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Colchane

In Colchane, Tarapacá

In January–July 2026, US$ 49.5 million of exports were loaded at Colchane — 0.1% of everything Chile exported — and US$ 1.6 million of imports were unloaded here, less than 0.1% of the country's. What is loaded most is «Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparat…» (35%), and the main destination is Bolivia (100%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 49.5 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +75% vs January–July 2025
US$ 1.6 M
imported, January–July 2026 · −25% vs January–July 2025
0.1%
of everything Chile exported · <0.1% of imports
36.1 k t
loaded, January–July 2026 · gross weight, exports only
US$ 1.37
per kilo loaded

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
051015US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
051015US$ 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)

Mineral products 35%Transport equipment 27%Chemicals 22%Machinery and electr… 11%Mineral fuels, mineral oils and productsof their distillation; bitum…35%Vehicles; other than railway ortramway rolling stock, and partsand…27%Fertilizers15%Pharmaceu…products2.5%Explosiv…pyrotech…products…2.2%Inorganicchemical…organic…Machinery andmechanicalappliances, boilers…8.5%Electrical machinery and…Plasti…andarticl…Ironand…Tex…mad…Furn…
Mineral products 35%Transport equipm… 27%Chemicals 22%Machine… 11%Mineral fuels,mineral oils andproducts of their…35%Vehicles; otherthan railway ortramway rollin…27%Fertilizers15%Pharmace…productsExplosiv…Inorga…chemic…Machineryandmechanical…8.5%Electrical…Plas…andarti…Ironand…
Mineral productsTransport equipmentChemicalsMachinery and electricalPlastics and rubberBase metalsTextilesMiscellaneous manufacturesStone, ceramics and glassFootwear and headgearAnimals and animal productsPulp and paperWood and corkFood, beverages and tobaccoHides and leatherPrecision instrumentsArms and ammunitionhover a tile for its count
  1. Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c…US$ 17.1 million35%
  2. Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally designed for the transport of…US$ 8.8 million18%
  3. Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenousUS$ 7.2 million15%
  4. Vehicles; for the transport of goodsUS$ 3.9 million7.8%
  5. Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozers, mechanical shovels, exca…US$ 2.6 million5.2%
  6. Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recy…US$ 1.2 million2.5%
  7. Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed…US$ 1.2 million2.5%
  8. Safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electr…US$ 1.1 million2.2%
  9. Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanidesUS$ 638 thousand1.3%
  10. Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts t…US$ 602 thousand1.2%
  11. Stainless steel; flat-rolled products of width of 600mm or moreUS$ 589 thousand1.2%
  12. Electric generating sets and rotary convertersUS$ 537 thousand1.1%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 4.0 million8.1%

What is unloaded (imports)

Machinery and electrical 36%Mineral products 35%Chemicals 8.5%Fats and oils 6.7%Transport equip… 5.2%Miscellaneous m… 4.9%Food, bever… 3.3%Machinery and mechanical appliances,boilers, nuclear reactors; parts…31%Elect…machi…and…4.6%Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plasteringmaterials, lime and cement35%Inorganicchemicals;organic and…8.5%Animal, vegetableor microbial fatsand oils and thei…6.7%Vehicles; otherthan railway ortramway rolling…5.2%Furniture;bedding,mattresses,…4.9%Miscellaneousediblepreparations
Machinery and electr… 36%Mineral products 35%Chemica… 8.5%Fat… 6.7%Miscell… 4.9%Food… 3.3%Machinery andmechanicalappliances,…31%Electrical machinery and…Salt; sulphur;earths, stone;plastering…35%Inorganicchemicals;organic an…8.5%Animal,vegetableor…6.7%Vehicl…otherthan…5.2%Furniture;…Miscellaneous…
Machinery and electricalMineral productsChemicalsFats and oilsTransport equipmentMiscellaneous manufacturesFood, beverages and tobaccoStone, ceramics and glassWood and corkBase metalsPlastics and rubberhover a tile for its count
  1. Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate, (witherite) whethe…US$ 565 thousand35%
  2. Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozers, mechanical shovels, exca…US$ 391 thousand24%
  3. Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically mod…US$ 109 thousand6.7%
  4. Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; o…US$ 108 thousand6.7%
  5. Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixi…US$ 99 thousand6.1%
  6. Buildings; prefabricatedUS$ 79 thousand4.9%
  7. Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)US$ 75 thousand4.6%
  8. Special purpose motor vehicles; not those for the transport of persons or goods…US$ 73 thousand4.5%
  9. Ice cream and other edible ice; whether or not containing cocoaUS$ 54 thousand3.3%
  10. Oxides of boron; boric acidsUS$ 31 thousand1.9%
  11. Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts t…US$ 11 thousand0.7%
  12. Fork-lift and other works trucks; fitted with lifting or handling equipmentUS$ 11 thousand0.7%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 22 thousand1.3%

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.

Each line arrives from the country where the goods were made; it is a relationship, not a route.

Where what is loaded goes

  1. BoliviaUS$ 49.5 million100%
  2. ParaguayUS$ 13 thousand<0.1%

Where what is unloaded comes from

  1. BoliviaUS$ 957 thousand59%
  2. United StatesUS$ 348 thousand21%
  3. ChinaUS$ 312 thousand19%
  4. JapanUS$ 11 thousand0.7%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 23.9 million48%
  2. AntofagastaUS$ 17.3 million35%
  3. TarapacáUS$ 3.6 million7.2%
  4. MetropolitanaUS$ 2.6 million5.3%
  5. AtacamaUS$ 1.0 million2.0%
  6. ValparaísoUS$ 296 thousand0.6%
  7. Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 262 thousand0.5%
  8. Los LagosUS$ 191 thousand0.4%
  9. CoquimboUS$ 140 thousand0.3%
  10. AysénUS$ 94 thousand0.2%
  11. MauleUS$ 46 thousand0.1%
  12. No region declaredUS$ 21 thousand<0.1%
  13. Los RíosUS$ 6 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%
IquiqueTarapacáUS$ 34.7 million70%US$ 1.5 million93%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 11.5 million23%——
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 2.5 million5.1%——
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 410 thousand0.8%——
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 212 thousand0.4%US$ 108 thousand6.7%
TocopillaAntofagastaUS$ 237 thousand0.5%——

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. RoadUS$ 49.5 million100%

Imports, by transport

  1. RoadUS$ 1.6 million100%

From where to where

January–July 2026

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

Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationNationalised foreign goodsUS$ 23.9 million · 48%AntofagastaUS$ 17.3 million · 35%TarapacáUS$ 3.6 million · 7.2%MetropolitanaUS$ 2.6 million · 5.3%AtacamaUS$ 1.0 million · 2.0%ValparaísoUS$ 296 thousand · 0.6%Other regionsUS$ 761 thousand · 1.5%Transport equipmentUS$ 13.5 million · 27%Mineral productsUS$ 17.1 million · 35%Plastics and rubberUS$ 1.0 million · 2.1%ChemicalsUS$ 10.7 million · 22%Base metalsUS$ 751 thousand · 1.5%Machinery and electricalUS$ 5.3 million · 11%Other sectionsUS$ 1.0 million · 2.1%ParaguayUS$ 13 thousand · 0.0%BoliviaUS$ 49.5 million · 100%
Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationNationalis…48%Antofagasta35%Tarapacá7.2%Metropolit…5.3%Atacama2.0%Valparaíso0.6%Other regi…1.5%Trans…27%Miner…35%Plast…2.1%Chemi…22%Base …1.5%Machi…11%Other…2.1%Paraguay0.0%Bolivia100%

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

OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeBoliviaUS$ 957 thousand · 59%United StatesUS$ 348 thousand · 21%ChinaUS$ 312 thousand · 19%JapanUS$ 11 thousand · 0.7%Mineral productsUS$ 565 thousand · 35%ChemicalsUS$ 139 thousand · 8.5%Fats and oilsUS$ 109 thousand · 6.7%Miscellaneous manufacturesUS$ 79 thousand · 4.9%Machinery and electricalUS$ 587 thousand · 36%Transport equipmentUS$ 85 thousand · 5.2%Other sectionsUS$ 65 thousand · 4.0%AricaUS$ 108 thousand · 6.7%IquiqueUS$ 1.5 million · 93%
OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeBolivia59%United Sta…21%China19%Japan0.7%Miner…35%Chemi…8.5%Fats …6.7%Misce…4.9%Machi…36%Trans…5.2%Other…4.0%Arica6.7%Iquique93%

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 Tarapacá

January–July 2026
Port or crossingComunaLoaded (exports)%Unloaded (imports)%
PatacheIquiqueUS$ 3,023 million82%——
IquiqueIquiqueUS$ 560 million15%US$ 733 million100%
PatillosIquiqueUS$ 83.2 million2.3%US$ 2 thousand<0.1%
Zona Franca IquiqueIquique——US$ 735 thousand0.1%
Aeropuerto Diego AracenaIquiqueUS$ 84 thousand<0.1%US$ 34 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 (959 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 →