Seaport or terminal
Talcahuano
In Talcahuano, Biobío
In January–July 2026, US$ 186 million of exports were loaded at Talcahuano — 0.2% of everything Chile exported — and US$ 1,492 million of imports were unloaded here, 2.9% of the country's. What is loaded most is «Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparat…» (29%), and the main destination is the United States (24%).
Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · How it is measured
US$ 186 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +75% vs January–July 2025
US$ 1,492 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +57% vs January–July 2025
0.2%
of everything Chile exported · 2.9% of imports
248.8 k t
loaded, January–July 2026 · gross weight, exports only
US$ 0.75
per kilo loaded
Month by month
January 2025–August 2026Loaded (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 2026What is loaded (exports)
Mineral productsAnimals and animal productsBase metalsFats and oilsSpecial treatmentsTransport equipmentPulp and paperhover a tile for its count
- Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c…US$ 53.4 million29%
- Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304US$ 45.3 million24%
- Fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals; whether or not ref…US$ 33.3 million18%
- Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steelUS$ 24.6 million13%
- Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereofUS$ 19.7 million11%
- Combustibles, lubricantes, aparejos y demás mercancías, incluidas las provision…US$ 5.1 million2.8%
- Servicios considerados exportación de conformidad al artículo 17 y siguientes d…US$ 3.5 million1.9%
- Aircraft n.e.c. in heading no. 8801, except unmanned aircraft of heading 8806,…US$ 1.3 million0.7%
- Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and the like, of paper, paperboard, cellulose waddi…US$ 5 thousand<0.1%
What is unloaded (imports)
Mineral productsChemicalsTransport equipmentSpecial treatmentsFood, beverages and tobaccoPulp and paperBase metalsMachinery and electricalMiscellaneous manufactureshover a tile for its count
- Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crudeUS$ 1,208 million81%
- Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides…US$ 113 million7.6%
- Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c…US$ 109 million7.3%
- Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels; for processing or preserving…US$ 29.4 million2.0%
- Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbonsUS$ 25.9 million1.7%
- Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate con…US$ 4.6 million0.3%
- Especies importadas por el ministerio de defensa nacional, el estado mayor de l…US$ 905 thousand0.1%
- Containers; (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed a…US$ 506 thousand<0.1%
- Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid formUS$ 187 thousand<0.1%
- Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, coated, impr…US$ 86 thousand<0.1%
- Iron or steel; articles, n.e.c. in chapter 73US$ 10 thousand<0.1%
- Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists; winches and capstans; jacksUS$ 9 thousand<0.1%
- Every other headingUS$ 22 thousand<0.1%
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 2026Each 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$ 8.4 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$ 1 and have no line.
Where what is loaded goes
- United StatesUS$ 45.0 million24%
- BelgiumUS$ 33.3 million18%
- Burkina FasoUS$ 24.5 million13%
- PeruUS$ 19.1 million10%
- Côte d’IvoireUS$ 15.8 million8.5%
- Dominican RepublicUS$ 9.6 million5.2%
- MexicoUS$ 8.5 million4.5%
- EcuadorUS$ 8.4 million4.5%
- PanamaUS$ 5.1 million2.7%
- NigeriaUS$ 5.0 million2.7%
- Fuel and lubricants for foreign ships and aircraftUS$ 3.9 million2.1%
- SingaporeUS$ 3.6 million1.9%
- OthersUS$ 4.5 million2.4%
Where what is unloaded comes from
- BrazilUS$ 910 million61%
- EcuadorUS$ 306 million20%
- ChinaUS$ 113 million7.6%
- United StatesUS$ 106 million7.1%
- NorwayUS$ 29.4 million2.0%
- ArgentinaUS$ 26.0 million1.7%
- SpainUS$ 926 thousand0.1%
- DenmarkUS$ 263 thousand<0.1%
- ColombiaUS$ 187 thousand<0.1%
- Hong Kong SAR ChinaUS$ 55 thousand<0.1%
From which region
exports · January–July 2026- BiobíoUS$ 136 million73%
- MetropolitanaUS$ 27.8 million15%
- Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 20.0 million11%
- ValparaísoUS$ 2.3 million1.2%
- ÑubleUS$ 42 thousand<0.1%
- AntofagastaUS$ 16 thousand<0.1%
- No region declaredUS$ 6 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 office | Region of its seat | Exports | % | Imports | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talcahuano | Biobío | US$ 186 million | 100% | US$ 1,492 million | 100% |
| Araucanía | Araucanía | — | — | US$ 86 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
- Sea, river and lakeUS$ 181 million97%
- No transport code (0)US$ 3.5 million1.9%
- OtherUS$ 1.3 million0.7%
- AirUS$ 40 thousand<0.1%
Imports, by transport
- Sea, river and lakeUS$ 1,466 million98%
- PipelineUS$ 25.9 million1.7%
- RoadUS$ 115 thousand<0.1%
From where to where
January–July 2026What leaves: region of origin, family of goods, destination
What comes in: origin, family of goods, customs office
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 crossing | Comuna | Loaded (exports) | % | Unloaded (imports) | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Vicente | Talcahuano | US$ 3,142 million | 41% | US$ 775 million | 21% |
| Coronel | Coronel | US$ 2,295 million | 30% | US$ 449 million | 12% |
| Lirquén | Penco | US$ 2,108 million | 28% | US$ 575 million | 16% |
| Paso Buta Mallin | Alto Biobío | — | — | US$ 1,436 million | 39% |
| Terminal Marítimo Escuadrón | Coronel | US$ 28 thousand | <0.1% | US$ 217 million | 5.9% |
| Puerto Cabo Froward | Coronel | US$ 24.6 million | 0.3% | US$ 57.5 million | 1.6% |
| Muelle Huachipato | Talcahuano | US$ 8.5 million | 0.1% | US$ 72.9 million | 2.0% |
| Penco | Penco | US$ 672 thousand | <0.1% | US$ 74.9 million | 2.0% |
| Aeropuerto Carriel Sur | Talcahuano | US$ 1.5 million | <0.1% | US$ 2.6 million | 0.1% |
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 (907 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; US$ 25 thousand were loaded with no weight declared and add nothing to it. 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 →