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San Sebastián

No comuna assigned

In January–July 2026, US$ 1.6 million of exports were loaded at San Sebastián — less than 0.1% of everything Chile exported — and US$ 1.3 million of imports were unloaded here, less than 0.1% of the country's. What is loaded most is «Reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines» (43%), and the main destination is Argentina (100%).

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured

US$ 1.6 M
exported, January–July 2026 · −65% vs January–July 2025
US$ 1.3 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +20% vs January–July 2025
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · <0.1% of imports
0.1 k t
loaded, January–July 2026 · gross weight, exports only
US$ 18
per kilo loaded

Month by month

January 2025–August 2026
0112US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
0112US$ 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)

Machinery and electrical 57%Transport equipment 27%Base metals 8.0%Miscellan… 2.9%Plastics … 2.2%Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors;parts…56%Vehicles; other than railway ortramway rolling stock, and partsand…23%Ships, boats and floating structuresIron and steel6.5%Ironorste…Too…imp…cut…Toys, gamesand sportsrequisites;…Rubber andarticles thereofFootwe…gaitersand th…Tratam…arance…
Machinery and electrical 57%Transport equipment 27%Base metals 8.0%Machinery and mechanical appliances,boilers, nuclear reactors; parts…56%Vehicles; other thanrailway or tramwayrolling stock, and…23%Ship…boatsand…Iron andsteelToys,gamesand…2.7%Rub…andart…Foot…
Machinery and electricalTransport equipmentBase metalsMiscellaneous manufacturesPlastics and rubberFootwear and headgearSpecial treatmentsTextilesPrecision instrumentsWood and corkMineral productsChemicalsHides and leatherhover a tile for its count
  1. Reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston enginesUS$ 683 thousand43%
  2. Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally designed for the transport of…US$ 357 thousand23%
  3. Transmission shafts (including cam and crank) and cranks; bearing housings and…US$ 187 thousand12%
  4. Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, clad, plate…US$ 102 thousand6.4%
  5. Yachts and other vessels; for pleasure or sports, rowing boats and canoesUS$ 55 thousand3.5%
  6. Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dol…US$ 42 thousand2.6%
  7. New pneumatic tyres, of rubberUS$ 34 thousand2.1%
  8. Boats, floating structures, other (for e.g. rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing…US$ 16 thousand1.0%
  9. Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, bases with apparatus of heading no.…US$ 14 thousand0.9%
  10. Footwear; waterproof, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics, (upper…US$ 13 thousand0.9%
  11. Combustibles, lubricantes, aparejos y demás mercancías, incluidas las provision…US$ 11 thousand0.7%
  12. Tools, hand; saws and blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slottin…US$ 11 thousand0.7%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 52 thousand3.3%

What is unloaded (imports)

Wood and cork 100%Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal100%
Wood and cork 100%Wood and articles of wood; woodcharcoal100%
Wood and corkhover a tile for its count
  1. Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sande…US$ 1.3 million99%
  2. Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assemb…US$ 17 thousand1.4%

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$ 1.6 million100%

Where what is unloaded comes from

  1. ArgentinaUS$ 1.3 million100%

From which region

exports · January–July 2026
  1. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 1.4 million91%
  2. MagallanesUS$ 134 thousand8.5%
  3. No region declaredUS$ 2 thousand0.1%

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%
Punta ArenasMagallanesUS$ 1.6 million100%US$ 1.3 million100%

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$ 1.6 million100%

Imports, by transport

  1. RoadUS$ 1.3 million100%

From where to where

January–July 2026

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

Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationNationalised foreign goodsUS$ 1.4 million · 91%MagallanesUS$ 134 thousand · 8.5%No region declaredUS$ 2 thousand · 0.1%Plastics and rubberUS$ 35 thousand · 2.2%Machinery and electricalUS$ 902 thousand · 57%Miscellaneous manufacturesUS$ 46 thousand · 2.9%Base metalsUS$ 126 thousand · 8.0%Transport equipmentUS$ 431 thousand · 27%Footwear and headgearUS$ 13 thousand · 0.9%Other sectionsUS$ 23 thousand · 1.4%ArgentinaUS$ 1.6 million · 100%
Region of originFamily of goodsDestinationNationalis…91%Magallanes8.5%No region …0.1%Plast…2.2%Machi…57%Misce…2.9%Base …8.0%Trans…27%Footw…0.9%Other…1.4%Argentina100%

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.

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 (982 is this one's). Aduanas publishes no location: PuroChile places a port in its comuna, not on its quay, and this one has no comuna in that table.
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 →