Strategic Lens

India and Chile

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 1.21 billion of goods to Chile and bought USD 3.96 billion from it. The DESTA database lists 3 trade agreements that include both countries, the most recent being Chile India (2007). Their agreement score in UN General Assembly voting was 79 percent in 2023, and 84 percent on average over 2019 to 2023. In 2025, India sold USD 99.8 million of electrical and electronic equipment to Chile.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in goods grew 157 percent, from USD 2.01 billion in 2019 to USD 5.17 billion in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 136 percent, from USD 746 million in 2019 to USD 1.76 billion in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products grew 140 percent, from USD 107 million in 2019 to USD 256 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Chile sold USD 1.76 billion of critical minerals and metals, and India sold almost none.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, India sold USD 404 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 54.8 million the other way.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, India sold USD 99.8 million of electrical and electronic equipment, and Chile sold almost none.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026); DESTA: Design of Trade Agreements database, version 02_03 (retrieved 25 September 2026); United Nations General Assembly voting data (Voeten, Strezhnev and Bailey), agreement scores (retrieved 25 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

At a glance

Goods trade, both ways
USD 5.17 billion
2025, as reported by India
India to Chile
USD 1.21 billion
2025, as reported by India
Chile to India
USD 3.96 billion
2025, as reported by India

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