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In January–July 2026, Chile sold US$ 685 million of goods to Argentina — 0.9% of all it exported, 2.0% more than in the same months of 2025 — and bought US$ 4,460 million from it, 8.6% of its imports. What it sells most there is «Copper wire» (9.6%). The 2024 census counted 70,266 people born in Argentina living in Chile, 4.4% of everyone born abroad. 19,003 Chileans are registered to vote there.

Aduanas · Censo 2024 · Casen 2024 · SERVEL · How it is measured

US$ 685 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +2.0% vs January–July 2025
US$ 4,460 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +6.6% vs January–July 2025
US$ -3,775 M
exports less imports
0.9%
of everything Chile exported · 8.6% of imports
70,266
born there live in Chile · Censo 2024
74%
of them are employed · aged 15+, Casen
19,003
Chileans registered to vote there · SERVEL 2025

Argentina among the other countries

Aduanas · Censo 2024 · SERVEL

Argentina's line stands out among those of every country the same register names. Point at another country to compare; click to open its page.

Chile sells160 countries
  1. ChinaUS$ 27,251 M34%
  2. United StatesUS$ 13,527 M17%
  3. JapanUS$ 6,938 M8.8%
  4. South KoreaUS$ 4,136 M5.2%
  5. IndiaUS$ 3,778 M4.8%
  6. BrazilUS$ 3,140 M4.0%
  7. SwitzerlandUS$ 1,652 M2.1%
  8. SpainUS$ 1,458 M1.8%
  9. PeruUS$ 1,437 M1.8%
  10. GermanyUS$ 1,246 M1.6%
  11. 16. ArgentinaUS$ 685 M0.9%

and 150 more on the map

FOB exports, January–July 2026. Each line joins Chile and a country; its width and the country's shade say how much was sold to it. A relationship, not a route.

Chile buys155 countries
  1. ChinaUS$ 13,366 M26%
  2. United StatesUS$ 10,204 M20%
  3. BrazilUS$ 4,690 M9.1%
  4. ArgentinaUS$ 4,460 M8.6%
  5. GermanyUS$ 1,718 M3.3%
  6. PeruUS$ 1,343 M2.6%
  7. SpainUS$ 1,120 M2.2%
  8. JapanUS$ 1,057 M2.0%
  9. ItalyUS$ 974 M1.9%
  10. MexicoUS$ 898 M1.7%

and 145 more on the map

CIF imports, January–July 2026, by the goods' country of origin. The lines arrive in Chile; they are not routes.

Born there6 countries
  1. Venezuela669,40842%
  2. Peru233,43215%
  3. Colombia197,81312%
  4. Bolivia168,08310%
  5. Haiti80,7815.0%
  6. Argentina70,2664.4%

2024 census: people born in each country who live in Chile. INE names six countries; the other 188,867 born abroad are grouped by continent, and a group is never split among its countries, so they have no line.

Chileans there149 countries
  1. United States26,16516%
  2. Spain21,08113%
  3. Argentina19,00312%
  4. Canada13,4868.4%
  5. Australia11,6457.2%
  6. Germany9,6846.0%
  7. France5,5333.4%
  8. Sweden5,2453.3%
  9. United Kingdom4,0862.5%
  10. Brazil3,9582.5%

and 139 more on the map

Chileans on SERVEL's roll abroad for November 2025. A floor for the Chileans living abroad: whoever did not register is not here.

Trade, month by month

January 2025–August 2026
0200400600800US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
0200400600800US$ MJ2025FMAMJJASON·DJ2026FMAMJJ·A
ExportsImportsshaded: the months the figures above are read over

Chile's exports to Argentina and imports from it, per Aduanas. «s/d» is a month the database does not carry, not a month without trade.

What is sold and bought

January–July 2026

What Chile sells to Argentina

Vegetable products 20%Base metals 17%Special treatments 9.3%Machinery and electri… 8.1%Chemicals 7.6%Food, beverages … 7.2%Animals and … 6.3%Plastics and… 5.8%Transport … 5.6%Pul… 3.8%Mineral p… 3.1%Wood and … 2.2%Fruit and nuts, edible;peel of citrus fruit ormelons15%Oil seeds andoleaginous fruits;miscellaneous…Vege…andcert…Produ…of th…Copper andarticles thereof9.7%Iron orsteelarticles4.0%Iron andsteelAlum…andarti…Meta…misc…prod…Tool…Tratamientosarancelariosespeciales9.3%Machinery andmechanicalappliances,…5.2%Electri…machine…and…2.9%Inorganicchemical…organic…2.5%Tanning ordyeing…Chemicalproducts…Organ…chemi…0.9%Soa…org…sur…Ferti…Foodindustries,residues…Preparatio…ofvegetables…Miscella…edible…Meat,fish,crust…Cocoa…Fish andcrustaceans,molluscs and…6.0%Plastics andarticlesthereof5.6%Vehicles;other thanrailway or…5.4%Paper andpaperboa…articles…2.7%Pulp of…Mineralfuels,mineral…Salt;sulph…earth…1.2%Cork andarticles…Woodand…Glassand…Ston…Opti…phot…Ani…veg…
Vegetable products 20%Base metals 17%Specia… 9.3%Machin… 8.1%Chem… 7.6%Food… 7.2%Anima… 6.3%Pla… 5.8%Tran… 5.6%Pulp… 3.8%Fruit and nuts,edible; peel ofcitrus fruit or…15%Oilseedsand…3.3%Copper andarticlesthereof9.7%Iron orsteelarticlesAlum…Tratamient…arancelari…especiales9.3%Machin…andmechan…5.2%Ele…mac…and…Inorg…chemi…organ…Orga…Soap…Foodindus…resid…Pre…ofveg…Mis…edi…Mea…Fish andcrustacea…molluscs…Plasticsandarticles…Vehicles;other thanrailway o…Paper…Mineralfuels,…Sal…sul…Corkandart…
Vegetable productsBase metalsSpecial treatmentsMachinery and electricalChemicalsFood, beverages and tobaccoAnimals and animal productsPlastics and rubberTransport equipmentPulp and paperMineral productsWood and corkStone, ceramics and glassTextilesMiscellaneous manufacturesPrecision instrumentsFats and oilsReserved for national useFootwear and headgearHides and leatherPearls, stones and precious metalsArt and antiquesArms and ammunitionhover a tile for its count
  1. Copper wireUS$ 65.8 million9.6%
  2. Servicios considerados exportación de conformidad al artículo 17 y siguientes d…US$ 63.4 million9.3%
  3. Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens; fresh or dr…US$ 52.1 million7.6%
  4. Fish; fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0…US$ 35.2 million5.1%
  5. Sunflower seeds; whether or not brokenUS$ 19.0 million2.8%
  6. Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally designed for the transport of…US$ 18.1 million2.6%
  7. Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any material (excl…US$ 13.4 million2.0%
  8. Preparations of a kind used in animal feedingUS$ 13.4 million1.9%
  9. Vehicles; for the transport of goodsUS$ 12.6 million1.8%
  10. Fruit and nuts; uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whe…US$ 10.9 million1.6%
  11. Nuts (excluding coconuts, Brazils and cashew nuts); fresh or dried, whether or…US$ 10.6 million1.5%
  12. Fruit, fresh; n.e.c. in chapter 08US$ 9.5 million1.4%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 361 million53%

What Chile buys from Argentina

Mineral products 49%Vegetable products 11%Food, beverages and tobacco 9.6%Fats and oils 7.3%Chemicals 6.6%Transport equipment 6.2%Animals and … 4.2%Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of theirdistillation; bitum…47%Cereals8.7%Produ…of themilli…Oilseedsand…Foodindustries,residues…4.7%Sugarsand sugarconfecti…Prepa…ofveget…1.1%Prep…ofcere…Bevera…Animal,vegetable ormicrobial fats…7.3%Essent…oilsand…Chemic…produc…n.e.c.Organ…chemi…1.1%Phar…prod…Ino…che…org…Soap,…Vehicles; other thanrailway or tramwayrolling stock, and…6.2%Meat andediblemeat…2.2%Dairyproduc…birds'…Plast…andartic…1.4%Paperandpaperb…1.2%Alu…and…Machine…
Mineral products 49%Vegetable prod… 11%Food, beverag… 9.6%Fats a… 7.3%Chemic… 6.6%Transport… 6.2%Anim… 4.2%Mineral fuels, mineral oils andproducts of their distillation; bitum…47%Cereals8.7%Pro…of…Oil…Foodindustr…residue…Sugarsand…Prepa…Pre…Animal,vegetableor…Ess…oil…Che…Org…che…Vehicles;other than…Meatand…Dairyprod…Mach…
Mineral productsVegetable productsFood, beverages and tobaccoFats and oilsChemicalsTransport equipmentAnimals and animal productsPlastics and rubberPulp and paperBase metalsMachinery and electricalStone, ceramics and glassWood and corkTextilesMiscellaneous manufacturesPrecision instrumentsHides and leatherReserved for national useFootwear and headgearSpecial treatmentsArms and ammunitionPearls, stones and precious metalsArt and antiqueshover a tile for its count
  1. Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crudeUS$ 1,451 million33%
  2. Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbonsUS$ 642 million14%
  3. Maize (corn)US$ 265 million5.9%
  4. Vehicles; for the transport of goodsUS$ 248 million5.6%
  5. Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically mod…US$ 163 million3.7%
  6. Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pell…US$ 128 million2.9%
  7. Wheat and meslinUS$ 102 million2.3%
  8. Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or n…US$ 95.5 million2.1%
  9. Meat of bovine animals; fresh or chilledUS$ 94.7 million2.1%
  10. Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid formUS$ 61.2 million1.4%
  11. Preparations of a kind used in animal feedingUS$ 49.0 million1.1%
  12. Cheese and curdUS$ 47.9 million1.1%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 1,111 million25%

Each rectangle is a chapter of the Arancel; its area, what was traded with this country. An import is counted by the country where it was made, not where it was bought.

Which region sells to it

exports · January–July 2026
  1. MetropolitanaUS$ 292 million43%
  2. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 105 million15%
  3. ValparaísoUS$ 71.7 million10%
  4. Los LagosUS$ 41.7 million6.1%
  5. MauleUS$ 31.3 million4.6%
  6. BiobíoUS$ 24.4 million3.6%
  7. O'HigginsUS$ 23.3 million3.4%
  8. MagallanesUS$ 22.5 million3.3%
  9. ÑubleUS$ 12.7 million1.9%
  10. AntofagastaUS$ 10.8 million1.6%
  11. AtacamaUS$ 10.6 million1.5%
  12. CoquimboUS$ 7.7 million1.1%
  13. TarapacáUS$ 7.4 million1.1%
  14. AysénUS$ 6.6 million1.0%
  15. Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 6.2 million0.9%
  16. AraucaníaUS$ 5.5 million0.8%
  17. Los RíosUS$ 4.0 million0.6%
  18. No region declaredUS$ 1.8 million0.3%

The region the export declaration names as the origin. An import declares no Chilean region, so what is bought from it is not split by region.

Where it passes

January–July 2026
Port or crossingComunaLoaded (exports)%Unloaded (imports)%
Los LibertadoresLos AndesUS$ 475 million69%US$ 1,598 million36%
Paso Buta MallinAlto Biobío——US$ 1,436 million32%
San AntonioSan Antonio——US$ 371 million8.3%
Other Chilean ports——US$ 320 million7.2%
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 25.9 million3.8%US$ 206 million4.6%
Pino Hachado (Liucura)LonquimayUS$ 36.1 million5.3%US$ 123 million2.8%
Punta ArenasPunta Arenas——US$ 66.5 million1.5%
Puerto MonttPuerto Montt——US$ 64.1 million1.4%
No port declaredUS$ 36.9 million5.4%——
Cardenal SamorePuyehueUS$ 24.2 million3.5%——
Paso JamaSan Pedro de AtacamaUS$ 22.8 million3.3%——
Monte AymondSan GregorioUS$ 14.5 million2.1%——
San FranciscoCopiapóUS$ 14.0 million2.0%——
Other portsUS$ 36.2 million5.3%US$ 275 million6.2%

Who processes it

Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 473 million69%US$ 1,632 million37%
TalcahuanoBiobíoUS$ 3.9 million0.6%US$ 1,525 million34%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 54.5 million8.0%US$ 445 million10.0%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 5.4 million0.8%US$ 372 million8.3%
Punta ArenasMagallanesUS$ 24.1 million3.5%US$ 130 million2.9%
AraucaníaAraucaníaUS$ 7.8 million1.1%US$ 101 million2.3%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 20.5 million3.0%US$ 74.4 million1.7%
Puerto MonttLos LagosUS$ 26.8 million3.9%US$ 64.1 million1.4%
OsornoLos LagosUS$ 20.7 million3.0%US$ 64.4 million1.4%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 7.3 million1.1%US$ 42.0 million0.9%
ChañaralAtacamaUS$ 23.1 million3.4%——
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 4.9 million0.7%US$ 6.3 million0.1%
IquiqueTarapacáUS$ 5.5 million0.8%US$ 265 thousand<0.1%
Puerto AysenAysénUS$ 4.3 million0.6%——
TocopillaAntofagastaUS$ 3.1 million0.5%——
CoyhaiqueAysénUS$ 20 thousand<0.1%US$ 2.1 million<0.1%
CoquimboCoquimbo——US$ 1.9 million<0.1%

Exports, by transport

  1. RoadUS$ 594 million87%
  2. No transport code (0)US$ 63.4 million9.3%
  3. Power lineUS$ 9.3 million1.4%
  4. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 7.3 million1.1%
  5. AirUS$ 6.3 million0.9%
  6. Courier (air)US$ 2.9 million0.4%
  7. PipelineUS$ 2.1 million0.3%
  8. OtherUS$ 95 thousand<0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. PipelineUS$ 2,008 million45%
  2. RoadUS$ 1,871 million42%
  3. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 520 million12%
  4. AirUS$ 54.7 million1.2%
  5. Courier (air)US$ 5.0 million0.1%
  6. OtherUS$ 27 thousand<0.1%

The port is where the cargo passes; the office is the one that processed the declaration, and it may be another.

People born in Argentina living in Chile

Censo 2024
70,266
people
4.4%
of everyone born abroad
51%
are women

By region

  1. Metropolitana33,0383.4%
  2. Valparaíso8,8338.8%
  3. Araucanía5,40926%
  4. Los Lagos4,64713%
  5. Biobío2,8676.1%
  6. Coquimbo2,3185.2%
  7. O'Higgins2,0754.2%
  8. Magallanes2,01518%
  9. Antofagasta1,9911.6%
  10. Maule1,9344.6%
  11. Los Ríos1,47720%
  12. Aysén1,11028%
  13. Tarapacá9481.1%
  14. Ñuble7366.7%
  15. Atacama5262.1%
  16. Arica y Parinacota3420.9%

The figure on the right is the share they are of everyone born abroad living in that region.

The 15 comunas where most live

  1. Las Condes4,4181.5%
  2. Santiago2,1510.5%
  3. Viña del Mar1,9970.6%
  4. Providencia1,7631.2%
  5. Ñuñoa1,7450.7%
  6. Lo Barnechea1,7191.5%
  7. Puente Alto1,7020.3%
  8. Temuco1,6670.6%
  9. Colina1,6651.0%
  10. Puerto Montt1,6020.6%
  11. Punta Arenas1,4971.1%
  12. Maipú1,3850.3%
  13. Vitacura1,3401.6%
  14. La Florida1,3080.3%
  15. Antofagasta1,2390.3%

The figure on the right is the share they are of the comuna's whole population.

Usual residents counted by the census whose mother lived in Argentina when they were born: that is how the census asks the place of birth. They live in 337 of the 346 comunas.

How they live

Casen 2024
Casen 2024Born in ArgentinaBorn abroadBorn in Chile
People (expanded)73,3771,678,40418,342,941
People surveyed76814,157203,241
Average age39.733.838.2
Women46.9%50.7%50.7%
Years of schooling (aged 15+)13.313.112.1
Employment rate (aged 15+)73.8%75.0%55.8%
Unemployment rate7.0%6.3%9.1%
Income poverty15.6%23.4%16.7%
Public health insurance (Fonasa)74.9%80.8%82.8%
Private health insurance (isapre)14.3%9.2%13.5%
No health insurance6.5%8.8%1.3%
Holding Chilean nationality53.4%9.5%—
In a household where someone was discriminated against for being foreign (12 months)9.7%30.3%—
Adults with children under 18 living outside Chile9.3%18.4%—

Survey estimates: 768 people born in Argentina answered the Casen 2024 and stand for 73,377. The Casen expands to projections based on the 2017 census, so it does not give the 2024 census figure above. 2024 poverty is measured with the new methodology and is not compared with earlier years.

When they arrived in Chile

  1. Before 200044%
  2. 2000–200917%
  3. 2010–20145.8%
  4. 2015–20177.8%
  5. 2018–20196.3%
  6. 2020–20214.3%
  7. 2022–20239.9%
  8. 20244.8%

Share of those who stated their period of arrival.

Chileans in Argentina

SERVEL 2025
19,003
registered to vote
12%
of the roll abroad
3º
of 149 countries

Voters on the definitive roll of Chileans abroad for the November 2025 elections. It is a floor for how many Chileans live in Argentina: whoever did not register appears in no table. The 2025 elections →

Other partners in Americas

January–July 2026
  1. United StatesUS$ 23,732 million56%
  2. BrazilUS$ 7,830 million18%
  3. PeruUS$ 2,779 million6.5%
  4. MexicoUS$ 2,041 million4.8%
  5. CanadaUS$ 1,680 million3.9%
  6. ColombiaUS$ 1,424 million3.3%
  7. EcuadorUS$ 1,308 million3.1%
  8. ParaguayUS$ 723 million1.7%
  9. BoliviaUS$ 318 million0.7%
  10. UruguayUS$ 261 million0.6%
  11. Costa RicaUS$ 255 million0.6%
  12. GuatemalaUS$ 193 million0.5%

Exports plus imports with Chile. Every country →

How it is measured

Trade
Every export and import declaration Aduanas processed, added up. Exports are valued FOB and imports CIF. The figures at the top add up January–July 2026, against the same months a year before; a country has a trade profile if it moved at least US$ 1.0 million with Chile over every month the databases cover.
Born there
The 2024 census and the Casen 2024 ask the same thing: in which comuna or country the mother lived when the person was born. The census counts everyone; the Casen is a survey expanded to projections based on the 2017 census, so its totals differ. The two are shown side by side and never multiplied together.
Which country has a Casen profile
One with at least 300 people born there surveyed: with fewer, a rate moves by whole points from one household to the next. The Ministry publishes the same profile for seven countries, and every figure it publishes is rebuilt here and has to match.
Chileans there
SERVEL's roll counts the Chileans registered to vote abroad, by country. It leaves out those who did not register and their underage children: it is a floor, not the number of Chileans living there.

Sources: Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE (cuadro D4) · Encuesta Casen 2024, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia · Padrón electoral definitivo de chilenos en el extranjero, SERVEL (noviembre 2025) · How each figure is checked →