Ag-Network-Chile

AGRICULTURAL OFFICE

Embassy of Chile, Washington, D.C.


Chilean Trade

A proactive trade policy –based on multilateral and regional trade negotiations, as well as trade agreements signed with the leading world economies— has been the Chilean economy’s engine of growth. In the last 10 years, Chile has signed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with –among others— Canada, Central American countries, the European Union, the European Free Trade Association, North Korea, Mexico, and the United States. In addition, Chile is also concluding negotiations for a new FTA with New Zealand and Singapore and began negotiations –with similar purposes— with China, Japan and India.

In Chile, we believe that trade and regional integration are effective tools for achieving rapid growth and higher levels of development. From 1995 to 2004 Chilean exports have almost doubled and in 2004 alone, shipments from Chile have grown more than 52%.

The section that follows provides statistical data on the evolution of both Chilean and bilateral trade between the U.S. and Chile. You will also find direct links to websites of Chilean and U.S. government agencies, business institutions and international organizations that keep and maintain up today trade data banks.

 

 

I. CHILEAN EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION

1997 - 2004
(US$ Million, nominal terms)
DESTINATION MARKET
 
CHANGE
 
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Amount
%
I
 Agreements with preferential tariff programs
11,516.3
10,773.9
11,528.3
12,819.7
12,894.6
12,496.4
13,996.5
20,756.8
6,760.2
48.3
Canada  
131.2
143.4
173.5
243.7
265.6
263.7
415.0
780.3
365.4
88.0
Central America  
67.4
71.7
94.8
107.0
149.0
181.2
272.9
385.2
112.2
41.1
  Costa Rica
33.5
29.2
46.9
49.6
51.9
64.6
73.5
97.3
23.8
32.4
El Salvador
7.9
10.5
16.0
14.6
16.7
20.6
30.9
56.5
25.6
82.7
Guatemala
17.1
19.3
23.8
25.5
58.0
71.0
138.7
165.8
27.1
19.5
Honduras
6.9
10.2
4.2
12.0
17.9
19.5
24.0
57.2
33.2
138.4
Nicaragua
2.0
2.4
3.8
5.3
4.5
5.4
5.8
8.4
2.6
44.7
Andean Community  
1,117.1
1,185.3
1,059.8
1,227.9
1,381.6
1,339.5
1,293.2
1,569.2
276.0
21.3
  Bolivia
228.7
249.6
193.3
164.5
143.3
139.7
141.2
139.5
-1.7
-1.2
Colombia
227.6
211.4
206.0
236.8
242.7
275.3
284.6
309.9
25.3
8.9
Ecuador
156.3
194.5
110.0
158.8
230.5
252.4
293.5
323.1
29.5
10.1
Peru
347.6
352.9
354.1
439.2
479.1
465.2
426.5
524.0
97.5
22.8
Venezuela
156.8
176.8
196.4
228.6
286.1
207.0
147.3
272.7
125.4
85.1
South Korea  
987.6
384.7
683.7
806.3
563.2
710.5
1,023.4
1,821.3
797.9
78.0
Efta  
107.9
92.2
154.6
167.6
214.8
133.6
114.1
190.9
76.8
67.3
  Island
0.6
0.6
0.8
22.2
13.9
29.9
1.2
2.2
1.0
84.3
Liechtenstein
0.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0.0
-
Norway
37.4
50.5
62.7
31.0
42.2
27.8
26.2
28.1
1.9
7.1
Switzerland
69.9
41.0
91.0
114.4
158.7
75.9
86.7
160.6
73.9
85.3
United States  
2,710.0
2,610.0
3,087.5
3,183.7
3,351.7
3,664.7
3,705.7
4,834.5
1,128.7
30.5
Mercosur  
1,860.9
1,631.5
1,520.2
1,709.0
1,517.4
984.3
1,227.3
1,971.7
744.5
60.7
  Argentina
780.3
735.1
727.4
638.6
556.1
232.8
324.6
448.5
123.9
38.2
Brazil
955.6
778.9
687.6
961.6
852.6
686.2
839.6
1,422.8
583.2
69.5
Paraguay
64.4
60.8
47.9
47.2
46.2
24.3
24.1
33.5
9.4
39.1
Uruguay
60.5
56.7
57.3
61.6
62.6
41.0
39.0
67.0
28.0
71.7
Mexico  
376.4
488.4
622.8
818.1
830.6
912.4
926.9
1,314.3
387.4
41.8
European Union  
4,144.3
4,148.3
4,123.0
4,540.9
4,594.1
4,286.1
4,990.7
7,838.2
2,847.6
57.1
  Germany
745.4
538.5
557.0
457.8
528.2
428.7
601.9
912.3
310.4
51.6
Belgium
271.9
345.1
280.2
375.1
242.2
226.9
274.6
331.0
56.4
20.5
Spain
345.1
274.9
328.1
386.2
345.2
398.2
491.6
747.8
256.2
52.1
France
458.0
443.8
495.4
633.1
610.9
640.2
743.4
1,292.9
549.5
73.9
Holland
423.3
432.7
511.1
452.7
545.1
543.2
811.7
1,712.5
900.8
111.0
Italy
499.4
668.5
636.7
825.5
812.5
862.8
924.2
1,362.7
438.5
47.4
United Kingdom
1,061.8
1,161.1
1,085.2
1,075.9
1,232.0
808.7
714.9
898.8
183.9
25.7
New EU Members  
13.7
18.3
8.5
15.5
26.5
20.2
27.4
51.2
23.8
86.9
II
 Other Agreements and Multilateral Forums
4,824.7
3,448.1
3,779.9
4,588.7
3,917.1
4,150.4
5,443.3
9,094.9
3,651.6
67.1
FTAA  
6,321.4
6,203.0
6,642.6
7,371.7
7,567.4
7,437.0
7,999.9
11,091.0
3,091.1
38.6
APEC  
9,318.9
7,355.2
8,617.5
9,997.3
9,335.8
10,075.9
11,781.8
18,133.5
6,351.6
53.9
Northeast Asia  
5,048.2
3,435.3
4,021.3
4,933.2
4,137.6
4,455.3
5,848.9
9,897.2
4,048.3
69.2
  Japan
2,676.3
1,956.4
2,276.3
2,548.5
2,144.1
1,946.7
2,287.3
3,732.9
1,445.6
63.2
P.R. China
433.4
459.7
359.1
907.2
1,021.8
1,240.1
1,865.4
3,227.5
1,362.1
73.0
Hong Kong
166.0
109.9
192.7
60.5
51.7
26.6
78.6
143.6
65.0
82.8
China Taipei
784.9
524.5
509.6
610.7
356.8
531.3
594.2
971.9
377.7
63.6
Southeast Asia  
583.5
251.8
305.4
308.3
205.0
222.2
296.8
574.9
278.1
93.7
Australia and New Zealand  
80.2
52.2
49.1
57.0
50.6
69.4
118.6
114.3
-4.3
-3.6
III
Exports to Regions without Economic Agreements
676.0
531.9
606.3
1,016.7
856.4
1,029.6
1,187.4
1,608.4
421.1
35.5
  India
74.4
50.1
99.3
124.9
115.0
184.5
225.4
413.1
187.8
83.3
Others
601.6
481.7
507.0
891.7
741.4
845.1
962.0
1,195.3
233.3
24.3
IV
Total Exports
17,017.0
14,753.9
15,914.6
18,425.0
17,668.1
17,676.3
20,627.2
31,460.1
10,833.0
52.5
 
Source: DIRECON / Comercio Exterior de Chile, Cuarto Trimestre 2004, Enero 2005

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II. CHILEAN EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION

1997 - 2004
(%)
DESTINATION MARKET
 
 
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
I
Agreements with preferential tariff programs
67.7
73.0
72.4
69.6
73.0
70.7
67.9
66.0
  Canada  
0.8
1.0
1.1
1.3
1.5
1.5
2.0
2.5
Central America  
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.3
1.2
Costa Rica
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.3
El Salvador
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
Guatemala
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.7
0.5
Honduras
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
Nicaragua
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Andean Community  
6.6
8.0
6.7
6.7
7.8
7.6
6.3
5.0
Bolivia
1.3
1.7
1.2
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.4
Colombia
1.3
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.4
1.0
Ecuador
0.9
1.3
0.7
0.9
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.0
Peru
2.0
2.4
2.2
2.4
2.7
2.6
2.1
1.7
Venezuela
0.9
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.6
1.2
0.7
0.9
South Korea  
5.8
2.6
4.3
4.4
3.2
4.0
5.0
5.8
Efta  
0.6
0.6
1.0
0.9
1.2
0.8
0.6
0.6
Island
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.0
Liechtenstein
0.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
Norway
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
Switzerland
0.4
0.3
0.6
0.6
0.9
0.4
0.4
0.5
United States  
15.9
17.7
19.4
17.3
19.0
20.7
18.0
15.4
Mercosur  
10.9
11.1
9.6
9.3
8.6
5.6
5.9
6.3
Argentina
4.6
5.0
4.6
3.5
3.1
1.3
1.6
1.4
Brazil
5.6
5.3
4.3
5.2
4.8
3.9
4.1
4.5
Paraguay
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
  Uruguay
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
Mexico  
2.2
3.3
3.9
4.4
4.7
5.2
4.5
4.2
European Union  
24.4
28.1
25.9
24.6
26.0
24.2
24.2
24.9
Germany
4.4
3.6
3.5
2.5
3.0
2.4
2.9
2.9
Belgium
1.6
2.3
1.8
2.0
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.1
Spain
2.0
1.9
2.1
2.1
2.0
2.3
2.4
2.4
France
2.7
3.0
3.1
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.6
4.1
Holland
2.5
2.9
3.2
2.5
3.1
3.1
3.9
5.4
Italy
2.9
4.5
4.0
4.5
4.6
4.9
4.5
4.3
United Kingdom
6.2
7.9
6.8
5.8
7.0
4.6
3.5
2.9
New EU Members
 
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
II
Other Agreements and Multilateral Forums
28.4
23.4
23.8
24.9
22.2
23.5
26.4
28.9
 
FTAA
 
37.1
42.0
41.7
40.0
42.8
42.1
38.8
35.3
APEC
 
54.8
49.9
54.1
54.3
52.8
57.0
57.1
57.6
Northeast Asia
 
29.7
23.3
25.3
26.8
23.4
25.2
28.4
31.5
Japan
15.7
13.3
14.3
13.8
12.1
11.0
11.1
11.9
P.R. China
2.5
3.1
2.3
4.9
5.8
7.0
9.0
10.3
Hong Kong
1.0
0.7
1.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.5
China Taipei
4.6
3.6
3.2
3.3
2.0
3.0
2.9
3.1
Southeast Asia  
3.4
1.7
1.9
1.7
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.8
Australia and New Zealand  
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.6
0.4
III
Exports to Regions without Economic Agreements
4.0
3.6
3.8
5.5
4.8
5.8
5.8
5.1
  India
0.4
0.3
0.6
0.7
0.7
1.0
1.1
1.3
Others
3.5
3.3
3.2
4.8
4.2
4.8
4.7
3.8
IV
Total Exports  
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
 
Source: DIRECON / Comercio Exterior de Chile, Cuarto Trimestre 2004, Enero 2005

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III. CHILEAN IMPORTS BY SOURCE COUNTRY

1997 - 2004
(US$ Million, nominal terms)
SOURCE MARKET
 
CHANGE
 
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Amount
%
I
Agreements with preferential tariff programs
14,765.1
13,859.6
11,399.8
13,425.0
13,186.1
12,580.6
14,208.4
17,319.4
3,111.0
21.9
  Canada  
432.5
494.5
407.7
511.9
427.3
321.5
333.1
348.5
15.4
4.6
Central America  
71.1
37.2
33.4
19.3
10.6
14.2
20.7
25.7
5.0
24.3
Costa Rica
23.9
15.6
13.2
4.0
2.9
4.1
9.5
9.1
-0.4
-4.4
El Salvador
4.6
2.1
3.7
2.0
2.6
0.4
0.9
3.0
2.2
251.9
Guatemala
35.1
13.2
16.3
13.2
4.4
9.5
9.9
12.4
2.4
24.4
Honduras
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.1
0.6
0.2
0.4
1.2
0.8
205.8
Nicaragua
7.4
5.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
857.0
Andean Community  
914.2
720.7
795.3
993.4
808.5
736.2
868.2
1,355.0
486.7
56.1
Bolivia
62.5
37.6
22.4
30.2
25.0
22.6
41.5
53.3
11.8
28.4
Colombia
201.2
176.0
166.0
206.3
189.3
206.9
203.5
295.1
91.5
45.0
Ecuador
258.6
149.6
227.6
254.3
123.5
92.6
77.9
138.5
60.6
77.7
Peru
118.5
121.4
169.2
265.8
285.6
255.9
421.1
695.2
274.1
65.1
Venezuela
273.4
236.1
210.2
236.8
185.0
158.2
124.2
172.9
48.7
39.2
South Korea  
588.8
545.2
405.7
535.2
540.0
438.8
540.8
699.7
158.9
29.4
Efta  
166.4
149.5
172.6
152.1
164.6
126.7
135.3
171.6
36.4
26.9
Island
2.6
1.7
2.1
2.5
3.6
2.8
2.5
2.8
0.4
15.3
Liechtenstein
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.5
0.3
-0.2
-46.9
Norway
49.3
30.0
16.4
25.4
51.2
24.3
29.9
63.3
33.4
111.7
Switzerland
114.3
117.6
154.0
124.1
109.6
99.4
102.4
105.2
2.9
2.8
United States  
4,331.6
4,025.8
3,022.5
3,338.4
2,888.6
2,568.6
2,576.5
3,402.2
825.7
32.0
Mercosur  
3,193.9
3,130.3
3,092.4
4,337.6
4,705.3
4,826.6
5,931.0
7,105.2
1,174.2
19.8
Argentina
1,837.2
1,900.5
2,021.5
2,876.4
3,063.9
3,064.3
3,776.8
4,152.1
375.3
9.9
Brazil
1,243.5
1,092.3
968.3
1,335.2
1,495.3
1,619.4
2,028.4
2,781.7
753.3
37.1
Paraguay
55.0
62.4
51.4
66.8
90.3
78.7
40.7
97.0
56.3
138.2
Uruguay
58.1
75.0
51.2
59.1
55.8
64.2
85.1
74.3
-10.7
-12.6
Mexico  
1,076.2
849.9
578.8
615.6
532.8
475.4
480.6
620.6
140.0
29.1
European Union  
3,957.9
3,850.3
2,848.5
2,880.0
3,064.1
3,023.4
3,260.5
3,530.0
269.5
8.3
Germany
843.6
811.7
626.6
622.1
692.2
738.8
716.9
832.3
115.3
16.1
Belgium
132.3
110.7
97.7
98.1
109.8
126.4
111.1
104.0
-7.0
-6.3
Spain
621.1
656.0
406.8
428.0
466.1
417.3
452.9
516.1
63.2
14.0
France
502.1
680.5
417.4
447.8
575.3
623.3
595.8
510.3
-85.5
-14.4
Holland
108.6
109.3
82.7
94.4
107.6
101.7
114.5
186.2
71.7
62.6
Italy
699.7
680.3
514.8
419.0
436.5
356.1
387.6
445.6
58.1
15.0
United Kingdom
320.2
256.3
181.8
177.7
194.9
185.6
181.2
219.7
38.5
21.2
New EU Members  
32.6
56.0
42.9
41.3
44.4
49.1
61.7
61.0
-0.7
-1.1
II
Other Agreements and Multilateral Forums
2,554.3
2,513.2
1,967.8
2,432.7
2,285.7
2,309.9
2,633.2
3,569.3
936.1
35.5
  FTAA  
10,032.5
9,270.2
7,938.8
9,826.0
9,379.4
8,947.2
10,217.7
12,889.1
2,671.4
26.1
APEC  
9,088.8
8,538.3
6,542.9
7,689.9
6,953.5
6,365.3
6,977.7
9,303.4
2,325.7
33.3
Northeast Asia  
2,589.9
2,500.8
1,914.9
2,435.6
2,327.2
2,297.7
2,733.4
3,626.9
893.5
32.7
Japan
1,054.7
994.6
635.4
710.1
560.6
546.3
636.8
803.2
166.5
26.1
P.R. China
659.1
753.1
660.1
951.4
1,013.7
1,102.4
1,290.2
1,847.6
557.4
43.2
Hong Kong
62.2
7.6
49.6
48.5
39.2
40.9
69.3
72.7
3.4
4.8
China Taipei
225.1
200.2
164.1
190.5
173.7
169.3
196.3
203.6
7.4
3.7
Southeast Asia  
333.2
338.3
292.8
299.0
345.2
295.2
303.0
420.9
117.9
38.9
Australia and New Zealand  
193.1
191.7
122.6
151.7
114.1
115.4
105.6
165.9
60.3
57.1
III
Imports from Regions without Economic Agreements
792.3
714.7
654.5
984.8
762.1
862.7
822.1
1,565.5
743.4
90.4
    India
66.1
66.8
55.1
70.1
75.2
82.1
70.5
100.8
30.3
43.0
Others
726.2
647.9
599.4
914.7
686.9
780.6
751.5
1,464.7
713.1
94.9
IV
Total Imports
 
18,111.6
17,087.4
14,022.0
16,842.5
16,233.9
15,753.2
17,663.6
22,454.2
4,790.5
27.1
 
Source: DIRECON / Comercio Exterior de Chile, Cuarto Trimestre 2004, Enero 2005

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IV. CHILEAN IMPORTS BY SOURCE COUNTRY

1997 - 2004
(%)
SOURCE MARKET
 
 
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
I
Agreements with preferential tariff programs
81.5
81.1
81.3
79.7
81.2
79.9
80.4
77.1
  Canada  
2.4
2.9
2.9
3.0
2.6
2.0
1.9
1.6
Central America  
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Costa Rica
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
El Salvador
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Guatemala
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
Honduras
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Nicaragua
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Andean Community  
5.0
4.2
5.7
5.9
5.0
4.7
4.9
6.0
Bolivia
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
Colombia
1.1
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.2
1.3
Ecuador
1.4
0.9
1.6
1.5
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.6
Peru
0.7
0.7
1.2
1.6
1.8
1.6
2.4
3.1
Venezuela
1.5
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.1
1.0
0.7
0.8
South Korea  
3.3
3.2
2.9
3.2
3.3
2.8