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San Pedro de Atacama

In San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta

In January–July 2026, US$ 2.6 million of exports were loaded at San Pedro de Atacama — less than 0.1% of everything Chile exported — and US$ 61 thousand of imports were unloaded here, less than 0.1% of the country's. What is loaded most is «Tubes, pipes and hoses and fittings thereof (for example, joints, elb…» (48%), and the main destination is Argentina (53%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 2.6 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +127% vs January–July 2025
US$ 61 thousand
imported, January–July 2026
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · <0.1% of imports
5.1 k t
loaded, January–July 2026 · gross weight, exports only
US$ 0.52
per kilo loaded

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
00011US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
00011US$ 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)

Plastics and rubber 49%Chemicals 34%Mineral products 9.0%Machin… 4.2%Base… 3.0%Plastics and articles thereof49%Inorganic chemicals; organic andinorganic compounds of precious meta…34%Mineral fuels,mineral oils andproducts of their…9.0%Machineryandmechanical…4.2%Iron orsteelarticlesIron andsteel
Plastics and rubber 49%Chemicals 34%Mineral p… 9.0%Plastics and articles thereof49%Inorganic chemicals;organic and inorganiccompounds of precious…34%Mineralfuels,mineral oils…Machin…andmechan…Iron orsteel…Iron…
Plastics and rubberChemicalsMineral productsMachinery and electricalBase metalsTextileshover a tile for its count
  1. Tubes, pipes and hoses and fittings thereof (for example, joints, elbows, flang…US$ 1.3 million48%
  2. Sulphuric acid; oleumUS$ 904 thousand34%
  3. Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c…US$ 238 thousand9.0%
  4. Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vat…US$ 110 thousand4.2%
  5. Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-…US$ 29 thousand1.1%
  6. Acrylic polymers in primary formsUS$ 24 thousand0.9%
  7. Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seam…US$ 24 thousand0.9%
  8. Tube or pipe fittings (e.g. couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steelUS$ 19 thousand0.7%
  9. Textile products and articles for technical uses; specified in note 7 to this c…US$ 16 thousand0.6%
  10. Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of all…US$ 6 thousand0.2%
  11. Articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, n.e.c. in chapter 40US$ 2 thousand0.1%

What is unloaded (imports)

Chemicals 100%Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious meta…100%
Chemicals 100%Inorganic chemicals; organic andinorganic compounds of precious meta…100%
Chemicalshover a tile for its count
  1. Oxides of boron; boric acidsUS$ 61 thousand100%

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. ArgentinaUS$ 1.4 million53%
  2. BoliviaUS$ 1.2 million47%

Where what is unloaded comes from

  1. BoliviaUS$ 61 thousand100%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. MetropolitanaUS$ 1.5 million56%
  2. AntofagastaUS$ 904 thousand34%
  3. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 257 thousand9.7%
  4. No region declaredUS$ 374<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$ 2.6 million100%——
IquiqueTarapacá——US$ 61 thousand100%

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$ 2.6 million100%

Imports, by transport

  1. RoadUS$ 61 thousand100%

From where to where

January–July 2026

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

Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationMetropolitanaUS$ 1.5 million · 56%AntofagastaUS$ 904 thousand · 34%Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 257 thousand · 9.7%No region declaredUS$ 374 · 0.0%Machinery and electricalUS$ 110 thousand · 4.2%TextilesUS$ 16 thousand · 0.6%Plastics and rubberUS$ 1.3 million · 49%Base metalsUS$ 78 thousand · 3.0%ChemicalsUS$ 904 thousand · 34%Mineral productsUS$ 238 thousand · 9.0%ArgentinaUS$ 1.4 million · 53%BoliviaUS$ 1.2 million · 47%
Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationMetropolit…56%Antofagasta34%Nationalis…9.7%No region …0.0%Machi…4.2%Texti…0.6%Plast…49%Base …3.0%Chemi…34%Miner…9.0%Argentina53%Bolivia47%

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 million42%
Caleta ColosoAntofagastaUS$ 8,441 million25%——
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 4,252 million13%US$ 1,018 million16%
MejillonesMejillonesUS$ 1,099 million3.3%US$ 1,948 million31%
Terminal Graneles del NorteMejillonesUS$ 2,573 million7.7%US$ 124 million2.0%
Terminal Muelle Mecanizado EsperanzaMejillonesUS$ 1,515 million4.5%——
TocopillaTocopillaUS$ 393 million1.2%——
Paso JamaSan Pedro de AtacamaUS$ 52.5 million0.2%US$ 141 million2.2%
Aeropuerto Cerro MorenoAntofagastaUS$ 1.8 million<0.1%US$ 165 million2.6%
Terminal Marítimo ENAEXMejillones——US$ 163 million2.6%
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%
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 (962 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 →