Heading 90.24 · Precision instruments

Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity of other mechanical properties of materials (e.g. metals, wood, textile…

Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity of other mechanical properties of materials (e.g. metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 304 thousand of this product, less than 0.1% of everything it exported. The main destination was Nicaragua (73%), and the main region of origin, Metropolitana (75%). It imported US$ 4.7 million, 13% more than in the same months of 2025, mostly from Italy (17%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 304 thousand
exported, January–July 2026
US$ 4.7 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +13% vs January–July 2025
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · <0.1% of imports

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
0112US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
0112US$ 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

Precision instruments 100%Machines and appliances; for testing the hardness, strength, compress…99%
Precision instruments 100%Machines and appliances; for testingthe hardness, strength, compress…99%

What is imported, by subheading

Precision instruments 100%Machines and appliances; for testing the hardness, strength, compress…76%Machines and appliances;parts and accessories forthose testing hard…14%Machines and appliances; fortesting the hardness, strength,compress…11%
Precision instruments 100%Machines and appliances; fortesting the hardness,strength, compress…76%Machinesandappliance…14%Machinesandappliance…11%

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$ 1 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$ 255 thousand and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. NicaraguaUS$ 223 thousand73%
  2. BrazilUS$ 63 thousand21%
  3. PeruUS$ 8 thousand2.7%
  4. PanamaUS$ 4 thousand1.4%
  5. ParaguayUS$ 2 thousand0.7%
  6. MexicoUS$ 2 thousand0.6%
  7. GuatemalaUS$ 7830.3%
  8. UruguayUS$ 7080.2%
  9. FranceUS$ 2440.1%
  10. United StatesUS$ 120<0.1%

Where imports come from

  1. ItalyUS$ 793 thousand17%
  2. ChinaUS$ 759 thousand16%
  3. United StatesUS$ 695 thousand15%
  4. United KingdomUS$ 548 thousand12%
  5. SwedenUS$ 539 thousand11%
  6. GermanyUS$ 309 thousand6.5%
  7. SpainUS$ 294 thousand6.2%
  8. SwitzerlandUS$ 222 thousand4.7%
  9. FinlandUS$ 129 thousand2.7%
  10. PolandUS$ 74 thousand1.6%
  11. IsraelUS$ 63 thousand1.3%
  12. TürkiyeUS$ 44 thousand0.9%
  13. OthersUS$ 255 thousand5.4%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. MetropolitanaUS$ 229 thousand75%
  2. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 73 thousand24%
  3. No region declaredUS$ 2 thousand0.6%
  4. AntofagastaUS$ 4930.2%

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$ 13 thousand4.3%US$ 3.0 million64%
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 223 thousand73%US$ 1.5 million32%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 147 thousand3.1%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 63 thousand21%US$ 32 thousand0.7%
San VicenteTalcahuano——US$ 10 thousand0.2%
Aeropuerto Cerro MorenoAntofagasta——US$ 9 thousand0.2%
IquiqueIquique——US$ 8 thousand0.2%
ChacallutaAricaUS$ 5 thousand1.6%——
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 4930.2%US$ 959<0.1%
Other ports——US$ 534<0.1%

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$ 224 thousand73%
  2. RoadUS$ 68 thousand22%
  3. AirUS$ 7 thousand2.3%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 6 thousand2.0%

Imports, by transport

  1. AirUS$ 1.9 million40%
  2. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 1.7 million35%
  3. Courier (air)US$ 1.1 million24%
  4. RoadUS$ 42 thousand0.9%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 13 thousand4.3%US$ 3.0 million64%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 223 thousand73%US$ 1.5 million32%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 147 thousand3.1%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 63 thousand21%US$ 32 thousand0.7%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 4930.2%US$ 10 thousand0.2%
TalcahuanoBiobío——US$ 10 thousand0.2%
IquiqueTarapacá——US$ 8 thousand0.2%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 5 thousand1.6%US$ 466<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 officeDestinationMetropolitanaUS$ 229 thousand · 75%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 73 thousand · 24%No region declaredUS$ 2 thousand · 0.6%AntofagastaUS$ 493 · 0.2%San AntonioUS$ 223 thousand · 73%Los AndesUS$ 63 thousand · 21%AricaUS$ 5 thousand · 1.6%MetropolitanaUS$ 13 thousand · 4.3%AntofagastaUS$ 493 · 0.2%NicaraguaUS$ 223 thousand · 73%BrazilUS$ 63 thousand · 21%PeruUS$ 8 thousand · 2.7%ParaguayUS$ 2 thousand · 0.7%MexicoUS$ 2 thousand · 0.6%GuatemalaUS$ 783 · 0.3%PanamaUS$ 4 thousand · 1.4%OthersUS$ 1 thousand · 0.4%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationMetropolit…75%Nationalis…24%No region …0.6%Antofagasta0.2%San A…73%Los A…21%Arica1.6%Metro…4.3%Antof…0.2%Nicaragua73%Brazil21%Peru2.7%Paraguay0.7%Mexico0.6%Guatemala0.3%Panama1.4%Others0.4%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeItalyUS$ 793 thousand · 17%ChinaUS$ 759 thousand · 16%United StatesUS$ 695 thousand · 15%United KingdomUS$ 548 thousand · 12%SwedenUS$ 539 thousand · 11%GermanyUS$ 309 thousand · 6.5%SpainUS$ 294 thousand · 6.2%OthersUS$ 786 thousand · 17%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 1.7 million · 35%AirUS$ 1.9 million · 40%Courier (air)US$ 1.1 million · 24%RoadUS$ 42 thousand · 0.9%San AntonioUS$ 1.5 million · 32%ValparaísoUS$ 147 thousand · 3.1%MetropolitanaUS$ 3.0 million · 64%TalcahuanoUS$ 10 thousand · 0.2%Los AndesUS$ 32 thousand · 0.7%Other officesUS$ 18 thousand · 0.4%
OriginTransportCustoms officeItaly17%China16%United Sta…15%United Kin…12%Sweden11%Germany6.5%Spain6.2%Others17%Sea, …35%Air40%Couri…24%Road0.9%San Antonio32%Valparaíso3.1%Metropolit…64%Talcahuano0.2%Los Andes0.7%Other offi…0.4%

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 3 subheadings

change against January–July 2025
CodeDescriptionExportschangeImportschange
9024.80Machines and appliances; for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials other than metalsUS$ 300 thousandUS$ 3.6 million+23%
9024.90Machines and appliances; parts and accessories for those testing hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (e.g. metal, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)US$ 120US$ 641 thousand
9024.10Machines and appliances; for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of metalsUS$ 4 thousandUS$ 505 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 →