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Supply chains and manufacturing: Chile and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Chile sold USD 8.1 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to China and bought USD 6.94 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 72 percent, from USD 4.03 billion in 2019 to USD 6.94 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 6.94 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 8.1 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 China: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 14.9Low 5.4 / High 14.92025: 8.1

201914.9
20206.3
20215.4
20228.4
20238.8
20249.7
20258.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 4.01Low 3.84 / High 8.092025: 6.94

20194.01
20203.84
20218.09
20227.71
20235.14
20245.44
20256.94

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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