Chapter 96 · Miscellaneous manufactures

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

In January–July 2026, Chile exported US$ 3.9 million of the goods in this chapter, less than 0.1% of everything it exported and 53% less than in the same months of 2025. The main destination was Uruguay (32%), and the main region of origin, Metropolitana (57%). It imported US$ 184 million, 6.1% less than in the same months of 2025, mostly from China (59%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 3.9 M
exported, January–July 2026 · −53% vs January–July 2025
US$ 184 M
imported, January–July 2026 · −6.1% vs January–July 2025
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · 0.4% of imports

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
010203040US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
010203040US$ 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 heading

Miscellaneous manufactures 100%Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkinliners…50%Vacuum flasksand other vacuumvessels,…15%Monopods, bipods,tripods and similararticles9.7%Brooms, brushes(including parts ofmachines), hand…9.2%Pens; ball-point,felt tipped, otherporous tipped pens;…5.3%Stamps; date,numbering, sealingstamps and the like…4.1%Cigarettelighters andother…Pencils (notof heading no…Typewrit…similar…Smoking…
Miscellaneous manufactures 100%Sanitary towels(pads) andtampons, napkins…50%Vacuum flasks andother vacuum vessels,complete with cases;…15%Monopods,bipods,tripods…9.7%Brooms,brushes(includin…9.2%Pens;ball-p…felt…5.3%Stamps;date,numberin…4.1%Cigarettelighters…Penci…(notof…

What is imported, by heading

Miscellaneous manufactures 100%Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins(diapers), napkin liners…40%Brooms, brushes (includingparts of machines), handoperated floor sw…24%Vacuum flasks andother vacuum vessels,complete with cases;…10%Pens; ball-point,felt tipped, otherporous tipped pens;…8.6%Combs,hair-slidesand similar…3.6%Typewrit…similarribbons,…2.4%Cigarettelighters andother…Pencils(not ofheading…1.9%Scentspraysand…Vegetable,mineralcarving…Tailor…dummiesand…Slatesandboards…Slidefasten…Monopo…Smo…pip…Sta…dat…Butt…
Miscellaneous manufactures 100%Sanitary towels (pads)and tampons, napkins(diapers), napkin…40%Brooms, brushes (includingparts of machines), handoperated floor sw…24%Vacuum flasksand othervacuum vessels…10%Pens;ball-point,felt tipped,…Combs,hair-slid…and…Typew…simil…ribbo…Cigar…light…and…2.4%Penci…(notof…Scentspraysand…Vege…mine…carv…Tai…dum…Sla…and…

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$ 154 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$ 11.5 million and have no line.

Where exports go

  1. UruguayUS$ 1.2 million32%
  2. ArgentinaUS$ 690 thousand18%
  3. PeruUS$ 581 thousand15%
  4. ChinaUS$ 366 thousand9.4%
  5. ParaguayUS$ 192 thousand5.0%
  6. MexicoUS$ 164 thousand4.2%
  7. BoliviaUS$ 116 thousand3.0%
  8. GuatemalaUS$ 99 thousand2.6%
  9. VietnamUS$ 86 thousand2.2%
  10. ColombiaUS$ 80 thousand2.1%
  11. Costa RicaUS$ 56 thousand1.5%
  12. BrazilUS$ 52 thousand1.3%
  13. OthersUS$ 154 thousand4.0%

Where imports come from

  1. ChinaUS$ 108 million59%
  2. BrazilUS$ 13.4 million7.3%
  3. ColombiaUS$ 12.0 million6.5%
  4. PeruUS$ 7.9 million4.3%
  5. SpainUS$ 6.2 million3.4%
  6. MexicoUS$ 5.9 million3.2%
  7. United StatesUS$ 5.1 million2.8%
  8. VietnamUS$ 4.4 million2.4%
  9. GermanyUS$ 2.7 million1.5%
  10. IndiaUS$ 2.5 million1.4%
  11. SwitzerlandUS$ 2.4 million1.3%
  12. JapanUS$ 1.9 million1.0%
  13. OthersUS$ 11.5 million6.3%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. MetropolitanaUS$ 2.2 million57%
  2. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 1.6 million41%
  3. ValparaísoUS$ 45 thousand1.2%
  4. No region declaredUS$ 32 thousand0.8%
  5. MauleUS$ 4 thousand0.1%
  6. AntofagastaUS$ 1 thousand<0.1%
  7. MagallanesUS$ 284<0.1%
  8. Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 60<0.1%
  9. O'HigginsUS$ 19<0.1%

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$ 895 thousand23%US$ 134 million73%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 524 thousand14%US$ 34.4 million19%
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 124 thousand3.2%US$ 8.7 million4.7%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 2.2 million56%US$ 5.1 million2.8%
LirquénPenco——US$ 719 thousand0.4%
IquiqueIquique——US$ 552 thousand0.3%
San VicenteTalcahuano——US$ 360 thousand0.2%
CoronelCoronel——US$ 112 thousand0.1%
ChacallutaAricaUS$ 60 thousand1.6%——
ChungaráPutreUS$ 53 thousand1.4%——
OllagueOllagüeUS$ 27 thousand0.7%——
ColchaneColchaneUS$ 24 thousand0.6%——
Other portsUS$ 480<0.1%US$ 265 thousand0.1%

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. RoadUS$ 2.3 million60%
  2. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 1.4 million37%
  3. AirUS$ 75 thousand1.9%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 49 thousand1.3%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 170 million92%
  2. AirUS$ 6.1 million3.3%
  3. RoadUS$ 5.8 million3.1%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 2.7 million1.4%
  5. PostUS$ 300<0.1%

Who processes it

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 895 thousand23%US$ 134 million73%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 524 thousand14%US$ 34.5 million19%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 213 thousand5.5%US$ 8.7 million4.7%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 2.2 million56%US$ 5.2 million2.8%
TalcahuanoBiobío——US$ 1.2 million0.6%
IquiqueTarapacáUS$ 51 thousand1.3%US$ 552 thousand0.3%
AraucaníaAraucaníaUS$ 27<0.1%US$ 54 thousand<0.1%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 607<0.1%US$ 49 thousand<0.1%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 25 thousand0.6%US$ 20 thousand<0.1%
Punta ArenasMagallanesUS$ 479<0.1%US$ 31 thousand<0.1%
OsornoLos Lagos——US$ 953<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$ 2.2 million · 57%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 1.6 million · 41%ValparaísoUS$ 45 thousand · 1.2%No region declaredUS$ 32 thousand · 0.8%MauleUS$ 4 thousand · 0.1%AntofagastaUS$ 1 thousand · 0.0%Other regionsUS$ 363 · 0.0%Los AndesUS$ 2.2 million · 56%San AntonioUS$ 895 thousand · 23%ValparaísoUS$ 524 thousand · 14%IquiqueUS$ 51 thousand · 1.3%MetropolitanaUS$ 213 thousand · 5.5%Other officesUS$ 26 thousand · 0.7%UruguayUS$ 1.2 million · 32%ArgentinaUS$ 690 thousand · 18%ParaguayUS$ 192 thousand · 5.0%MexicoUS$ 164 thousand · 4.2%PeruUS$ 581 thousand · 15%ChinaUS$ 366 thousand · 9.4%BoliviaUS$ 116 thousand · 3.0%OthersUS$ 528 thousand · 14%
Region of originCustoms officeDestinationMetropolit…57%Nationalis…41%Valparaíso1.2%No region …0.8%Maule0.1%Antofagasta0.0%Other regi…0.0%Los A…56%San A…23%Valpa…14%Iquiq…1.3%Metro…5.5%Other…0.7%Uruguay32%Argentina18%Paraguay5.0%Mexico4.2%Peru15%China9.4%Bolivia3.0%Others14%

What comes in: origin, transport, customs office

OriginTransportCustoms officeChinaUS$ 108 million · 59%BrazilUS$ 13.4 million · 7.3%ColombiaUS$ 12.0 million · 6.5%PeruUS$ 7.9 million · 4.3%SpainUS$ 6.2 million · 3.4%MexicoUS$ 5.9 million · 3.2%United StatesUS$ 5.1 million · 2.8%OthersUS$ 25.5 million · 14%Sea, river and lakeUS$ 170 million · 92%RoadUS$ 5.8 million · 3.1%AirUS$ 6.1 million · 3.3%Courier (air)US$ 2.7 million · 1.4%OtherUS$ 300 · 0.0%ValparaísoUS$ 34.5 million · 19%San AntonioUS$ 134 million · 73%TalcahuanoUS$ 1.2 million · 0.6%Los AndesUS$ 5.2 million · 2.8%MetropolitanaUS$ 8.7 million · 4.7%Other officesUS$ 707 thousand · 0.4%
OriginTransportCustoms officeChina59%Brazil7.3%Colombia6.5%Peru4.3%Spain3.4%Mexico3.2%United Sta…2.8%Others14%Sea, …92%Road3.1%Air3.3%Couri…1.4%Other0.0%Valparaíso19%San Antonio73%Talcahuano0.6%Los Andes2.8%Metropolit…4.7%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 20 headings

change against January–July 2025
CodeDescriptionExportschangeImportschange
96.19Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any materialUS$ 2.0 million−71%US$ 73.2 million−4.3%
96.03Brooms, brushes (including parts of machines), hand operated floor sweepers, mops and feather dusters; knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegeesUS$ 356 thousandUS$ 44.2 million+2.0%
96.17Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass innersUS$ 580 thousandUS$ 18.6 million−19%
96.08Pens; ball-point, felt tipped, other porous tipped pens; fountain pens, stylograph pens duplicating stylos, propelling or sliding pencils; parts of the foregoing, excluding those of heading no. 9609US$ 206 thousandUS$ 15.8 million−14%
96.15Combs, hair-slides and similar; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips and hair curlers and the like, other than those of heading no. 8516 and parts thereofUS$ 8 thousandUS$ 6.7 million−12%
96.12Typewriter, similar ribbons, inked, otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxesUS$ 30 thousandUS$ 4.5 million+10%
96.13Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical and parts thereof other than flints and wicksUS$ 88 thousandUS$ 4.4 million+0.2%
96.09Pencils (not of heading no. 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalksUS$ 63 thousandUS$ 3.5 million−34%
96.16Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparationsUS$ 3 thousandUS$ 2.9 million+29%
96.02Vegetable, mineral carving material and articles of these materials, moulded or carved articles of wax, stearin, natural gums, resins or modelling pastes, worked unhardened gelatin (not heading no. 3503)US$ 200US$ 2.4 million−22%
96.18Tailors' dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated displays used for shop window dressingUS$ 9 thousandUS$ 1.8 million+49%
96.10Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framedUS$ 5 thousandUS$ 1.7 million−3.8%
96.20Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articlesUS$ 375 thousandUS$ 1.0 million−13%
96.07Slide fasteners and parts thereofUS$ 316US$ 1.3 million−5.8%
96.11Stamps; date, numbering, sealing stamps and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating by hand; hand operated composing sticks and printing setsUS$ 160 thousandUS$ 575 thousand
96.14Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereofUS$ 23 thousandUS$ 635 thousand
96.05Travel sets; for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaningUS$ 4 thousandUS$ 469 thousand
96.06Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanksUS$ 5 thousandUS$ 426 thousand
96.04Hand sieves and hand riddlesUS$ 5 thousandUS$ 297 thousand
96.01Ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material and articles of these materials; worked, (including articles obtained by moulding)US$ 760US$ 27 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.

Source: Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How each figure is checked →