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Chile and Kuwait

In January–July 2026, Chile sold US$ 2.7 million of goods to Kuwait — less than 0.1% of all it exported, 42% less than in the same months of 2025 — and bought US$ 10 thousand from it, less than 0.1% of its imports. What it sells most there is «Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorgani…» (48%). 3 Chileans are registered to vote there.

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

US$ 2.7 M
exported, January–July 2026 · −42% vs January–July 2025
US$ 10 thousand
imported, January–July 2026
US$ 2.7 M
exports less imports
<0.1%
of everything Chile exported · <0.1% of imports
3
Chileans registered to vote there · SERVEL 2025

Kuwait among the other countries

Aduanas · SERVEL

Kuwait'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. 95. KuwaitUS$ 2.7 M<0.1%

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. 133. KuwaitUS$ 10 thousand<0.1%

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. 103. Kuwait3<0.1%

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
0123US$ MJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovs/dDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJuls/dAug
0123US$ MJ2025FMAMJJASON·DJ2026FMAMJJ·A
ExportsImportsshaded: the months the figures above are read over

Chile's exports to Kuwait 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 Kuwait

Vegetable products 50%Chemicals 48%Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons50%Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds ofprecious meta…48%
Vegetable products 50%Chemicals 48%Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrusfruit or melons50%Inorganic chemicals; organic andinorganic compounds of precious meta…48%
Vegetable productsChemicalsFood, beverages and tobaccoMiscellaneous manufacturesPearls, stones and precious metalsFootwear and headgearTextilesMachinery and electricalhover a tile for its count
  1. Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; o…US$ 1.3 million48%
  2. Nuts (excluding coconuts, Brazils and cashew nuts); fresh or dried, whether or…US$ 775 thousand28%
  3. Apples, pears and quinces; freshUS$ 285 thousand10%
  4. Fruit and nuts; uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whe…US$ 150 thousand5.5%
  5. Fruit, fresh; n.e.c. in chapter 08US$ 55 thousand2.0%
  6. Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eg…US$ 52 thousand1.9%
  7. Grapes; fresh or driedUS$ 51 thousand1.9%
  8. Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, freshUS$ 25 thousand0.9%
  9. Fruit, dried, other than that of heading no. 0801 to 0806; mixtures of nuts or…US$ 13 thousand0.5%
  10. Pens; ball-point, felt tipped, other porous tipped pens; fountain pens, stylogr…US$ 1 thousand<0.1%
  11. Articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metalUS$ 1 thousand<0.1%
  12. Footwear; with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather…US$ 525<0.1%
  13. Every other headingUS$ 616<0.1%

What Chile buys from Kuwait

Machinery and electrical 70%Base metals 17%Precision inst… 12%Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders…60%Machineryandmechanical…11%Iron or steelarticles16%Optical,photographic,cinematographi…12%Essential…Apparel…
Machinery and electrical 70%Base metals 17%Precision inst… 12%Electrical machinery andequipment and parts thereof;sound recorders…60%Machin…andmechan…11%Iron or steel articles16%Optical,photographic,cinematographic,…12%
Machinery and electricalBase metalsPrecision instrumentsChemicalsTextileshover a tile for its count
  1. Electric water, space, soil heaters; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus; h…US$ 6 thousand60%
  2. Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers (those with subsidiary boilers for central heat…US$ 2 thousand16%
  3. Dish washing machines; machinery for cleaning, drying, filling, closing, sealin…US$ 1 thousand11%
  4. Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, b…US$ 5455.7%
  5. Instruments, apparatus for measuring, checking electrical quantities not meters…US$ 3203.4%
  6. Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic); photographic flashlight appa…US$ 2532.7%
  7. Oils; essential (concretes, absolutes); concentrates thereof in fats, fixed oil…US$ 750.8%
  8. Padlocks and locks (key, combination, electrically operated) of base metal; cla…US$ 680.7%
  9. Suits, ensembles, jackets, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and b…US$ 480.5%

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$ 1.9 million71%
  2. MauleUS$ 387 thousand14%
  3. O'HigginsUS$ 324 thousand12%
  4. BiobíoUS$ 52 thousand1.9%
  5. Nationalised foreign goodsUS$ 21 thousand0.8%
  6. No region declaredUS$ 3 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)%
Aeropuerto A.M. BenitezPudahuelUS$ 1.4 million49%US$ 1 thousand14%
San AntonioSan AntonioUS$ 788 thousand29%US$ 8 thousand86%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 542 thousand20%——
San VicenteTalcahuanoUS$ 52 thousand1.9%——

Who processes it

Customs officeRegion of its seatExports%Imports%
MetropolitanaMetropolitanaUS$ 1.4 million49%US$ 1 thousand14%
San AntonioValparaísoUS$ 788 thousand29%US$ 8 thousand86%
ValparaísoValparaísoUS$ 542 thousand20%——
TalcahuanoBiobíoUS$ 52 thousand1.9%——
Punta ArenasMagallanesUS$ 98<0.1%——

Exports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 1.4 million51%
  2. AirUS$ 1.3 million49%
  3. Courier (air)US$ 3 thousand0.1%

Imports, by transport

  1. Sea, river and lakeUS$ 8 thousand86%
  2. Courier (air)US$ 1 thousand14%

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

People born in Kuwait living in Chile

Censo 2024

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

Chileans in Kuwait

SERVEL 2025
3
registered to vote
0.0%
of the roll abroad
104º
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 Kuwait: whoever did not register appears in no table. The 2025 elections →

Other partners in Asia

January–July 2026
  1. ChinaUS$ 40,616 million66%
  2. JapanUS$ 7,995 million13%
  3. South KoreaUS$ 4,967 million8.1%
  4. IndiaUS$ 4,584 million7.5%
  5. VietnamUS$ 1,091 million1.8%
  6. ThailandUS$ 607 million1.0%
  7. TaiwanUS$ 530 million0.9%
  8. IndonesiaUS$ 384 million0.6%
  9. MalaysiaUS$ 287 million0.5%
  10. BangladeshUS$ 161 million0.3%
  11. IsraelUS$ 148 million0.2%
  12. United Arab EmiratesUS$ 118 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 →