Subheading 9027.89 · Precision instruments

Instruments and apparatus; for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or quantities of heat,…

Instruments and apparatus; for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or quantities of heat, sound or light, exposure meters

In the Arancel: Instrumentos y aparatos para análisis físicos o químicos (por ejemplo: polarímetros, refractómetros, espectrómetros, analizadores de gases o humos); instrumentos y aparatos para ensayos de viscosidad, porosidad, dilatación, tensión superficial o similares o para medidas calorimétricas, acústicas o fotométricas (incluidos los exposímetros); micrótomos › Los demás instrumentos y aparatos › Los demás

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 609 thousand of this product, less than 0.1% of everything it exported. The main destination was Peru (32%), and the main region of origin, Metropolitana (33%). It imported US$ 37.2 million, 11% more than in the same months of 2025, mostly from United States (29%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 609 thousand
exported, January–July 2026
US$ 37.2 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +11% vs January–July 2025
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · 0.1% of imports

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
02468US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
02468US$ 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 tariff line

Precision instruments 100%Instrumentos y aparatos para análisis físicos o químicos (por ejemplo…90%Instrumentosy aparatospara…9.6%
Precision instruments 100%Instrumentos y aparatos paraanálisis físicos o químicos (porejemplo…90%Ins…yapa…

What is imported, by tariff line

Precision instruments 100%Instrumentos y aparatos para análisis físicos o químicos (por ejemplo…96%Inst…yapar…Inst…
Precision instruments 100%Instrumentos y aparatos para análisisfísicos o químicos (por ejemplo…96%

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$ 8 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$ 6.2 million and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. PeruUS$ 194 thousand32%
  2. United StatesUS$ 133 thousand22%
  3. BrazilUS$ 104 thousand17%
  4. ItalyUS$ 51 thousand8.4%
  5. EcuadorUS$ 35 thousand5.8%
  6. JapanUS$ 25 thousand4.1%
  7. CanadaUS$ 17 thousand2.8%
  8. GermanyUS$ 12 thousand2.0%
  9. PanamaUS$ 11 thousand1.8%
  10. AustriaUS$ 8 thousand1.4%
  11. South KoreaUS$ 7 thousand1.2%
  12. DenmarkUS$ 3 thousand0.5%
  13. OthersUS$ 8 thousand1.3%

Where imports come from

  1. United StatesUS$ 10.6 million29%
  2. ChinaUS$ 6.9 million19%
  3. GermanyUS$ 3.0 million8.1%
  4. JapanUS$ 2.0 million5.3%
  5. United KingdomUS$ 1.6 million4.3%
  6. MexicoUS$ 1.6 million4.2%
  7. SwitzerlandUS$ 1.3 million3.4%
  8. FinlandUS$ 1.1 million2.9%
  9. FranceUS$ 999 thousand2.7%
  10. DenmarkUS$ 997 thousand2.7%
  11. Origins or destinations withheld for commercial or military reasonsUS$ 971 thousand2.6%
  12. SpainUS$ 906 thousand2.4%
  13. OthersUS$ 5.2 million14%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 267 thousand44%
  2. MetropolitanaUS$ 203 thousand33%
  3. No region declaredUS$ 71 thousand12%
  4. BiobíoUS$ 63 thousand10%
  5. ValparaísoUS$ 5 thousand0.8%

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$ 489 thousand80%US$ 31.2 million84%
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 4 thousand0.6%US$ 4.2 million11%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 1 thousand0.2%US$ 1.6 million4.3%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 112 thousand18%US$ 132 thousand0.4%
Puerto AngamosMejillones——US$ 11 thousand<0.1%
San VicenteTalcahuano——US$ 8 thousand<0.1%
No port declared——US$ 7 thousand<0.1%
AntofagastaAntofagasta——US$ 5 thousand<0.1%
ChacallutaAricaUS$ 3 thousand0.5%——
Other ports——US$ 3 thousand<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. Courier (air)US$ 255 thousand42%
  2. AirUS$ 231 thousand38%
  3. RoadUS$ 115 thousand19%
  4. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 5 thousand0.8%
  5. OtherUS$ 3 thousand0.4%

Imports, by transport

  1. AirUS$ 26.1 million70%
  2. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 5.8 million16%
  3. Courier (air)US$ 5.1 million14%
  4. RoadUS$ 132 thousand0.4%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 492 thousand81%US$ 31.2 million84%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 4 thousand0.6%US$ 4.2 million11%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 1 thousand0.2%US$ 1.6 million4.3%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 112 thousand18%US$ 132 thousand0.4%
AntofagastaAntofagasta——US$ 15 thousand<0.1%
TalcahuanoBiobío——US$ 11 thousand<0.1%
IquiqueTarapacá——US$ 846<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$ 267 thousand · 44%MetropolitanaUS$ 203 thousand · 33%No region declaredUS$ 71 thousand · 12%BiobíoUS$ 63 thousand · 10%ValparaísoUS$ 5 thousand · 0.8%ValparaísoUS$ 1 thousand · 0.2%San AntonioUS$ 4 thousand · 0.6%MetropolitanaUS$ 492 thousand · 81%Los AndesUS$ 112 thousand · 18%PeruUS$ 194 thousand · 32%ItalyUS$ 51 thousand · 8.4%EcuadorUS$ 35 thousand · 5.8%JapanUS$ 25 thousand · 4.1%United StatesUS$ 133 thousand · 22%BrazilUS$ 104 thousand · 17%OthersUS$ 66 thousand · 11%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationNationalis…44%Metropolit…33%No region …12%Biobío10%Valparaíso0.8%Valpa…0.2%San A…0.6%Metro…81%Los A…18%Peru32%Italy8.4%Ecuador5.8%Japan4.1%United Sta…22%Brazil17%Others11%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeUnited StatesUS$ 10.6 million · 29%ChinaUS$ 6.9 million · 19%GermanyUS$ 3.0 million · 8.1%JapanUS$ 2.0 million · 5.3%United KingdomUS$ 1.6 million · 4.3%MexicoUS$ 1.6 million · 4.2%OthersUS$ 11.5 million · 31%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 5.8 million · 16%Courier (air)US$ 5.1 million · 14%AirUS$ 26.1 million · 70%RoadUS$ 132 thousand · 0.4%San AntonioUS$ 4.2 million · 11%ValparaísoUS$ 1.6 million · 4.3%MetropolitanaUS$ 31.2 million · 84%Los AndesUS$ 132 thousand · 0.4%Other officesUS$ 27 thousand · 0.1%
OriginTransportCustoms officeUnited Sta…29%China19%Germany8.1%Japan5.3%United Kin…4.3%Mexico4.2%Others31%Sea, …16%Couri…14%Air70%Road0.4%San Antonio11%Valparaíso4.3%Metropolit…84%Los Andes0.4%Other offi…0.1%

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 6 tariff lines

change against January–July 2025
CodeDescriptionExportschangeImportschange
9027.8999Instrumentos y aparatos para análisis físicos o químicos (por ejemplo: polarímetros, refractómetros, espectrómetros, analizadores de gases o humos); instrumentos y aparatos para ensayos de viscosidad, porosidad, dilatación, tensión superficial o similares o para medidas calorimétricas, acústicas o fotométricas (incluidos los exposímetros); micrótomos: los demás instrumentos y aparatos: los demás: los demás: los demásUS$ 550 thousandUS$ 35.8 million+15%
9027.8929Instrumentos y aparatos para análisis físicos o químicos (por ejemplo: polarímetros, refractómetros, espectrómetros, analizadores de gases o humos); instrumentos y aparatos para ensayos de viscosidad, porosidad, dilatación, tensión superficial o similares o para medidas calorimétricas, acústicas o fotométricas (incluidos los exposímetros); micrótomos: los demás instrumentos y aparatos: los demás: densitómetros: los demásUS$ 59 thousandUS$ 1.2 million−41%
9027.8939Instrumentos y aparatos para análisis físicos o químicos (por ejemplo: polarímetros, refractómetros, espectrómetros, analizadores de gases o humos); instrumentos y aparatos para ensayos de viscosidad, porosidad, dilatación, tensión superficial o similares o para medidas calorimétricas, acústicas o fotométricas (incluidos los exposímetros); micrótomos: los demás instrumentos y aparatos: los demás: coulombímetros: los demás—US$ 127 thousand
9027.8910Instrumentos nucleares de resonancia magnéticaUS$ 150US$ 57 thousand
9027.8991Que contengan mercurio—US$ 4 thousand
9027.8931Que contengan mercurio—US$ 3 thousand

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

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 →