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Chile and Japan

In January–July 2026, Chile sold US$ 6,938 million of goods to Japan — 8.8% of all it exported, 27% more than in the same months of 2025 — and bought US$ 1,057 million from it, 2.0% of its imports. What it sells most there is «Copper ores and concentrates» (73%). 639 Chileans are registered to vote there.

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

US$ 6,938 M
exported, January–July 2026 · +27% vs January–July 2025
US$ 1,057 M
imported, January–July 2026 · +4.5% vs January–July 2025
US$ 5,880 M
exports less imports
8.8%
of everything Chile exported · 2.0% of imports
639
Chileans registered to vote there · SERVEL 2025

Japan among the other countries

Aduanas · SERVEL

Japan'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%

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.

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. 31. Japan6390.4%

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
05001,0001,500US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
05001,0001,500US$ MJ2025FMAMJJASON·DJ2026FMAMJJ·A
ExportsImportsshaded: the months the figures above are read over

Chile's exports to Japan 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 Japan

Mineral products 79%Animals and animal products 11%Food, … 2.4%Chemic… 2.1%Ores, slag and ash79%Fish and crustaceans,molluscs and otheraquatic invertebrates9.3%Meatandedi…Beve…spir…and…Mea…fis…Inorganicchemicals;…Fru…andnut…Oilsee…and…Copperandarticl…Woodandarticl…Pulpofwoo…
Mineral products 79%Animals and animal p… 11%Ores, slag and ash79%Fish and crustaceans,molluscs and other…Bev…Inorgan…Copper…
Mineral productsAnimals and animal productsFood, beverages and tobaccoChemicalsVegetable productsBase metalsWood and corkPulp and paperFats and oilsSpecial treatmentsPlastics and rubberMachinery and electricalPearls, stones and precious metalsStone, ceramics and glassPrecision instrumentsTransport equipmentTextilesHides and leatherMiscellaneous manufacturesFootwear and headgearArt and antiqueshover a tile for its count
  1. Copper ores and concentratesUS$ 5,098 million73%
  2. Molybdenum ores and concentratesUS$ 331 million4.8%
  3. Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled or fro…US$ 311 million4.5%
  4. Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304US$ 284 million4.1%
  5. Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate con…US$ 104 million1.5%
  6. Copper; unrefined, copper anodes for electrolytic refiningUS$ 103 million1.5%
  7. Meat of swine; fresh, chilled or frozenUS$ 101 million1.5%
  8. Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of…US$ 70.1 million1.0%
  9. Seeds, fruit and spores; of a kind used for sowingUS$ 50.8 million0.7%
  10. Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms; wood in chip or p…US$ 50.3 million0.7%
  11. Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving gradesUS$ 45.9 million0.7%
  12. Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; o…US$ 32.6 million0.5%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 356 million5.1%

What Chile buys from Japan

Transport equipment 37%Machinery and electrical 22%Plastics and rubber 11%Base metals 9.9%Chemicals 7.3%Mineral … 6.9%Precision in… 3.9%Vehicles; other than railway or tramwayrolling stock, and parts and…37%Machinery and mechanicalappliances, boilers,nuclear reactors; parts…19%Electrical machinery and equipment and…Rubber and articlesthereof10%Iron and steel8.5%Ironorste…Inorganicchemicals;organic and…4.1%Chemi…produ…n.e.c.1.5%Pharmac…Org…che…Mineralfuels,mineral oil…6.9%Optical,photographic,cinematographic,…Animal,vegetable o…Toy…
Transport equipment 37%Machinery an… 22%Plasti… 11%Base… 9.9%Chemicals 7.3%Mineral pr… 6.9%Vehicles; other thanrailway or tramwayrolling stock, and…37%Machinery andmechanicalappliances,…19%Rubber andarticlesthereof10%Iron andsteel8.5%Inorgan…chemica…organic…Chemica…Mineral fuels,mineral oils…Optic…photo…cinem…3.7%Animal,…
Transport equipmentMachinery and electricalPlastics and rubberBase metalsChemicalsMineral productsPrecision instrumentsFats and oilsMiscellaneous manufacturesStone, ceramics and glassPulp and paperTextilesSpecial treatmentsFood, beverages and tobaccoVegetable productsFootwear and headgearArt and antiquesWood and corkArms and ammunitionHides and leatherAnimals and animal productsPearls, stones and precious metalshover a tile for its count
  1. Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally designed for the transport of…US$ 291 million27%
  2. New pneumatic tyres, of rubberUS$ 108 million10%
  3. Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozers, mechanical shovels, exca…US$ 107 million10%
  4. Vehicles; for the transport of goodsUS$ 76.2 million7.2%
  5. Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-…US$ 73.2 million6.9%
  6. Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c…US$ 73.1 million6.9%
  7. Sulphuric acid; oleumUS$ 41.4 million3.9%
  8. Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary scie…US$ 18.6 million1.8%
  9. Motor vehicles; parts and accessories, of heading no. 8701 to 8705US$ 13.9 million1.3%
  10. Printing machinery; used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other p…US$ 13.6 million1.3%
  11. Fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals; whether or not ref…US$ 13.3 million1.3%
  12. Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, pl…US$ 12.4 million1.2%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 217 million20%

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. AntofagastaUS$ 3,041 million44%
  2. AtacamaUS$ 1,312 million19%
  3. Los LagosUS$ 652 million9.4%
  4. TarapacáUS$ 542 million7.8%
  5. ValparaísoUS$ 477 million6.9%
  6. CoquimboUS$ 302 million4.3%
  7. MetropolitanaUS$ 219 million3.2%
  8. O'HigginsUS$ 143 million2.1%
  9. BiobíoUS$ 77.9 million1.1%
  10. MauleUS$ 66.7 million1.0%
  11. ÑubleUS$ 33.6 million0.5%
  12. Los RíosUS$ 18.1 million0.3%
  13. AraucaníaUS$ 14.8 million0.2%
  14. MagallanesUS$ 14.4 million0.2%
  15. AysénUS$ 13.7 million0.2%
  16. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 5.6 million0.1%
  17. Arica y ParinacotaUS$ 4.2 million0.1%
  18. No region declaredUS$ 615 thousand<0.1%

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)%
Caleta ColosoAntofagastaUS$ 1,812 million26%——
CalderaCalderaUS$ 938 million14%——
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 372 million5.4%US$ 488 million46%
Terminal Graneles del NorteMejillonesUS$ 713 million10%——
Puerto AngamosMejillonesUS$ 432 million6.2%US$ 119 million11%
Los VilosLos VilosUS$ 492 million7.1%——
LirquénPencoUS$ 388 million5.6%——
PatacheIquiqueUS$ 361 million5.2%——
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuel——US$ 108 million10%
VentanasPuchuncaví——US$ 78.7 million7.4%
IquiqueIquique——US$ 73.3 million6.9%
ValparaísoValparaíso——US$ 52.7 million5.0%
MejillonesMejillones——US$ 50.8 million4.8%
QuinteroQuintero——US$ 38.7 million3.7%
Other portsUS$ 1,431 million21%US$ 48.8 million4.6%

Who processes it

Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
AntofagastaAntofagastaUS$ 3,404 million49%US$ 174 million16%
ChañaralAtacamaUS$ 966 million14%US$ 1.7 million0.2%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 357 million5.1%US$ 488 million46%
TalcahuanoBiobíoUS$ 739 million11%US$ 33.7 million3.2%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 473 million6.8%US$ 170 million16%
CoquimboCoquimboUS$ 492 million7.1%US$ 2.6 million0.2%
IquiqueTarapacáUS$ 370 million5.3%US$ 73.6 million7.0%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 84.9 million1.2%US$ 108 million10%
Puerto MonttLos LagosUS$ 19.4 million0.3%US$ 4 thousand<0.1%
Punta ArenasMagallanesUS$ 14.3 million0.2%US$ 344 thousand<0.1%
OsornoLos LagosUS$ 11.2 million0.2%——
Los AndesValparaísoUS$ 58 thousand<0.1%US$ 5.0 million0.5%
TocopillaAntofagastaUS$ 3.9 million0.1%——
AricaArica y ParinacotaUS$ 2.4 million<0.1%US$ 380 thousand<0.1%
AraucaníaAraucanía——US$ 378 thousand<0.1%

Exports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 6,852 million99%
  2. AirUS$ 69.2 million1.0%
  3. No transport code (0)US$ 16.3 million0.2%
  4. Courier (air)US$ 707 thousand<0.1%
  5. RoadUS$ 58 thousand<0.1%
  6. OtherUS$ 28 thousand<0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 938 million89%
  2. AirUS$ 90.3 million8.5%
  3. Courier (air)US$ 17.7 million1.7%
  4. RoadUS$ 11.8 million1.1%

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

People born in Japan living in Chile

Censo 2024

The 2024 census publishes only six countries of birth on their own. People born in Japan are counted within «Asia»: 20,047 people across Chile, without saying how many are from Japan. Every place of birth →

Chileans in Japan

SERVEL 2025
639
registered to vote
0.4%
of the roll abroad
31º
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 Japan: whoever did not register appears in no table. The 2025 elections →

Other partners in Asia

January–July 2026
  1. ChinaUS$ 40,616 million76%
  2. South KoreaUS$ 4,967 million9.3%
  3. IndiaUS$ 4,584 million8.6%
  4. VietnamUS$ 1,091 million2.0%
  5. ThailandUS$ 607 million1.1%
  6. TaiwanUS$ 530 million1.0%
  7. IndonesiaUS$ 384 million0.7%
  8. MalaysiaUS$ 287 million0.5%
  9. BangladeshUS$ 161 million0.3%
  10. IsraelUS$ 148 million0.3%
  11. United Arab EmiratesUS$ 118 million0.2%
  12. SingaporeUS$ 113 million0.2%

Exports plus imports with Chile. Every country →

How it is measured

What is not here
Censo 2024: INE does not name it; Casen 2024: fewer than 300 people born there were surveyed.
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 →