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In January–July 2026, Chile sold US$ 450 million of goods to Ecuador — 0.6% of all it exported, 31% more than in the same months of 2025 — and bought US$ 858 million from it, 1.7% of its imports. What it sells most there is «Servicios considerados exportación de conformidad al artículo 17 y si…» (11%). The Casen 2024 estimates 59,547 people born in Ecuador living in Chile. 1,446 Chileans are registered to vote there.

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

US$ 450 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +31% vs January–July 2025
US$ 858 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +91% vs January–July 2025
US$ -408 M
exports less imports
0.6%
of everything Chile exported · 1.7% of imports
59,547
born there live in Chile · Casen 2024, estimate
77%
of them are employed · aged 15+, Casen
1,446
Chileans registered to vote there · SERVEL 2025

Ecuador among the other countries

Aduanas · SERVEL

Ecuador'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. 21. EcuadorUS$ 450 M0.6%

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%
  11. 12. EcuadorUS$ 858 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.

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%
  11. 20. Ecuador1,4460.9%

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
050100150200US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
050100150200US$ MJ2025FMAMJJASON·DJ2026FMAMJJ·A
ExportsImportsshaded: the months the figures above are read over

Chile's exports to Ecuador 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 Ecuador

Vegetable products 18%Chemicals 18%Food, beverages and … 16%Base metals 12%Special treatments 11%Machinery and electri… 8.2%Fats and … 3.0%Plastics … 2.7%Fruit and nuts,edible; peel ofcitrus fruit or…16%Pharmaceutical products7.4%Fertilizers4.2%Inorganicchemicals;organic and…Organicchemicals2.1%Chemi…produ…Miscellaneousediblepreparations9.7%Preparationsofvegetables,…Preparationsof cereals,…Bevera…spiritsand…1.2%Foodindu…resi…Cocoaand…Meat,…Iron andsteel5.2%Iron orsteelarticles3.7%Alumin…andarticl…2.5%Tratamientos arancelariosespeciales11%Electricalmachineryand…5.1%Machineryandmechanic…3.1%Meat andedible…Fish andcrustace…Dairy…Animal,vegetable ormicrobial fats…Plastics andarticles…Wood andarticlesof wood;…2.3%Paperandpaperbo…Railwa…tramwaylocomo…Gla…
Vegetable products 18%Chemicals 18%Food, beverages … 16%Base metals 12%Special t… 11%Mach… 8.2%Fruit and nuts,edible; peel ofcitrus fruit or…16%Pharmace…products7.4%Fertil…4.2%Inor…chem…orga…Organicchemic…Miscellane…ediblepreparatio…9.7%Preparat…Pre…ofcer…Coco…Iron andsteel5.2%Ironorsteel…3.7%Alum…andarti…Tratamientosarancelariosespeciales11%Electricalmachineryand…Machineryand…Animal,…Plast…and…Woodand…Paperand…
Vegetable productsChemicalsFood, beverages and tobaccoBase metalsSpecial treatmentsMachinery and electricalAnimals and animal productsFats and oilsPlastics and rubberWood and corkPulp and paperTransport equipmentStone, ceramics and glassTextilesMineral productsPrecision instrumentsPearls, stones and precious metalsMiscellaneous manufacturesReserved for national useHides and leatherFootwear and headgearhover a tile for its count
  1. Servicios considerados exportación de conformidad al artículo 17 y siguientes d…US$ 49.7 million11%
  2. Food preparations not elsewhere specified or includedUS$ 42.3 million9.4%
  3. Apples, pears and quinces; freshUS$ 38.0 million8.4%
  4. Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed…US$ 33.5 million7.4%
  5. Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steelUS$ 23.1 million5.1%
  6. Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not; o…US$ 21.3 million4.7%
  7. Grapes; fresh or driedUS$ 19.5 million4.3%
  8. Iron or steel; articles, n.e.c. in chapter 73US$ 11.8 million2.6%
  9. Fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals; whether or not ref…US$ 11.0 million2.4%
  10. Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes etc (including rigid, collapsible tubular c…US$ 10.6 million2.3%
  11. Nitrites; nitratesUS$ 9.9 million2.2%
  12. Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated der…US$ 9.3 million2.1%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 170 million38%

What Chile buys from Ecuador

Mineral products 72%Vegetable products 12%Food, beverages and tobacco 8.4%Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bitum…72%Fruit and nuts,edible; peel ofcitrus fruit or…11%Meat,fish,crustacea…3.3%Cocoaandcocoa…2.5%Prepara…ofvegetab…Soa…org…sur…Pha…pro…Fish andcrustacea…Plastics…Ele…mac…and…Ani…veg…or…
Mineral products 72%Vegetable products 12%Food, be… 8.4%Mineral fuels, mineral oils andproducts of their distillation; bitum…72%Fruit and nuts,edible; peel ofcitrus fruit or…Meat,fish,crus…Cocoaand…Prep…of…Soap,…Phar…Fishandcru…Plas…Elec…
Mineral productsVegetable productsFood, beverages and tobaccoChemicalsAnimals and animal productsPlastics and rubberMachinery and electricalFats and oilsBase metalsStone, ceramics and glassTextilesPulp and paperMiscellaneous manufacturesFootwear and headgearPrecision instrumentsWood and corkTransport equipmentHides and leatherPearls, stones and precious metalsArt and antiqueshover a tile for its count
  1. Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crudeUS$ 621 million72%
  2. Bananas, including plantains; fresh or driedUS$ 83.8 million9.8%
  3. Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eg…US$ 23.5 million2.7%
  4. Cocoa; paste; whether or not defattedUS$ 12.7 million1.5%
  5. Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in…US$ 12.3 million1.4%
  6. Flowers; cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for orn…US$ 11.4 million1.3%
  7. Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants; prepared or preserved in ways n.e…US$ 9.7 million1.1%
  8. Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens; fresh or dr…US$ 8.5 million1.0%
  9. Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including au…US$ 7.9 million0.9%
  10. Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed…US$ 6.7 million0.8%
  11. Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preservedUS$ 4.9 million0.6%
  12. Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangula…US$ 4.8 million0.6%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 50.9 million5.9%

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$ 218 million48%
  2. O'HigginsUS$ 38.2 million8.5%
  3. BiobíoUS$ 37.9 million8.4%
  4. ValparaísoUS$ 32.8 million7.3%
  5. MauleUS$ 27.3 million6.1%
  6. AntofagastaUS$ 22.4 million5.0%
  7. Los LagosUS$ 14.2 million3.2%
  8. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 14.1 million3.1%
  9. TarapacáUS$ 13.2 million2.9%
  10. MagallanesUS$ 9.7 million2.2%
  11. AraucaníaUS$ 7.5 million1.7%
  12. No region declaredUS$ 4.3 million1.0%
  13. CoquimboUS$ 4.2 million0.9%
  14. AtacamaUS$ 2.6 million0.6%
  15. ÑubleUS$ 2.0 million0.4%
  16. Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 1.1 million0.2%
  17. AysénUS$ 527 thousand0.1%
  18. Los RíosUS$ 518 thousand0.1%

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)%
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 270 million60%US$ 200 million23%
TalcahuanoTalcahuanoUS$ 8.4 million1.9%US$ 306 million36%
QuinteroQuintero——US$ 185 million22%
San VicenteTalcahuanoUS$ 47.8 million11%US$ 135 million16%
No port declaredUS$ 39.5 million8.8%——
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 20.9 million2.4%
TocopillaTocopillaUS$ 20.1 million4.5%——
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 15.5 million3.4%US$ 3.6 million0.4%
IquiqueIquiqueUS$ 12.6 million2.8%——
Cabo NegroPunta ArenasUS$ 9.3 million2.1%——
AntofagastaAntofagasta——US$ 3.6 million0.4%
CoronelCoronel——US$ 1.7 million0.2%
Other portsUS$ 27.2 million6.0%US$ 2.2 million0.3%

Who processes it

Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
TalcahuanoBiobíoUS$ 69.4 million15%US$ 443 million52%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 271 million60%US$ 200 million23%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 5.6 million1.2%US$ 206 million24%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 53.5 million12%US$ 3.6 million0.4%
TocopillaAntofagastaUS$ 20.1 million4.5%——
IquiqueTarapacáUS$ 13.2 million2.9%US$ 24 thousand<0.1%
Punta ArenasMagallanesUS$ 9.7 million2.2%US$ 199 thousand<0.1%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 6.0 million1.3%US$ 3.7 million0.4%
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 1.7 million0.4%US$ 1.1 million0.1%
Puerto MonttLos LagosUS$ 161 thousand<0.1%——

Exports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 390 million87%
  2. No transport code (0)US$ 49.7 million11%
  3. AirUS$ 7.1 million1.6%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 2.1 million0.5%
  5. RoadUS$ 984 thousand0.2%
  6. OtherUS$ 19 thousand<0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 855 million100%
  2. AirUS$ 3.2 million0.4%
  3. Courier (air)US$ 343 thousand<0.1%

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

How they live

Casen 2024
Casen 2024Born in EcuadorBorn abroadBorn in Chile
People (expanded)59,5471,678,40418,342,941
People surveyed50714,157203,241
Average age32.733.838.2
Women53.8%50.7%50.7%
Years of schooling (aged 15+)12.913.112.1
Employment rate (aged 15+)76.9%75.0%55.8%
Unemployment rate9.1%6.3%9.1%
Income poverty23.0%23.4%16.7%
Public health insurance (Fonasa)83.6%80.8%82.8%
Private health insurance (isapre)7.2%9.2%13.5%
No health insurance7.6%8.8%1.3%
Holding Chilean nationality8.8%9.5%—
In a household where someone was discriminated against for being foreign (12 months)29.7%30.3%—
Adults with children under 18 living outside Chile14.1%18.4%—

Survey estimates: 507 people born in Ecuador answered the Casen 2024 and stand for 59,547. 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 20008.9%
  2. 2000–200913%
  3. 2010–201412%
  4. 2015–201719%
  5. 2018–201913%
  6. 2020–20219.2%
  7. 2022–202315%
  8. 20249.7%

Share of those who stated their period of arrival.

Chileans in Ecuador

SERVEL 2025
1,446
registered to vote
0.9%
of the roll abroad
20º
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 Ecuador: whoever did not register appears in no table. The 2025 elections →

Other partners in Americas

January–July 2026
  1. United StatesUS$ 23,732 million51%
  2. BrazilUS$ 7,830 million17%
  3. ArgentinaUS$ 5,145 million11%
  4. PeruUS$ 2,779 million6.0%
  5. MexicoUS$ 2,041 million4.4%
  6. CanadaUS$ 1,680 million3.6%
  7. ColombiaUS$ 1,424 million3.1%
  8. ParaguayUS$ 723 million1.6%
  9. BoliviaUS$ 318 million0.7%
  10. UruguayUS$ 261 million0.6%
  11. Costa RicaUS$ 255 million0.5%
  12. GuatemalaUS$ 193 million0.4%

Exports plus imports with Chile. Every country →

How it is measured

What is not here
Censo 2024: INE does not name it.
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 →