Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Argentina and Chile

First country

Second country

In 2025, Argentina sold USD 503 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Chile and bought USD 42.7 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Argentina sold USD 503 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 42.7 million the other way.
  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel has swung between USD 253 million and USD 760 million since 2019.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

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

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

2019: 364.3Low 218.1 / High 651.62025: 502.9

2019364.3
2020218.1
2021463.3
2022537.2
2023651.6
2024473.1
2025502.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 42.1Low 34.7 / High 108.22025: 42.7

201942.1
202034.7
202143.2
202276.1
2023108.2
202470.6
202542.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026