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Antofagasta

In Antofagasta, Antofagasta

In January–July 2026, US$ 4,252 million of exports were loaded at Antofagasta — 5.4% of everything Chile exported — and US$ 1,018 million of imports were unloaded here, 2.0% of the country's. What is loaded most is «Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwrought» (50%), and the main destination is the United States (30%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 4,252 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +62% vs January–July 2025
US$ 1,018 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +42% vs January–July 2025
5.4%
of everything Chile exported · 2.0% of imports
647.0 k t
loaded, January–July 2026 · gross weight, exports only
US$ 6.57
per kilo loaded

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
02505007501,000US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
02505007501,000US$ MJ2025FMAMJJASON·DJ2026FMAMJJ·A
Loaded (exports)Unloaded (imports)shaded: 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 passes through

January–July 2026

What is loaded (exports)

Base metals 60%Mineral products 34%Copper and articles thereof60%Ores, slag and ash34%Inorg…chemi…organ…4.2%Machin…andmechan…
Base metals 60%Mineral products 34%Copper and articles thereof60%Ores, slag and ash34%Inorg…chemi…organ…4.2%
Base metalsMineral productsChemicalsMachinery and electricalTransport equipmentSpecial treatmentsPlastics and rubberPrecision instrumentsAnimals and animal productsTextilesMiscellaneous manufacturesStone, ceramics and glassPulp and paperHides and leatherArt and antiquesFootwear and headgearhover a tile for its count
  1. Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwroughtUS$ 2,120 million50%
  2. Copper ores and concentratesUS$ 1,236 million29%
  3. Copper; unrefined, copper anodes for electrolytic refiningUS$ 420 million9.9%
  4. Molybdenum ores and concentratesUS$ 217 million5.1%
  5. Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate con…US$ 108 million2.5%
  6. Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; o…US$ 39.5 million0.9%
  7. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodineUS$ 27.9 million0.7%
  8. Lead; unwroughtUS$ 14.8 million0.3%
  9. Transmission shafts (including cam and crank) and cranks; bearing housings and…US$ 10.5 million0.2%
  10. Iron or steel; articles, n.e.c. in chapter 73US$ 9.5 million0.2%
  11. Motor vehicles; parts and accessories, of heading no. 8701 to 8705US$ 8.4 million0.2%
  12. Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carri…US$ 5.1 million0.1%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 36.6 million0.9%

What is unloaded (imports)

Machinery and electrical 56%Base metals 18%Mineral products 9.1%Special tr… 7.0%Chemicals 5.2%Plastics… 2.1%Transpor… 1.8%Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; soundrecorders…52%Mach…andmech…Iron or steelarticles9.7%Iron and steel7.9%Ores, slag and ash6.3%Mineralfuels,…Salt;sulph…Tratamientosarancelariosespeciales7.0%Inorganicchemicals;organic an…3.8%Soap,orga…Ferti…Chem…Plasticsand…Rubberandartic…Vehicles; othe…
Machinery and electrical 56%Base metals 18%Mineral pro… 9.1%Special tre… 7.0%Che… 5.2%Electrical machinery and equipmentand parts thereof; sound recorders…52%Iron or steelarticles9.7%Iron and steel7.9%Ores, slagand ash6.3%Mine…fuel…mine…Salt…Tratamientosarancelarios…Inorg…chemi…organ…Pla…and…Vehicl…
Machinery and electricalBase metalsMineral productsSpecial treatmentsChemicalsPlastics and rubberTransport equipmentVegetable productsMiscellaneous manufacturesFood, beverages and tobaccoStone, ceramics and glassPulp and paperPrecision instrumentsAnimals and animal productsTextilesWood and corkFats and oilsFootwear and headgearReserved for national useHides and leatherhover a tile for its count
  1. Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangula…US$ 352 million35%
  2. Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)US$ 154 million15%
  3. Iron or steel; articles, n.e.c. in chapter 73US$ 93.4 million9.2%
  4. Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of all…US$ 72.3 million7.1%
  5. Mercancías que lleguen al país para los organismos internacionales y sus agenci…US$ 71.4 million7.0%
  6. Copper ores and concentratesUS$ 35.7 million3.5%
  7. Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate con…US$ 29.3 million2.9%
  8. Molybdenum ores and concentratesUS$ 27.1 million2.7%
  9. Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c…US$ 11.9 million1.2%
  10. Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, bases with apparatus of heading no.…US$ 10.4 million1.0%
  11. Machinery parts; used solely or principally with the machinery of heading no. 8…US$ 10.3 million1.0%
  12. Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductorsUS$ 8.2 million0.8%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 143 million14%

Each rectangle is a chapter of the Arancel; its area is what passed through here, its colour the family of goods. Below, the largest headings. Click one to go to its page, which says through which ports it leaves and lands across Chile.

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$ 58.5 million 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$ 28.5 million and have no line.

Where what is loaded goes

  1. United StatesUS$ 1,267 million30%
  2. ChinaUS$ 1,090 million26%
  3. BrazilUS$ 924 million22%
  4. IndiaUS$ 414 million9.7%
  5. SpainUS$ 142 million3.3%
  6. JapanUS$ 113 million2.7%
  7. BelgiumUS$ 73.0 million1.7%
  8. ItalyUS$ 58.2 million1.4%
  9. NetherlandsUS$ 53.0 million1.2%
  10. United KingdomUS$ 22.3 million0.5%
  11. South KoreaUS$ 18.9 million0.4%
  12. GermanyUS$ 17.4 million0.4%
  13. OthersUS$ 58.5 million1.4%

Where what is unloaded comes from

  1. ChinaUS$ 643 million63%
  2. United StatesUS$ 81.8 million8.0%
  3. SpainUS$ 79.8 million7.8%
  4. ItalyUS$ 55.2 million5.4%
  5. PeruUS$ 41.1 million4.0%
  6. ArmeniaUS$ 27.1 million2.7%
  7. GermanyUS$ 20.4 million2.0%
  8. IndiaUS$ 12.5 million1.2%
  9. BrazilUS$ 8.4 million0.8%
  10. ColombiaUS$ 8.3 million0.8%
  11. TürkiyeUS$ 6.7 million0.7%
  12. MexicoUS$ 5.5 million0.5%
  13. OthersUS$ 28.5 million2.8%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. AntofagastaUS$ 3,938 million93%
  2. MetropolitanaUS$ 131 million3.1%
  3. AtacamaUS$ 116 million2.7%
  4. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 49.1 million1.2%
  5. BiobíoUS$ 7.7 million0.2%
  6. TarapacáUS$ 4.2 million0.1%
  7. AraucaníaUS$ 3.9 million0.1%
  8. No region declaredUS$ 1.6 million<0.1%
  9. ValparaísoUS$ 304 thousand<0.1%
  10. O'HigginsUS$ 96 thousand<0.1%

The region the export declaration names as the origin of what was loaded here. A port serves regions other than its own.

Who processes it and how it travels

January–July 2026
Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 4,252 million100%US$ 1,018 million100%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 96 thousand<0.1%
AricaArica y Parinacota——US$ 6 thousand<0.1%
IquiqueTarapacá——US$ 4 thousand<0.1%

The port is where the cargo passes; the office is the one that processed the declaration, and it may be another.

Exports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 4,247 million100%
  2. RoadUS$ 4.7 million0.1%
  3. No transport code (0)US$ 715 thousand<0.1%
  4. Power lineUS$ 174 thousand<0.1%
  5. AirUS$ 66 thousand<0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 1,013 million100%
  2. RoadUS$ 3.0 million0.3%
  3. AirUS$ 2.0 million0.2%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 28 thousand<0.1%

From where to where

January–July 2026

What leaves: region of origin, family of goods, destination

Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationAntofagastaUS$ 3,938 million · 93%MetropolitanaUS$ 131 million · 3.1%AtacamaUS$ 116 million · 2.7%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 49.1 million · 1.2%BiobíoUS$ 7.7 million · 0.2%TarapacáUS$ 4.2 million · 0.1%Other regionsUS$ 6.0 million · 0.1%ChemicalsUS$ 183 million · 4.3%Mineral productsUS$ 1,453 million · 34%Base metalsUS$ 2,564 million · 60%Special treatmentsUS$ 1.5 million · 0.0%Machinery and electricalUS$ 37.7 million · 0.9%Transport equipmentUS$ 10.9 million · 0.3%Other sectionsUS$ 2.1 million · 0.0%BelgiumUS$ 73.0 million · 1.7%ChinaUS$ 1,090 million · 26%JapanUS$ 113 million · 2.7%IndiaUS$ 414 million · 9.7%BrazilUS$ 924 million · 22%United StatesUS$ 1,267 million · 30%SpainUS$ 142 million · 3.3%OthersUS$ 228 million · 5.4%
Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationAntofagasta93%Metropolit…3.1%Atacama2.7%Nationalis…1.2%Biobío0.2%Tarapacá0.1%Other regi…0.1%Chemi…4.3%Miner…34%Base …60%Speci…0.0%Machi…0.9%Trans…0.3%Other…0.0%Belgium1.7%China26%Japan2.7%India9.7%Brazil22%United Sta…30%Spain3.3%Others5.4%

What comes in: origin, family of goods, customs office

OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeChinaUS$ 643 million · 63%United StatesUS$ 81.8 million · 8.0%SpainUS$ 79.8 million · 7.8%ItalyUS$ 55.2 million · 5.4%PeruUS$ 41.1 million · 4.0%ArmeniaUS$ 27.1 million · 2.7%GermanyUS$ 20.4 million · 2.0%OthersUS$ 69.9 million · 6.9%Base metalsUS$ 184 million · 18%Machinery and electricalUS$ 565 million · 56%ChemicalsUS$ 53.2 million · 5.2%Plastics and rubberUS$ 21.9 million · 2.1%Special treatmentsUS$ 71.5 million · 7.0%Mineral productsUS$ 92.3 million · 9.1%Other sectionsUS$ 30.6 million · 3.0%AntofagastaUS$ 1,018 million · 100%ValparaísoUS$ 96 thousand · 0.0%AricaUS$ 6 thousand · 0.0%IquiqueUS$ 4 thousand · 0.0%
OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeChina63%United Sta…8.0%Spain7.8%Italy5.4%Peru4.0%Armenia2.7%Germany2.0%Others6.9%Base …18%Machi…56%Chemi…5.2%Plast…2.1%Speci…7.0%Miner…9.1%Other…3.0%Antofagasta100%Valparaíso0.0%Arica0.0%Iquique0.0%

Every column adds up to the same total; the largest are named and the rest pooled into «others». An import declares no Chilean region: it is counted at the office that clears it.

Other ports of Antofagasta

January–July 2026
Port or crossingComunaLoaded (exports)%Unloaded (imports)%
Puerto AngamosMejillonesUS$ 14,998 million51%US$ 2,638 million50%
Caleta ColosoAntofagastaUS$ 8,441 million29%——
MejillonesMejillonesUS$ 1,099 million3.8%US$ 1,948 million37%
Terminal Graneles del NorteMejillonesUS$ 2,573 million8.8%US$ 124 million2.4%
Terminal Muelle Mecanizado EsperanzaMejillonesUS$ 1,515 million5.2%——
TocopillaTocopillaUS$ 393 million1.3%——
Paso JamaSan Pedro de AtacamaUS$ 52.5 million0.2%US$ 141 million2.7%
Aeropuerto Cerro MorenoAntofagastaUS$ 1.8 million<0.1%US$ 165 million3.1%
Terminal Marítimo ENAEXMejillones——US$ 163 million3.1%
OllagueOllagüeUS$ 97.3 million0.3%US$ 4.3 million0.1%
Terminal Portuario TerquimMejillonesUS$ 6 thousand<0.1%US$ 56.2 million1.1%
Terminal Marítimo OxiquimMejillones——US$ 25.7 million0.5%
San Pedro de AtacamaSan Pedro de AtacamaUS$ 2.6 million<0.1%US$ 61 thousand<0.1%
Aeródromo El LoaCalamaUS$ 37 thousand<0.1%——

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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.
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.
The ports
The ports, airports and crossings are those of Anexo 51-11 of the Compendio de Normas Aduaneras, with their code (903 is this one's). Aduanas publishes no location: PuroChile places a port in its comuna, not on its quay.
Tonnage
Tonnage is the gross weight the export declarations state. The imports database carries no weight, so there is no unloaded tonnage.
A month at zero
A month with no bar is one in which nothing was declared through this port; «s/d» is one the database does not carry.

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