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Paso Jama

In San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta

In January–July 2026, US$ 52.5 million of exports were loaded at Paso Jama — 0.1% of everything Chile exported — and US$ 141 million of imports were unloaded here, 0.3% of the country's. What is loaded most is «Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine» (42%), and the main destination is Brazil (54%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 52.5 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +36% vs January–July 2025
US$ 141 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +7.5% vs January–July 2025
0.1%
of everything Chile exported · 0.3% of imports
31.7 k t
loaded, January–July 2026 · gross weight, exports only
US$ 1.66
per kilo loaded

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
0204060US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
0204060US$ 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 68%Mineral products 14%Machinery and electrical 6.2%Plastics and… 5.4%Base m… 2.1%Transp… 2.0%Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of preciousmeta…55%Fertilizers6.2%Explosives;pyrotechnicproducts;…4.5%Chemical productsn.e.c.Salt; sulphur;earths, stone;plastering…7.1%Mineralfuels,mineral oil…4.7%Ores,slagand…1.9%Machinery and mechanicalappliances, boilers,nuclear reactors; parts…6.0%Plastics andarticlesthereof5.3%Textil…made uparticl…1.7%Textilefabrics…Iron orsteel…Vehicles;other than…
Chemicals 68%Mineral products 14%Inorganic chemicals; organicand inorganic compounds ofprecious meta…55%Fertili…6.2%Explosi…pyrotec…product…4.5%Chemicalproducts…Salt;sulphur;earths,…7.1%Mineralfuels,mineral…Ores, slag…Machin…andmechan…6.0%Plast…andartic…5.3%Texti…made…Ironorste…Veh…oth…tha…
ChemicalsMineral productsMachinery and electricalPlastics and rubberTextilesBase metalsTransport equipmentPrecision instrumentsMiscellaneous manufactureshover a tile for its count
  1. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodineUS$ 21.9 million42%
  2. Nitrites; nitratesUS$ 5.8 million11%
  3. Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphurUS$ 3.6 million6.9%
  4. Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenousUS$ 3.3 million6.2%
  5. Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive); non-cellula…US$ 2.7 million5.1%
  6. Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbonsUS$ 2.5 million4.7%
  7. Prepared explosives, other than propellent powdersUS$ 2.3 million4.4%
  8. Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including s…US$ 1.1 million2.2%
  9. Molybdenum ores and concentratesUS$ 991 thousand1.9%
  10. Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate con…US$ 981 thousand1.9%
  11. Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goodsUS$ 876 thousand1.7%
  12. Iron or steel; articles, n.e.c. in chapter 73US$ 709 thousand1.4%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 5.8 million11%

What is unloaded (imports)

Animals and animal products 32%Plastics and rubber 17%Machinery and electr… 16%Chemicals 9.9%Mineral products 7.3%Vegetab… 4.1%Texti… 3.6%Base m… 2.7%Fats a… 2.4%Transp… 2.2%Food, … 1.8%Meat and edible meat offal31%Plastics andarticles thereof14%Rubber and articles thereofMachinery andmechanicalappliances,…12%Electrical machineryand equipment andparts thereof; sound…4.6%Fertilizers5.6%Explosiv…pyrotech…products…Inorganicchemicals…Orga…chem…Che…pro…Salt; sulphur;earths, stone;plastering…5.9%Mine…fuel…mine…Fruit andnuts, edible…Cerea…1.2%Oilseedsand…Apparelandclothing…3.2%Alumi…andartic…1.3%Ironorsteel…Animal,vegetable ormicrobial…Vehicles;other than…Sugars andsugar…Wood andarticles…
Animals and animal products 32%Plastics an… 17%Machinery… 16%Chemicals 9.9%Mineral p… 7.3%Meat and edible meatoffal31%Plastics andarticlesthereof14%Machineryandmechanical…12%Electricalmachinery and…Fertili…5.6%Explos…pyrote…Salt;sulphur;earths,…Fru…andnut…Cer…Oil…Apparelandclothi…3.2%Alumini…Iron or…Animal,vegeta…Vehicl…other…Sugarsand…Wood…
Animals and animal productsPlastics and rubberMachinery and electricalChemicalsMineral productsVegetable productsTextilesBase metalsFats and oilsTransport equipmentFood, beverages and tobaccoWood and corkMiscellaneous manufacturesPrecision instrumentsStone, ceramics and glassPulp and paperhover a tile for its count
  1. Meat of bovine animals; fresh or chilledUS$ 39.1 million28%
  2. Acrylic polymers in primary formsUS$ 15.9 million11%
  3. Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime; other than calcium oxide and hydroxi…US$ 8.1 million5.8%
  4. Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenousUS$ 7.9 million5.6%
  5. Garments made up of fabrics of heading no. 5602, 5603, 5903, 5906 or 5907 (not…US$ 4.6 million3.2%
  6. Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive); non-cellula…US$ 3.5 million2.5%
  7. Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically mod…US$ 3.4 million2.4%
  8. Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and…US$ 3.2 million2.3%
  9. Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, bases with apparatus of heading no.…US$ 2.8 million2.0%
  10. Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixi…US$ 2.7 million1.9%
  11. Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubberUS$ 2.4 million1.7%
  12. Dish washing machines; machinery for cleaning, drying, filling, closing, sealin…US$ 2.3 million1.6%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 44.8 million32%

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. The other countries, pooled, and the codes that are not a country (free zones, ship stores) add up to US$ 64 thousand and have no line.

Where what is loaded goes

  1. BrazilUS$ 28.3 million54%
  2. ArgentinaUS$ 22.8 million43%
  3. ParaguayUS$ 1.4 million2.6%
  4. UruguayUS$ 46 thousand0.1%

Where what is unloaded comes from

  1. BrazilUS$ 86.3 million61%
  2. ArgentinaUS$ 30.4 million22%
  3. ParaguayUS$ 18.3 million13%
  4. VietnamUS$ 4.1 million2.9%
  5. MexicoUS$ 429 thousand0.3%
  6. ChinaUS$ 343 thousand0.2%
  7. South AfricaUS$ 242 thousand0.2%
  8. BoliviaUS$ 187 thousand0.1%
  9. ItalyUS$ 159 thousand0.1%
  10. GermanyUS$ 90 thousand0.1%
  11. UruguayUS$ 84 thousand0.1%
  12. Origins or destinations withheld for commercial or military reasonsUS$ 36 thousand<0.1%
  13. OthersUS$ 28 thousand<0.1%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. AntofagastaUS$ 27.1 million52%
  2. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 12.8 million24%
  3. TarapacáUS$ 7.8 million15%
  4. MetropolitanaUS$ 3.0 million5.6%
  5. Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 1.5 million2.8%
  6. BiobíoUS$ 163 thousand0.3%
  7. AtacamaUS$ 159 thousand0.3%
  8. No region declaredUS$ 12 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$ 39.5 million75%US$ 140 million99%
IquiqueTarapacáUS$ 8.4 million16%US$ 271 thousand0.2%
TocopillaAntofagastaUS$ 3.1 million6.0%——
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 1.4 million2.7%——
AraucaníaAraucanía——US$ 328 thousand0.2%
Los AndesValparaíso——US$ 108 thousand0.1%

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. RoadUS$ 50.4 million96%
  2. PipelineUS$ 2.1 million4.0%

Imports, by transport

  1. RoadUS$ 139 million99%
  2. PipelineUS$ 1.5 million1.0%
  3. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 160 thousand0.1%

From where to where

January–July 2026

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

Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationAntofagastaUS$ 27.1 million · 52%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 12.8 million · 24%TarapacáUS$ 7.8 million · 15%MetropolitanaUS$ 3.0 million · 5.6%Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 1.5 million · 2.8%BiobíoUS$ 163 thousand · 0.3%Other regionsUS$ 171 thousand · 0.3%ChemicalsUS$ 35.6 million · 68%Base metalsUS$ 1.1 million · 2.1%TextilesUS$ 1.4 million · 2.7%Mineral productsUS$ 7.2 million · 14%Machinery and electricalUS$ 3.2 million · 6.2%Plastics and rubberUS$ 2.9 million · 5.4%Other sectionsUS$ 1.1 million · 2.1%UruguayUS$ 46 thousand · 0.1%BrazilUS$ 28.3 million · 54%ArgentinaUS$ 22.8 million · 43%ParaguayUS$ 1.4 million · 2.6%
Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationAntofagasta52%Nationalis…24%Tarapacá15%Metropolit…5.6%Arica y Pa…2.8%Biobío0.3%Other regi…0.3%Chemi…68%Base …2.1%Texti…2.7%Miner…14%Machi…6.2%Plast…5.4%Other…2.1%Uruguay0.1%Brazil54%Argentina43%Paraguay2.6%

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

OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeBrazilUS$ 86.3 million · 61%ArgentinaUS$ 30.4 million · 22%ParaguayUS$ 18.3 million · 13%VietnamUS$ 4.1 million · 2.9%MexicoUS$ 429 thousand · 0.3%ChinaUS$ 343 thousand · 0.2%South AfricaUS$ 242 thousand · 0.2%OthersUS$ 583 thousand · 0.4%Plastics and rubberUS$ 23.5 million · 17%Machinery and electricalUS$ 22.8 million · 16%Animals and animal productsUS$ 44.8 million · 32%ChemicalsUS$ 13.9 million · 9.9%Mineral productsUS$ 10.3 million · 7.3%Vegetable productsUS$ 5.8 million · 4.1%Other sectionsUS$ 19.6 million · 14%IquiqueUS$ 271 thousand · 0.2%AraucaníaUS$ 328 thousand · 0.2%AntofagastaUS$ 140 million · 99%Los AndesUS$ 108 thousand · 0.1%
OriginFamily of goodsCustoms officeBrazil61%Argentina22%Paraguay13%Vietnam2.9%Mexico0.3%China0.2%South Afri…0.2%Others0.4%Plast…17%Machi…16%Anima…32%Chemi…9.9%Miner…7.3%Veget…4.1%Other…14%Iquique0.2%Araucanía0.2%Antofagasta99%Los Andes0.1%

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 million45%US$ 2,638 million43%
Caleta ColosoAntofagastaUS$ 8,441 million25%——
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 4,252 million13%US$ 1,018 million17%
MejillonesMejillonesUS$ 1,099 million3.3%US$ 1,948 million32%
Terminal Graneles del NorteMejillonesUS$ 2,573 million7.7%US$ 124 million2.0%
Terminal Muelle Mecanizado EsperanzaMejillonesUS$ 1,515 million4.5%——
TocopillaTocopillaUS$ 393 million1.2%——
Aeropuerto Cerro MorenoAntofagastaUS$ 1.8 million<0.1%US$ 165 million2.7%
Terminal Marítimo ENAEXMejillones——US$ 163 million2.7%
OllagueOllagüeUS$ 97.3 million0.3%US$ 4.3 million0.1%
Terminal Portuario TerquimMejillonesUS$ 6 thousand<0.1%US$ 56.2 million0.9%
Terminal Marítimo OxiquimMejillones——US$ 25.7 million0.4%
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 (998 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 →