesUS$ 100 thousand0.8%
  4. CanadaUS$ 58 thousand0.5%
  5. IndiaUS$ 56 thousand0.5%
  6. ItalyUS$ 39 thousand0.3%
  7. Origins or destinations withheld for commercial or military reasonsUS$ 39 thousand0.3%
  8. BrazilUS$ 21 thousand0.2%
  9. OthersUS$ 287<0.1%
  10. PeruUS$ 145<0.1%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. MetropolitanaUS$ 175 thousand72%
  2. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 68 thousand28%

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)%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 5.8 million47%
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 49 thousand20%US$ 5.4 million44%
Puerto AngamosMejillones——US$ 428 thousand3.5%
LirquénPenco——US$ 185 thousand1.5%
CoronelCoronel——US$ 149 thousand1.2%
ChungaráPutreUS$ 104 thousand43%——
IquiqueIquique——US$ 91 thousand0.7%
ChacallutaAricaUS$ 68 thousand28%——
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuel——US$ 68 thousand0.6%
AntofagastaAntofagasta——US$ 53 thousand0.4%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 22 thousand8.9%——
Other ports——US$ 39 thousand0.3%

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$ 194 thousand80%
  2. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 49 thousand20%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 12.1 million99%
  2. AirUS$ 81 thousand0.7%
  3. Courier (air)US$ 26 thousand0.2%
  4. RoadUS$ 1 thousand<0.1%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 5.8 million47%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 49 thousand20%US$ 5.4 million44%
AntofagastaAntofagasta——US$ 519 thousand4.3%
TalcahuanoBiobío——US$ 346 thousand2.8%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 173 thousand71%US$ 145<0.1%
IquiqueTarapacá——US$ 91 thousand0.7%
MetropolitanaMetropolitana——US$ 68 thousand0.6%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 22 thousand8.9%——

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$ 175 thousand · 72%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 68 thousand · 28%San AntonioUS$ 49 thousand · 20%Los AndesUS$ 22 thousand · 8.9%AricaUS$ 173 thousand · 71%ArgentinaUS$ 22 thousand · 8.9%PeruUS$ 117 thousand · 48%BoliviaUS$ 104 thousand · 43%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationMetropolit…72%Nationalis…28%San A…20%Los A…8.9%Arica71%Argentina8.9%Peru48%Bolivia43%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeChinaUS$ 11.6 million · 95%GermanyUS$ 289 thousand · 2.4%United StatesUS$ 100 thousand · 0.8%CanadaUS$ 58 thousand · 0.5%IndiaUS$ 56 thousand · 0.5%ItalyUS$ 39 thousand · 0.3%Origins or destinations w…US$ 39 thousand · 0.3%OthersUS$ 21 thousand · 0.2%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 12.1 million · 99%RoadUS$ 1 thousand · 0.0%Courier (air)US$ 26 thousand · 0.2%AirUS$ 81 thousand · 0.7%ValparaísoUS$ 5.8 million · 47%San AntonioUS$ 5.4 million · 44%TalcahuanoUS$ 346 thousand · 2.8%IquiqueUS$ 91 thousand · 0.7%AntofagastaUS$ 519 thousand · 4.3%Other officesUS$ 68 thousand · 0.6%
OriginTransportCustoms officeChina95%Germany2.4%United Sta…0.8%Canada0.5%India0.5%Italy0.3%Origins or…0.3%Others0.2%Sea, …99%Road0.0%Couri…0.2%Air0.7%Valparaíso47%San Antonio44%Talcahuano2.8%Iquique0.7%Antofagasta4.3%Other offi…0.6%

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 7 subheadings

change against January–July 2025
CodeDescriptionExportschangeImportschange
7305.11Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (not seamless), longitudinally submerged arc welded, having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mmUS$ 104 thousandUS$ 8.5 million−83%
7305.31Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (other than line pipe or casing of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines), longitudinally welded, having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm, (not seamless)US$ 139 thousandUS$ 2.0 million+92%
7305.12Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (not seamless), longitudinally welded (not submerged arc welded), having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm—US$ 1.1 million
7305.39Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (other than line pipe or casing of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines), welded (not longitudinally welded), having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm, (not seamless)—US$ 386 thousand
7305.19Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (not seamless), (not longitudinally welded), having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm—US$ 144 thousand−94%
7305.90Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes n.e.c. in heading no. 7305, having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm, (not seamless)—US$ 18 thousand
7305.20Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); casing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas (not seamless), having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm——

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

6 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 →