Heading 85.40 · Machinery and electrical

Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (e.g. vacuum, vapour, gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode-…

Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (e.g. vacuum, vapour, gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode-ray and television camera tubes)

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 7 thousand of this product, less than 0.1% of everything it exported. The main destination was the United States (100%). It imported US$ 732 thousand, mostly from United States (29%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 7 thousand
exported, January–July 2026
US$ 732 thousand
imported, January–July 2026
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · <0.1% of imports

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
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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

Machinery and electrical 100%Valves and tubes; n.e.c. in heading no. 854092%Tubes;microwave,magnetron…6.2%Tubes;cathode-raytelevision…
Machinery and electrical 100%Valves and tubes; n.e.c. in headingno. 854092%

What is imported, by subheading

Machinery and electrical 100%Tubes; microwave, magnetrons, excluding grid-controlled tubes54%Valves and tubes; n.e.c. in heading no.854034%Valves andtubes; parts ofthe valves and…5.0%Valvesandtubes;…2.3%Tubes;parts ofcathode…2.1%Tubes;cathoderay,…1.7%Tubes;televi…camera…1.3%
Machinery and electrical 100%Tubes; microwave,magnetrons,excluding…54%Valves andtubes; n.e.c. inheading no. 854034%Valvesandtubes;…5.0%Valvesand…Tubes;parts o…Tube…cath…ray,…Tube…tele…

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$ 37 thousand and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. United StatesUS$ 7 thousand100%

Where imports come from

  1. United StatesUS$ 215 thousand29%
  2. United KingdomUS$ 174 thousand24%
  3. ChinaUS$ 116 thousand16%
  4. JapanUS$ 87 thousand12%
  5. AustraliaUS$ 43 thousand5.9%
  6. FranceUS$ 20 thousand2.8%
  7. GermanyUS$ 11 thousand1.5%
  8. BrazilUS$ 9 thousand1.3%
  9. OthersUS$ 7 thousand1.0%
  10. SpainUS$ 7 thousand0.9%
  11. CanadaUS$ 7 thousand0.9%
  12. SingaporeUS$ 6 thousand0.8%
  13. OthersUS$ 30 thousand4.1%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. No region declaredUS$ 7 thousand94%
  2. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 4506.2%

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)%
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 7 thousand100%US$ 711 thousand97%
San AntonioSan Antonio——US$ 18 thousand2.5%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 2 thousand0.3%
No port declared——US$ 7300.1%

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. AirUS$ 7 thousand92%
  2. Courier (air)US$ 5667.8%

Imports, by transport

  1. Courier (air)US$ 443 thousand61%
  2. AirUS$ 268 thousand37%
  3. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 21 thousand2.8%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 7 thousand100%US$ 711 thousand97%
San AntonioValparaíso——US$ 18 thousand2.5%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 2 thousand0.3%

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 officeDestinationNo region declaredUS$ 7 thousand · 94%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 450 · 6.2%MetropolitanaUS$ 7 thousand · 100%United StatesUS$ 7 thousand · 100%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationNo region …94%Nationalis…6.2%Metro…100%United Sta…100%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeUnited StatesUS$ 215 thousand · 29%United KingdomUS$ 174 thousand · 24%ChinaUS$ 116 thousand · 16%JapanUS$ 87 thousand · 12%AustraliaUS$ 43 thousand · 5.9%FranceUS$ 20 thousand · 2.8%GermanyUS$ 11 thousand · 1.5%OthersUS$ 66 thousand · 9.0%Courier (air)US$ 443 thousand · 61%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 21 thousand · 2.8%AirUS$ 268 thousand · 37%MetropolitanaUS$ 711 thousand · 97%San AntonioUS$ 18 thousand · 2.5%ValparaísoUS$ 2 thousand · 0.3%
OriginTransportCustoms officeUnited Sta…29%United Kin…24%China16%Japan12%Australia5.9%France2.8%Germany1.5%Others9.0%Couri…61%Sea, …2.8%Air37%Metropolit…97%San Antonio2.5%Valparaíso0.3%

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 11 subheadings

change against January–July 2025
CodeDescriptionExportschangeImportschange
8540.71Tubes; microwave, magnetrons, excluding grid-controlled tubesUS$ 450US$ 393 thousand
8540.89Valves and tubes; n.e.c. in heading no. 8540US$ 7 thousandUS$ 248 thousand
8540.99Valves and tubes; parts of the valves and tubes of heading no. 8540, excluding parts of cathode-ray tubes—US$ 36 thousand
8540.81Valves and tubes; receiver or amplifier—US$ 17 thousand
8540.91Tubes; parts of cathode-ray tubes—US$ 15 thousand
8540.60Tubes; cathode ray, n.e.c. in heading no. 8540—US$ 12 thousand
8540.20Tubes; television camera tubes, image converters and intensifiers, other photo-cathode tubes—US$ 9 thousand
8540.79Tubes; microwave (for example klystrons, travelling wave tubes, carlinotrons), excluding magnetrons and grid-controlled tubes—US$ 603
8540.11Tubes; cathode-ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes, colourUS$ 116—
8540.40Tubes; data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, colour, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0.4mm—US$ 6
8540.12Tubes; cathode-ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes, monochrome——

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

11 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 →