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Iquique

In Iquique, Tarapacá

In January–July 2026, US$ 560 million of exports were loaded at Iquique — 0.7% of everything Chile exported — and US$ 733 million of imports were unloaded here, 1.4% of the country's. What is loaded most is «Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine» (42%), and the main destination is China (61%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 560 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +47% vs January–July 2025
US$ 733 M
imported, January–July 2026 · −9.7% vs January–July 2025
0.7%
of everything Chile exported · 1.4% of imports
208.1 k t
loaded, January–July 2026 · gross weight, exports only
US$ 2.69
per kilo loaded

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
0100200300US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
0100200300US$ 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 56%Mineral products 17%Base metals 11%Food, bever… 8.8%Fats and … 2.9%Transp… 2.4%Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of preciousmeta…55%Ores, slag and ash17%Iron and steel5.4%Copper andarticlesthereof4.5%Alu…andart…Too…Foodindustries,residues and…8.7%Animal,vegetable ormicrobial fats…Railway,tramwaylocomot…Oil seeds…
Chemicals 56%Mineral produ… 17%Base m… 11%Food, bever… 8.8%Inorganic chemicals; organic andinorganic compounds of precious meta…55%Ores, slag andash17%Iron andsteel5.4%Copperandarticle…4.5%Food industries,residues andwastes thereof;…Anima…veget…or…2.9%Rail…tram…loco…Shi…Oilsee…
ChemicalsMineral productsBase metalsFood, beverages and tobaccoFats and oilsTransport equipmentVegetable productsAnimals and animal productsMachinery and electricalSpecial treatmentsPlastics and rubberTextilesPrecision instrumentsMiscellaneous manufacturesHides and leatherStone, ceramics and glasshover a tile for its count
  1. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodineUS$ 234 million42%
  2. Molybdenum ores and concentratesUS$ 92.8 million17%
  3. Flours, meal and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, mol…US$ 48.9 million8.7%
  4. Nitrites; nitratesUS$ 29.9 million5.3%
  5. Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steelUS$ 29.1 million5.2%
  6. Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate con…US$ 22.4 million4.0%
  7. Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)US$ 19.5 million3.5%
  8. Fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals; whether or not ref…US$ 16.2 million2.9%
  9. Copper; waste and scrapUS$ 12.7 million2.3%
  10. Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwroughtUS$ 12.3 million2.2%
  11. Containers; (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed a…US$ 9.6 million1.7%
  12. Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, containing 2 or 3 of the elements nitrogen, p…US$ 6.9 million1.2%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 25.8 million4.6%

What is unloaded (imports)

Machinery and electrical 55%Transport equipment 17%Plastics and rubber 7.7%Minera… 3.7%Chemicals 3.5%Base metals 2.9%Specia… 2.9%Text… 2.6%Electrical machinery and equipment and partsthereof; sound recorders…40%Machinery andmechanicalappliances,…15%Vehicles; otherthan railway ortramway rolling…17%Rubber and articlesthereof7.0%Mineralfuels,mineral…3.7%Essentialoils andresinoids;…2.7%Iron orsteelarticlesTratamient…arancelari…especiales2.9%Textiles,made up…Anima…veget…or…1.3%Musi…inst…part…
Machinery and electrical 55%Transport equ… 17%Plast… 7.7%Miner… 3.7%Electrical machinery andequipment and partsthereof; sound recorders…40%Machineryandmechanical…15%Vehicles;other thanrailway or…17%Rubber andarticlesthereof7.0%Mineral…Essent…oilsand…Iron orsteelarticlesTratamie…Texti…made…Animal,…
Machinery and electricalTransport equipmentPlastics and rubberMineral productsChemicalsBase metalsSpecial treatmentsTextilesFats and oilsPrecision instrumentsMiscellaneous manufacturesFood, beverages and tobaccoStone, ceramics and glassFootwear and headgearHides and leatherAnimals and animal productsVegetable productsPulp and paperWood and corkArms and ammunitionPearls, stones and precious metalsReserved for national usehover a tile for its count
  1. Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)US$ 238 million33%
  2. Vehicles; for the transport of goodsUS$ 70.7 million9.6%
  3. Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozers, mechanical shovels, exca…US$ 61.6 million8.4%
  4. New pneumatic tyres, of rubberUS$ 50.3 million6.9%
  5. Special purpose motor vehicles; not those for the transport of persons or goods…US$ 40.0 million5.5%
  6. Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, bases with apparatus of heading no.…US$ 35.4 million4.8%
  7. Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c…US$ 27.1 million3.7%
  8. Mercancías que lleguen al país para los organismos internacionales y sus agenci…US$ 20.4 million2.8%
  9. Perfumes and toilet watersUS$ 16.4 million2.2%
  10. Iron or steel; articles, n.e.c. in chapter 73US$ 13.5 million1.8%
  11. Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carri…US$ 12.1 million1.7%
  12. Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally designed for the transport of…US$ 10.5 million1.4%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 136 million19%

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$ 34.1 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$ 31.8 million and have no line.

Where what is loaded goes

  1. ChinaUS$ 344 million61%
  2. South KoreaUS$ 47.8 million8.5%
  3. IndiaUS$ 24.6 million4.4%
  4. United StatesUS$ 22.1 million3.9%
  5. VietnamUS$ 17.8 million3.2%
  6. BelgiumUS$ 15.5 million2.8%
  7. EcuadorUS$ 12.6 million2.2%
  8. PeruUS$ 10.7 million1.9%
  9. SpainUS$ 9.6 million1.7%
  10. JapanUS$ 9.2 million1.7%
  11. MexicoUS$ 6.2 million1.1%
  12. BangladeshUS$ 5.5 million1.0%
  13. OthersUS$ 34.1 million6.1%

Where what is unloaded comes from

  1. ChinaUS$ 333 million46%
  2. United StatesUS$ 154 million21%
  3. JapanUS$ 73.3 million10%
  4. GermanyUS$ 44.6 million6.1%
  5. South KoreaUS$ 26.4 million3.6%
  6. United KingdomUS$ 24.3 million3.3%
  7. PeruUS$ 11.5 million1.6%
  8. IndiaUS$ 10.9 million1.5%
  9. United Arab EmiratesUS$ 7.4 million1.0%
  10. ItalyUS$ 6.4 million0.9%
  11. SpainUS$ 4.4 million0.6%
  12. ChileUS$ 3.6 million0.5%
  13. OthersUS$ 31.8 million4.3%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. TarapacáUS$ 384 million68%
  2. AntofagastaUS$ 159 million28%
  3. No region declaredUS$ 9.6 million1.7%
  4. Los RíosUS$ 3.0 million0.5%
  5. MetropolitanaUS$ 2.5 million0.4%
  6. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 2.4 million0.4%
  7. CoquimboUS$ 147 thousand<0.1%
  8. ValparaísoUS$ 97 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$ 560 million100%US$ 732 million100%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 133 thousand<0.1%——
AricaArica y Parinacota——US$ 46 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$ 558 million100%
  2. RoadUS$ 722 thousand0.1%
  3. No transport code (0)US$ 515 thousand0.1%
  4. AirUS$ 395 thousand0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 624 million85%
  2. RoadUS$ 108 million15%
  3. AirUS$ 972 thousand0.1%
  4. PostUS$ 5 thousand<0.1%

From where to where

January–July 2026

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

Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationTarapacáUS$ 384 million · 68%AntofagastaUS$ 159 million · 28%No region declaredUS$ 9.6 million · 1.7%Los RíosUS$ 3.0 million · 0.5%MetropolitanaUS$ 2.5 million · 0.4%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 2.4 million · 0.4%Other regionsUS$ 244 thousand · 0.0%Mineral productsUS$ 92.8 million · 17%Fats and oilsUS$ 16.2 million · 2.9%Food, beverages and tobaccoUS$ 49.0 million · 8.8%Base metalsUS$ 62.1 million · 11%ChemicalsUS$ 315 million · 56%Transport equipmentUS$ 13.5 million · 2.4%Other sectionsUS$ 11.0 million · 2.0%United StatesUS$ 22.1 million · 3.9%BelgiumUS$ 15.5 million · 2.8%South KoreaUS$ 47.8 million · 8.5%EcuadorUS$ 12.6 million · 2.2%VietnamUS$ 17.8 million · 3.2%ChinaUS$ 344 million · 61%IndiaUS$ 24.6 million · 4.4%OthersUS$ 75.4 million · 13%
Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationTarapacá68%Antofagasta28%No region …1.7%Los Ríos0.5%Metropolit…0.4%Nationalis…0.4%Other regi…0.0%Miner…17%Fats …2.9%Food,…8.8%Base …11%Chemi…56%Trans…2.4%Other…2.0%United Sta…3.9%Belgium2.8%South Korea8.5%Ecuador2.2%Vietnam3.2%China61%India4.4%Others13%

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

OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeChinaUS$ 333 million · 46%United StatesUS$ 154 million · 21%JapanUS$ 73.3 million · 10%GermanyUS$ 44.6 million · 6.1%South KoreaUS$ 26.4 million · 3.6%United KingdomUS$ 24.3 million · 3.3%PeruUS$ 11.5 million · 1.6%OthersUS$ 64.5 million · 8.8%Base metalsUS$ 21.6 million · 2.9%Machinery and electricalUS$ 403 million · 55%Mineral productsUS$ 27.4 million · 3.7%Plastics and rubberUS$ 56.4 million · 7.7%Transport equipmentUS$ 128 million · 17%ChemicalsUS$ 25.9 million · 3.5%Other sectionsUS$ 70.8 million · 9.7%AricaUS$ 46 thousand · 0.0%IquiqueUS$ 732 million · 100%
OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeChina46%United Sta…21%Japan10%Germany6.1%South Korea3.6%United Kin…3.3%Peru1.6%Others8.8%Base …2.9%Machi…55%Miner…3.7%Plast…7.7%Trans…17%Chemi…3.5%Other…9.7%Arica0.0%Iquique100%

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 million96%——
PatillosIquiqueUS$ 83.2 million2.6%US$ 2 thousand0.1%
ColchaneColchaneUS$ 49.5 million1.6%US$ 1.6 million68%
Zona Franca IquiqueIquique——US$ 735 thousand31%
Aeropuerto Diego AracenaIquiqueUS$ 84 thousand<0.1%US$ 34 thousand1.4%

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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 (902 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 →