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Supply chains and manufacturing: Chile and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Chile sold USD 6.5 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to South Africa and bought USD 30.8 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 30.8 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 6.5 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Chile's exports to South Africa: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Chile

2019: 16.6Low 6.5 / High 16.62025: 6.5

201916.6
20207.1
20219.4
20229.6
20237.7
20247.1
20256.5

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Chile's imports from South Africa: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Chile

2019: 23.9Low 16.6 / High 38.82025: 30.8

201923.9
202016.6
202129.7
202231.4
202329.6
202438.8
202530.8

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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