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Subheading 8511.40 · Machinery and electrical

Ignition or starting equipment; starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators, of a kind used for spark or compression-ignition internal combustion engines

In the Arancel: Aparatos y dispositivos eléctricos de encendido o de arranque, para motores de encendido por chispa o por compresión (por ejemplo: magnetos, dinamomagnetos, bobinas de encendido, bujías de encendido o calentamiento, motores de arranque); generadores (por ejemplo: dínamos, alternadores) y reguladores disyuntores utilizados con estos motores › Motores de arranque, aunque funcionen también como generadores

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 200 thousand of this product, less than 0.1% of everything it exported. The main destination was the United States (57%), and the main region of origin, Metropolitana (12%). It imported US$ 6.7 million, 22% more than in the same months of 2025, mostly from China (44%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 200 thousand
exported, January–July 2026
US$ 6.7 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +22% 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.

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$ 5 thousand 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$ 711 thousand and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. United StatesUS$ 114 thousand57%
  2. ArgentinaUS$ 18 thousand8.9%
  3. PeruUS$ 12 thousand5.8%
  4. ColombiaUS$ 12 thousand5.8%
  5. ChinaUS$ 10 thousand5.0%
  6. VenezuelaUS$ 6 thousand2.9%
  7. Côte d’IvoireUS$ 5 thousand2.7%
  8. NetherlandsUS$ 5 thousand2.6%
  9. BelgiumUS$ 5 thousand2.5%
  10. GermanyUS$ 4 thousand1.8%
  11. Costa RicaUS$ 3 thousand1.4%
  12. SpainUS$ 2 thousand1.1%
  13. OthersUS$ 5 thousand2.5%

Where imports come from

  1. ChinaUS$ 3.0 million44%
  2. United StatesUS$ 1.5 million22%
  3. GermanyUS$ 513 thousand7.7%
  4. Origins or destinations withheld for commercial or military reasonsUS$ 350 thousand5.2%
  5. JapanUS$ 218 thousand3.3%
  6. BrazilUS$ 207 thousand3.1%
  7. MexicoUS$ 190 thousand2.8%
  8. PolandUS$ 175 thousand2.6%
  9. South KoreaUS$ 102 thousand1.5%
  10. SwedenUS$ 61 thousand0.9%
  11. BelgiumUS$ 48 thousand0.7%
  12. HungaryUS$ 41 thousand0.6%
  13. OthersUS$ 361 thousand5.4%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 146 thousand73%
  2. No region declaredUS$ 28 thousand14%
  3. MetropolitanaUS$ 24 thousand12%
  4. MagallanesUS$ 2 thousand1.1%

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$ 57 thousand28%US$ 3.2 million48%
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 109 thousand55%US$ 1.9 million29%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 923 thousand14%
Puerto AngamosMejillones——US$ 328 thousand4.9%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 14 thousand6.8%US$ 135 thousand2.0%
Aeropuerto Cerro MorenoAntofagasta——US$ 123 thousand1.8%
Other Chilean ports——US$ 13 thousand0.2%
San VicenteTalcahuano——US$ 12 thousand0.2%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 10 thousand5.1%——
ChacallutaAricaUS$ 10 thousand5.0%——
Other ports——US$ 33 thousand0.5%

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. AirUS$ 77 thousand38%
  2. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 67 thousand34%
  3. Courier (air)US$ 32 thousand16%
  4. RoadUS$ 24 thousand12%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 4.5 million67%
  2. AirUS$ 1.8 million27%
  3. Courier (air)US$ 235 thousand3.5%
  4. RoadUS$ 170 thousand2.5%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 57 thousand28%US$ 3.2 million48%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 107 thousand54%US$ 1.9 million29%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 923 thousand14%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 10 thousand5.1%US$ 451 thousand6.7%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 14 thousand6.8%US$ 157 thousand2.3%
TalcahuanoBiobío——US$ 22 thousand0.3%
Punta ArenasMagallanesUS$ 2 thousand1.1%US$ 20 thousand0.3%
IquiqueTarapacá——US$ 11 thousand0.2%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 10 thousand5.0%US$ 551<0.1%
AraucaníaAraucanía——US$ 2 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 officeDestinationNationalised foreign goodsUS$ 146 thousand · 73%No region declaredUS$ 28 thousand · 14%MetropolitanaUS$ 24 thousand · 12%MagallanesUS$ 2 thousand · 1.1%AntofagastaUS$ 10 thousand · 5.1%MetropolitanaUS$ 107 thousand · 54%San AntonioUS$ 57 thousand · 28%Los AndesUS$ 14 thousand · 6.8%Other officesUS$ 12 thousand · 6.1%ColombiaUS$ 12 thousand · 5.8%United StatesUS$ 114 thousand · 57%ChinaUS$ 10 thousand · 5.0%VenezuelaUS$ 6 thousand · 2.9%ArgentinaUS$ 18 thousand · 8.9%PeruUS$ 12 thousand · 5.8%OthersUS$ 29 thousand · 15%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationNationalis…73%No region …14%Metropolit…12%Magallanes1.1%Antof…5.1%Metro…54%San A…28%Los A…6.8%Other…6.1%Colombia5.8%United Sta…57%China5.0%Venezuela2.9%Argentina8.9%Peru5.8%Others15%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeChinaUS$ 3.0 million · 44%United StatesUS$ 1.5 million · 22%GermanyUS$ 513 thousand · 7.7%Origins or destinations w…US$ 350 thousand · 5.2%JapanUS$ 218 thousand · 3.3%BrazilUS$ 207 thousand · 3.1%OthersUS$ 978 thousand · 15%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 4.5 million · 67%Courier (air)US$ 235 thousand · 3.5%AirUS$ 1.8 million · 27%RoadUS$ 170 thousand · 2.5%San AntonioUS$ 3.2 million · 48%ValparaísoUS$ 923 thousand · 14%AntofagastaUS$ 451 thousand · 6.7%MetropolitanaUS$ 1.9 million · 29%Other officesUS$ 213 thousand · 3.2%
OriginTransportCustoms officeChina44%United Sta…22%Germany7.7%Origins or…5.2%Japan3.3%Brazil3.1%Others15%Sea, …67%Couri…3.5%Air27%Road2.5%San Antonio48%Valparaíso14%Antofagasta6.7%Metropolit…29%Other offi…3.2%

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.

There is a single tariff line with trade under this subheading, 8511.4000: its figures are this page's.

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 →