Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Chile and New Zealand

First country

Second country

In 2025, New Zealand sold USD 15.0 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Chile.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel fell 61 percent, from USD 38.4 million in 2019 to USD 15.0 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, New Zealand sold USD 15.0 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, and Chile sold almost none.

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 New Zealand: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 36.3Low 15 / High 38.32025: 15

201936.3
202018.2
202133.8
202235.3
202338.3
202429.6
202515

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026