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Arica

In Arica, Arica y Parinacota

In January–July 2026, US$ 184 million of exports were loaded at Arica — 0.2% of everything Chile exported — and US$ 37.3 million of imports were unloaded here, 0.1% of the country's. What is loaded most is «Flours, meal and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crusta…» (21%), and the main destination is China (30%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 184 M
exported, January–July 2026 · −7.6% vs January–July 2025
US$ 37.3 M
imported, January–July 2026 · −31% vs January–July 2025
0.2%
of everything Chile exported · 0.1% of imports
88.1 k t
loaded, January–July 2026 · gross weight, exports only
US$ 2.08
per kilo loaded

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
0255075100US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
0255075100US$ 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)

Chemicals 30%Base metals 24%Food, beverages and tobacco 22%Fats and oils 20%Veget… 1.6%Mine… 1.5%Inorganic chemicals; organicand inorganic compounds ofprecious meta…25%Ferti…2.6%Chemi…produ…n.e.c.1.7%Explo…pyrot…Copper and articles thereof17%Aluminium and articles thereof6.3%Food industries, residuesand wastes thereof;prepared animal fodder21%Animal, vegetable ormicrobial fats and oils andtheir cleavage produ…20%Oil seeds andoleaginous…Salt;sulphur;…Rai…tra…loc…Meat…
Chemicals 30%Base metals 24%Food, beverages an… 22%Fats and oils 20%Inorganicchemicals;organic and…25%Fer…Che…pro…n.e…Copper andarticles thereof17%Aluminium andarticles thereofFood industries,residues andwastes thereof;…21%Animal,vegetable ormicrobial fats…20%Rai…
ChemicalsBase metalsFood, beverages and tobaccoFats and oilsVegetable productsMineral productsTransport equipmentAnimals and animal productsMachinery and electricalPlastics and rubberSpecial treatmentsTextilesPrecision instrumentsHides and leatherMiscellaneous manufacturesPulp and paperStone, ceramics and glasshover a tile for its count
  1. Flours, meal and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, mol…US$ 38.4 million21%
  2. Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or who…US$ 36.1 million20%
  3. Oxides of boron; boric acidsUS$ 35.2 million19%
  4. Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwroughtUS$ 30.1 million16%
  5. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodineUS$ 10.5 million5.7%
  6. Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes etc (including rigid, collapsible tubular c…US$ 9.9 million5.4%
  7. Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, containing 2 or 3 of the elements nitrogen, p…US$ 4.3 million2.4%
  8. Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, n.e.c. in chapter 12; whether or not brokenUS$ 2.9 million1.6%
  9. Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including s…US$ 2.7 million1.5%
  10. Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not inc…US$ 2.5 million1.4%
  11. Aluminium; waste and scrapUS$ 1.6 million0.9%
  12. Copper; waste and scrapUS$ 1.4 million0.7%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 8.0 million4.3%

What is unloaded (imports)

Vegetable products 25%Mineral products 18%Machinery and elec… 15%Base metals 9.1%Transport equipment 6.8%Plastics and r… 6.0%Food, bever… 5.3%Chemic… 5.1%Textil… 4.9%Ani… 1.9%Cereals16%Products of themillingindustry; malt,…5.0%Fruit andnuts,edible;…3.5%Oilsee…and…Mineral fuels,mineral oils andproducts of their…14%Salt; sulphur; earths,stone; plastering materials,lime and cementMachinery andmechanicalappliances,…13%Electrical machinery and…Aluminium andarticlesthereof6.5%Ironorsteel…2.4%Vehicles; otherthan railway ortramway rolling…6.4%Rubber andarticlesthereof3.5%Plasti…andarticl…2.5%Foodindustries,residues and…Beverages,spirits and…Fertilizers2.1%Inorg…chemi…organ…Organicchemic…Chemic…Explos…Textiles,made uparticles;…Texti…fabri…impre…Waddin…Man…fil…Fab…Meat andediblemeat offalPaperandpaper…
Vegetable products 25%Mineral products 18%Machinery and el… 15%Base metals 9.1%Transpo… 6.8%Plast… 6.0%Food, b… 5.3%Chemica… 5.1%Texti… 4.9%Cereals16%Productsof themilling…5.0%Fruitandnuts,…Mineralfuels,mineral oil…14%Sal…sul…ear…Machinery andmechanicalappliances,…13%Aluminium andarticles…Ironorsteel…Vehicles;other thanrailway or…Rubberandarticl…Plas…andarti…Foodindust…Bever…spiri…Ferti…2.1%Text…madeup…Tex…Meatandedib…
Vegetable productsMineral productsMachinery and electricalBase metalsTransport equipmentPlastics and rubberFood, beverages and tobaccoChemicalsTextilesAnimals and animal productsPulp and paperMiscellaneous manufacturesFats and oilsStone, ceramics and glassWood and corkHides and leatherFootwear and headgearPrecision instrumentshover a tile for its count
  1. Maize (corn)US$ 5.9 million16%
  2. Aluminium; articles n.e.c. in chapter 76US$ 2.4 million6.5%
  3. Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt; on natural bitumen, on petroleum…US$ 2.4 million6.5%
  4. Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obt…US$ 2.0 million5.3%
  5. Wheat or meslin flourUS$ 1.9 million5.0%
  6. Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate ce…US$ 1.4 million3.7%
  7. Machinery n.e.c. in this chapter, for the industrial preparation or manufacture…US$ 1.2 million3.3%
  8. Synthetic rubber and factice derived from oils, in primary forms or in plates,…US$ 1.0 million2.8%
  9. Bicycles and other cycles; including delivery tricycles, not motorisedUS$ 1.0 million2.8%
  10. Bananas, including plantains; fresh or driedUS$ 1.0 million2.7%
  11. Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pell…US$ 899 thousand2.4%
  12. Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carri…US$ 840 thousand2.3%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 15.3 million41%

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$ 13.8 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$ 7.3 million and have no line.

Where what is loaded goes

  1. ChinaUS$ 55.2 million30%
  2. BrazilUS$ 31.1 million17%
  3. United StatesUS$ 28.4 million15%
  4. GermanyUS$ 20.4 million11%
  5. BelgiumUS$ 10.3 million5.6%
  6. SpainUS$ 9.7 million5.3%
  7. ColombiaUS$ 3.2 million1.7%
  8. TürkiyeUS$ 3.1 million1.7%
  9. NetherlandsUS$ 2.6 million1.4%
  10. IndiaUS$ 2.0 million1.1%
  11. South KoreaUS$ 1.9 million1.0%
  12. JapanUS$ 1.9 million1.0%
  13. OthersUS$ 13.8 million7.5%

Where what is unloaded comes from

  1. United StatesUS$ 7.3 million20%
  2. ArgentinaUS$ 6.8 million18%
  3. ChinaUS$ 5.8 million15%
  4. Arica free zone, industrial areaUS$ 3.5 million9.4%
  5. South KoreaUS$ 2.4 million6.4%
  6. ColombiaUS$ 2.3 million6.2%
  7. SpainUS$ 1.7 million4.7%
  8. EcuadorUS$ 1.1 million3.0%
  9. PeruUS$ 889 thousand2.4%
  10. GermanyUS$ 633 thousand1.7%
  11. BoliviaUS$ 548 thousand1.5%
  12. JapanUS$ 444 thousand1.2%
  13. OthersUS$ 3.8 million10%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 157 million86%
  2. AntofagastaUS$ 10.6 million5.7%
  3. MetropolitanaUS$ 7.1 million3.9%
  4. TarapacáUS$ 6.6 million3.6%
  5. No region declaredUS$ 1.2 million0.7%
  6. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 902 thousand0.5%
  7. O'HigginsUS$ 89 thousand<0.1%
  8. ValparaísoUS$ 72 thousand<0.1%
  9. MagallanesUS$ 18 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%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 183 million99%US$ 36.6 million98%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 871 thousand0.5%——
San AntonioValparaíso——US$ 504 thousand1.4%
IquiqueTarapacáUS$ 50 thousand<0.1%US$ 198 thousand0.5%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 78 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$ 182 million99%
  2. RoadUS$ 1.5 million0.8%
  3. No transport code (0)US$ 6 thousand<0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 30.9 million83%
  2. RoadUS$ 6.4 million17%
  3. AirUS$ 3 thousand<0.1%

From where to where

January–July 2026

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

Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationArica y ParinacotaUS$ 157 million · 86%AntofagastaUS$ 10.6 million · 5.7%MetropolitanaUS$ 7.1 million · 3.9%TarapacáUS$ 6.6 million · 3.6%No region declaredUS$ 1.2 million · 0.7%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 902 thousand · 0.5%Other regionsUS$ 179 thousand · 0.1%Mineral productsUS$ 2.8 million · 1.5%Fats and oilsUS$ 36.3 million · 20%Food, beverages and tobaccoUS$ 39.9 million · 22%Base metalsUS$ 43.8 million · 24%ChemicalsUS$ 55.0 million · 30%Vegetable productsUS$ 3.0 million · 1.6%Other sectionsUS$ 2.7 million · 1.5%BelgiumUS$ 10.3 million · 5.6%United StatesUS$ 28.4 million · 15%GermanyUS$ 20.4 million · 11%SpainUS$ 9.7 million · 5.3%ChinaUS$ 55.2 million · 30%ColombiaUS$ 3.2 million · 1.7%BrazilUS$ 31.1 million · 17%OthersUS$ 25.3 million · 14%
Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationArica y Pa…86%Antofagasta5.7%Metropolit…3.9%Tarapacá3.6%No region …0.7%Nationalis…0.5%Other regi…0.1%Miner…1.5%Fats …20%Food,…22%Base …24%Chemi…30%Veget…1.6%Other…1.5%Belgium5.6%United Sta…15%Germany11%Spain5.3%China30%Colombia1.7%Brazil17%Others14%

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

OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeUnited StatesUS$ 7.3 million · 20%ArgentinaUS$ 6.8 million · 18%ChinaUS$ 5.8 million · 15%Arica free zone, industri…US$ 3.5 million · 9.4%South KoreaUS$ 2.4 million · 6.4%ColombiaUS$ 2.3 million · 6.2%SpainUS$ 1.7 million · 4.7%OthersUS$ 7.4 million · 20%Vegetable productsUS$ 9.5 million · 25%Machinery and electricalUS$ 5.7 million · 15%Transport equipmentUS$ 2.5 million · 6.8%Mineral productsUS$ 6.7 million · 18%Base metalsUS$ 3.4 million · 9.1%Plastics and rubberUS$ 2.2 million · 6.0%Other sectionsUS$ 7.2 million · 19%San AntonioUS$ 504 thousand · 1.4%AricaUS$ 36.6 million · 98%IquiqueUS$ 198 thousand · 0.5%
OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeUnited Sta…20%Argentina18%China15%Arica free…9.4%South Korea6.4%Colombia6.2%Spain4.7%Others20%Veget…25%Machi…15%Trans…6.8%Miner…18%Base …9.1%Plast…6.0%Other…19%San Antonio1.4%Arica98%Iquique0.5%

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 Arica y Parinacota

January–July 2026
Port or crossingComunaLoaded (exports)%Unloaded (imports)%
ChacallutaAricaUS$ 196 million78%US$ 540 million96%
ChungaráPutreUS$ 51.1 million20%US$ 19.5 million3.5%
Aeropuerto ChacallutaAricaUS$ 4.1 million1.6%US$ 2.8 million0.5%
Arica-TacnaArica——US$ 147 thousand<0.1%
VisviriGeneral LagosUS$ 515<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 (901 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 →