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Lirquén

In Penco, Biobío

In January–July 2026, US$ 2,108 million of exports were loaded at Lirquén — 2.7% of everything Chile exported — and US$ 575 million of imports were unloaded here, 1.1% of the country's. What is loaded most is «Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades» (44%), and the main destination is China (42%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 2,108 M
exported, January–July 2026 · −0.5% vs January–July 2025
US$ 575 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +18% vs January–July 2025
2.7%
of everything Chile exported · 1.1% of imports
2.5 M t
loaded, January–July 2026 · gross weight, exports only
US$ 0.85
per kilo loaded

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
0200400600US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
0200400600US$ 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)

Pulp and paper 46%Animals and animal products 33%Wood and cork 10%Vege… 4.2%Food, beverag… 3.7%Pulp of wood or other fibrous cellulosic material;recovered (waste a…45%Fish and crustaceans, molluscs andother aquatic invertebrates30%Dai…pro…bir…Meatandedi…Wood and articles of wood;wood charcoal10%Fruit andnuts,edible;…2.7%Produ…of themilli…Oilseed…Foodindustries,residues…Meat,fish,…Pre…Anima…veget…or…1.0%Cop…andart…Commod…not…
Pulp and paper 46%Animals and ani… 33%Wood and cork 10%Pulp of wood or otherfibrous cellulosicmaterial; recovered…45%Fish andcrustaceans,molluscs and…30%Dairy…Meat and…Wood and articles ofwood; wood charcoalFruitandnuts,…Foodindust…Meat,…Animal…
Pulp and paperAnimals and animal productsWood and corkVegetable productsFood, beverages and tobaccoFats and oilsBase metalsReserved for national useTransport equipmentSpecial treatmentsHides and leatherChemicalsPlastics and rubberMachinery and electricalMiscellaneous manufacturesStone, ceramics and glassTextileshover a tile for its count
  1. Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving gradesUS$ 926 million44%
  2. Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304US$ 305 million14%
  3. Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled or fro…US$ 270 million13%
  4. Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sande…US$ 141 million6.7%
  5. Flours, meal and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, mol…US$ 45.7 million2.2%
  6. Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated woodUS$ 36.4 million1.7%
  7. Fruit and nuts; uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whe…US$ 32.7 million1.5%
  8. Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resi…US$ 31.5 million1.5%
  9. Meat of bovine animals; frozenUS$ 28.3 million1.3%
  10. Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before, or…US$ 22.7 million1.1%
  11. Milk and cream; concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matt…US$ 21.6 million1.0%
  12. Fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals; whether or not ref…US$ 20.9 million1.0%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 226 million11%

What is unloaded (imports)

Base metals 29%Machinery and electrical 26%Chemicals 17%Plastics and rubber 6.3%Fats and oils 4.9%Textiles 3.9%Transport… 2.6%Min… 1.3%Sto… 1.1%Iron and steel21%Iron orsteelarticles5.5%Aluminiumandarticles…Tools…Meta…Electrical machinery andequipment and parts thereof;sound recorders…21%Machinery and mechanical appliances,boilers, nuclear reactors; parts…Fertilizers13%Organicchemicals1.5%Tanningordyeing…Inorga…Soa…Plasticsandarticles…3.8%Rubberandarticle…2.5%Animal,vegetable ormicrobial fats…4.9%Waddi…feltand…1.6%App…andclo…Tex…madeup…Vehicles;other thanrailway or…Foodindu…resi…Furnit…beddin…mattre…Toys…Produc…of themillin…Fru…Salt;sulphu…Glass…Woodandartic…Optica…photog…Paperand…Footw…
Base metals 29%Machinery and elec… 26%Chemicals 17%Plas… 6.3%Fats… 4.9%Tex… 3.9%Iron and steel21%Iron or steelarticlesAlumi…andartic…Electricalmachinery andequipment and part…21%Machinery and mechanical…Fertilizers13%Organicchemic…Tann…or…Plast…andartic…3.8%Rub…andart…Animal,vegetable…Wad…feltand…App…Tex…Vehicl…otherthan…Food…Furn…Wood…
Base metalsMachinery and electricalChemicalsPlastics and rubberFats and oilsTextilesTransport equipmentFood, beverages and tobaccoMiscellaneous manufacturesVegetable productsMineral productsStone, ceramics and glassWood and corkPrecision instrumentsPulp and paperFootwear and headgearHides and leatherReserved for national useAnimals and animal productsSpecial treatmentsPearls, stones and precious metalshover a tile for its count
  1. Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangula…US$ 70.4 million12%
  2. Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of all…US$ 56.9 million9.9%
  3. Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenousUS$ 35.5 million6.2%
  4. Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, clad, plate…US$ 29.1 million5.1%
  5. Fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals; whether or not ref…US$ 27.9 million4.9%
  6. Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)US$ 27.2 million4.7%
  7. Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, containing 2 or 3 of the elements nitrogen, p…US$ 20.1 million3.5%
  8. Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coilsUS$ 19.9 million3.5%
  9. Electric generating sets and rotary convertersUS$ 18.7 million3.3%
  10. Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassicUS$ 14.8 million2.6%
  11. New pneumatic tyres, of rubberUS$ 12.7 million2.2%
  12. Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carri…US$ 9.3 million1.6%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 232 million40%

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$ 150 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$ 22.7 million and have no line.

Where what is loaded goes

  1. ChinaUS$ 877 million42%
  2. JapanUS$ 388 million18%
  3. United StatesUS$ 175 million8.3%
  4. South KoreaUS$ 133 million6.3%
  5. MexicoUS$ 126 million6.0%
  6. TaiwanUS$ 53.6 million2.5%
  7. NetherlandsUS$ 51.1 million2.4%
  8. VietnamUS$ 45.6 million2.2%
  9. PeruUS$ 42.9 million2.0%
  10. ThailandUS$ 33.5 million1.6%
  11. ItalyUS$ 16.4 million0.8%
  12. GermanyUS$ 15.7 million0.7%
  13. OthersUS$ 150 million7.1%

Where what is unloaded comes from

  1. ChinaUS$ 452 million79%
  2. United StatesUS$ 19.4 million3.4%
  3. CanadaUS$ 14.4 million2.5%
  4. TurkmenistanUS$ 13.0 million2.3%
  5. MalaysiaUS$ 12.6 million2.2%
  6. GermanyUS$ 9.9 million1.7%
  7. BrazilUS$ 8.9 million1.5%
  8. JapanUS$ 7.9 million1.4%
  9. PeruUS$ 4.1 million0.7%
  10. VietnamUS$ 3.8 million0.7%
  11. GreeceUS$ 3.2 million0.6%
  12. IndiaUS$ 3.2 million0.6%
  13. OthersUS$ 22.7 million3.9%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. BiobíoUS$ 784 million37%
  2. Los LagosUS$ 636 million30%
  3. ÑubleUS$ 357 million17%
  4. AraucaníaUS$ 90.0 million4.3%
  5. MauleUS$ 49.1 million2.3%
  6. Los RíosUS$ 47.8 million2.3%
  7. CoquimboUS$ 47.1 million2.2%
  8. AysénUS$ 23.0 million1.1%
  9. MagallanesUS$ 22.7 million1.1%
  10. ValparaísoUS$ 16.8 million0.8%
  11. O'HigginsUS$ 15.4 million0.7%
  12. MetropolitanaUS$ 7.3 million0.3%
  13. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 5.9 million0.3%
  14. No region declaredUS$ 3.0 million0.1%
  15. Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 2.8 million0.1%
  16. AtacamaUS$ 132 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%
TalcahuanoBiobíoUS$ 2,107 million100%US$ 575 million100%
Puerto MonttLos LagosUS$ 655 thousand<0.1%——
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 179 thousand<0.1%——
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 165 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$ 2,108 million100%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 575 million100%
  2. RoadUS$ 27 thousand<0.1%

From where to where

January–July 2026

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

Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationBiobíoUS$ 784 million · 37%Los LagosUS$ 636 million · 30%ÑubleUS$ 357 million · 17%AraucaníaUS$ 90.0 million · 4.3%MauleUS$ 49.1 million · 2.3%Los RíosUS$ 47.8 million · 2.3%Other regionsUS$ 144 million · 6.8%Food, beverages and tobaccoUS$ 77.5 million · 3.7%Fats and oilsUS$ 20.9 million · 1.0%Animals and animal productsUS$ 694 million · 33%Pulp and paperUS$ 970 million · 46%Wood and corkUS$ 216 million · 10%Vegetable productsUS$ 87.9 million · 4.2%Other sectionsUS$ 42.5 million · 2.0%JapanUS$ 388 million · 18%TaiwanUS$ 53.6 million · 2.5%ChinaUS$ 877 million · 42%South KoreaUS$ 133 million · 6.3%United StatesUS$ 175 million · 8.3%NetherlandsUS$ 51.1 million · 2.4%MexicoUS$ 126 million · 6.0%OthersUS$ 304 million · 14%
Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationBiobío37%Los Lagos30%Ñuble17%Araucanía4.3%Maule2.3%Los Ríos2.3%Other regi…6.8%Food,…3.7%Fats …1.0%Anima…33%Pulp …46%Wood …10%Veget…4.2%Other…2.0%Japan18%Taiwan2.5%China42%South Korea6.3%United Sta…8.3%Netherlands2.4%Mexico6.0%Others14%

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

OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeChinaUS$ 452 million · 79%United StatesUS$ 19.4 million · 3.4%CanadaUS$ 14.4 million · 2.5%TurkmenistanUS$ 13.0 million · 2.3%MalaysiaUS$ 12.6 million · 2.2%GermanyUS$ 9.9 million · 1.7%BrazilUS$ 8.9 million · 1.5%OthersUS$ 44.9 million · 7.8%Machinery and electricalUS$ 151 million · 26%Plastics and rubberUS$ 35.9 million · 6.3%Base metalsUS$ 165 million · 29%ChemicalsUS$ 98.9 million · 17%TextilesUS$ 22.4 million · 3.9%Fats and oilsUS$ 28.3 million · 4.9%Other sectionsUS$ 73.9 million · 13%TalcahuanoUS$ 575 million · 100%
OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeChina79%United Sta…3.4%Canada2.5%Turkmenist…2.3%Malaysia2.2%Germany1.7%Brazil1.5%Others7.8%Machi…26%Plast…6.3%Base …29%Chemi…17%Texti…3.9%Fats …4.9%Other…13%Talcahuano100%

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 Biobío

January–July 2026
Port or crossingComunaLoaded (exports)%Unloaded (imports)%
San VicenteTalcahuanoUS$ 3,142 million56%US$ 775 million17%
CoronelCoronelUS$ 2,295 million41%US$ 449 million9.8%
TalcahuanoTalcahuanoUS$ 186 million3.3%US$ 1,492 million33%
Paso Buta MallinAlto Biobío——US$ 1,436 million31%
Terminal Marítimo EscuadrónCoronelUS$ 28 thousand<0.1%US$ 217 million4.7%
Puerto Cabo FrowardCoronelUS$ 24.6 million0.4%US$ 57.5 million1.3%
Muelle HuachipatoTalcahuanoUS$ 8.5 million0.2%US$ 72.9 million1.6%
PencoPencoUS$ 672 thousand<0.1%US$ 74.9 million1.6%
Aeropuerto Carriel SurTalcahuanoUS$ 1.5 million<0.1%US$ 2.6 million0.1%

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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 (909 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 →