Heading 90.26 · Precision instruments

Instruments, apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure of liquids, gases (e.g. flow meters, heat meters etc), not instruments and apparatus…

Instruments, apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure of liquids, gases (e.g. flow meters, heat meters etc), not instruments and apparatus of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 1.5 million of this product, less than 0.1% of everything it exported and 47% less than in the same months of 2025. The main destination was Peru (25%), and the main region of origin, Metropolitana (27%). It imported US$ 55.4 million, 0.7% less than in the same months of 2025, mostly from United States (27%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 1.5 M
exported, January–July 2026 · −47% vs January–July 2025
US$ 55.4 M
imported, January–July 2026 · −0.7% vs January–July 2025
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · 0.1% of imports

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
051015US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
051015US$ 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%Instruments and apparatus; for measuring or checkingpressure46%Instruments and apparatus; formeasuring or checking the flowor leve…26%Instruments and apparatus; formeasuring or checking variablesof liq…16%Instruments and apparatus; parts andaccessories for those measuring…12%
Precision instruments 100%Instruments and apparatus;for measuring or checkingpressure46%Instruments and apparatus; formeasuring or checking the flowor leve…26%Instrumentsandapparatus;…16%Instrumentsandapparatus;…12%

What is imported, by subheading

Precision instruments 100%Instruments and apparatus; for measuring or checking the flowor leve…51%Instruments and apparatus; formeasuring or checking pressure26%Instruments and apparatus;parts and accessories forthose measuring…12%Instruments and apparatus;for measuring or checkingvariables of liq…12%
Precision instruments 100%Instruments andapparatus; formeasuring or…51%Instruments andapparatus; formeasuring or…26%Instrumen…andapparatus…12%Instrumen…andapparatus…12%

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$ 107 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$ 9.4 million and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. PeruUS$ 369 thousand25%
  2. ArgentinaUS$ 265 thousand18%
  3. BrazilUS$ 158 thousand11%
  4. United StatesUS$ 150 thousand10%
  5. EcuadorUS$ 117 thousand7.9%
  6. MexicoUS$ 94 thousand6.4%
  7. UruguayUS$ 58 thousand3.9%
  8. GermanyUS$ 33 thousand2.3%
  9. ColombiaUS$ 33 thousand2.2%
  10. Costa RicaUS$ 30 thousand2.0%
  11. ItalyUS$ 27 thousand1.8%
  12. TaiwanUS$ 25 thousand1.7%
  13. OthersUS$ 107 thousand7.3%

Where imports come from

  1. United StatesUS$ 15.2 million27%
  2. GermanyUS$ 7.1 million13%
  3. ChinaUS$ 6.5 million12%
  4. FranceUS$ 4.4 million7.9%
  5. BrazilUS$ 4.2 million7.5%
  6. United KingdomUS$ 2.0 million3.6%
  7. MexicoUS$ 1.6 million2.9%
  8. ItalyUS$ 1.4 million2.5%
  9. SwitzerlandUS$ 1.4 million2.5%
  10. DenmarkUS$ 1.3 million2.4%
  11. Origins or destinations withheld for commercial or military reasonsUS$ 1.3 million2.3%
  12. NetherlandsUS$ 1.1 million2.0%
  13. OthersUS$ 8.1 million15%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 926 thousand63%
  2. MetropolitanaUS$ 391 thousand27%
  3. No region declaredUS$ 91 thousand6.2%
  4. AntofagastaUS$ 31 thousand2.1%
  5. MagallanesUS$ 11 thousand0.8%
  6. Los LagosUS$ 9 thousand0.6%
  7. ValparaísoUS$ 7 thousand0.5%

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$ 816 thousand56%US$ 42.4 million76%
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 152 thousand10%US$ 6.1 million11%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 8 thousand0.5%US$ 3.4 million6.1%
San VicenteTalcahuano——US$ 927 thousand1.7%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 337 thousand23%US$ 540 thousand1.0%
Aeropuerto Cerro MorenoAntofagasta——US$ 847 thousand1.5%
Puerto AngamosMejillones——US$ 833 thousand1.5%
ChacallutaAricaUS$ 113 thousand7.7%——
CoquimboCoquimbo——US$ 110 thousand0.2%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 14 thousand1.0%——
IquiqueIquiqueUS$ 14 thousand1.0%——
OllagueOllagüeUS$ 6 thousand0.4%——
Other portsUS$ 5 thousand0.4%US$ 290 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$ 531 thousand36%
  2. RoadUS$ 462 thousand31%
  3. Courier (air)US$ 279 thousand19%
  4. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 188 thousand13%
  5. OtherUS$ 6 thousand0.4%

Imports, by transport

  1. AirUS$ 31.2 million56%
  2. Courier (air)US$ 12.0 million22%
  3. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 11.6 million21%
  4. RoadUS$ 644 thousand1.2%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 804 thousand55%US$ 42.4 million76%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 152 thousand10%US$ 6.1 million11%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 6 thousand0.4%US$ 3.4 million6.1%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 22 thousand1.5%US$ 1.7 million3.2%
TalcahuanoBiobío——US$ 1.1 million2.0%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 337 thousand23%US$ 546 thousand1.0%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 117 thousand8.0%US$ 28 thousand0.1%
CoquimboCoquimbo——US$ 110 thousand0.2%
IquiqueTarapacáUS$ 14 thousand1.0%US$ 38 thousand0.1%
Punta ArenasMagallanesUS$ 12 thousand0.8%US$ 6 thousand<0.1%
AraucaníaAraucaníaUS$ 377<0.1%US$ 598<0.1%
OsornoLos Lagos——US$ 754<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$ 926 thousand · 63%MetropolitanaUS$ 391 thousand · 27%No region declaredUS$ 91 thousand · 6.2%AntofagastaUS$ 31 thousand · 2.1%MagallanesUS$ 11 thousand · 0.8%Los LagosUS$ 9 thousand · 0.6%Other regionsUS$ 7 thousand · 0.5%AricaUS$ 117 thousand · 8.0%MetropolitanaUS$ 804 thousand · 55%Los AndesUS$ 337 thousand · 23%San AntonioUS$ 152 thousand · 10%AntofagastaUS$ 22 thousand · 1.5%Other officesUS$ 33 thousand · 2.3%PeruUS$ 369 thousand · 25%EcuadorUS$ 117 thousand · 7.9%MexicoUS$ 94 thousand · 6.4%BrazilUS$ 158 thousand · 11%United StatesUS$ 150 thousand · 10%ArgentinaUS$ 265 thousand · 18%UruguayUS$ 58 thousand · 3.9%OthersUS$ 255 thousand · 17%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationNationalis…63%Metropolit…27%No region …6.2%Antofagasta2.1%Magallanes0.8%Los Lagos0.6%Other regi…0.5%Arica8.0%Metro…55%Los A…23%San A…10%Antof…1.5%Other…2.3%Peru25%Ecuador7.9%Mexico6.4%Brazil11%United Sta…10%Argentina18%Uruguay3.9%Others17%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeUnited StatesUS$ 15.2 million · 27%GermanyUS$ 7.1 million · 13%ChinaUS$ 6.5 million · 12%FranceUS$ 4.4 million · 7.9%BrazilUS$ 4.2 million · 7.5%United KingdomUS$ 2.0 million · 3.6%MexicoUS$ 1.6 million · 2.9%OthersUS$ 14.6 million · 26%Courier (air)US$ 12.0 million · 22%AirUS$ 31.2 million · 56%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 11.6 million · 21%RoadUS$ 644 thousand · 1.2%MetropolitanaUS$ 42.4 million · 76%AntofagastaUS$ 1.7 million · 3.2%San AntonioUS$ 6.1 million · 11%ValparaísoUS$ 3.4 million · 6.1%TalcahuanoUS$ 1.1 million · 2.0%Other officesUS$ 730 thousand · 1.3%
OriginTransportCustoms officeUnited Sta…27%Germany13%China12%France7.9%Brazil7.5%United Kin…3.6%Mexico2.9%Others26%Couri…22%Air56%Sea, …21%Road1.2%Metropolit…76%Antofagasta3.2%San Antonio11%Valparaíso6.1%Talcahuano2.0%Other offi…1.3%

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 4 subheadings

change against January–July 2025

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 →