Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Chile and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, Chile sold USD 1.2 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to France and bought USD 360 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel fell 39 percent, from USD 590 million in 2019 to USD 362 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, France sold USD 360 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 1.2 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 imports from France: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 589.1Low 257.5 / High 589.12025: 360.5

2019589.1
2020257.5
2021473.3
2022535.1
2023456.7
2024407.6
2025360.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026