Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: India and Chile

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 404 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Chile and bought USD 54.8 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 53 percent, from USD 299 million in 2019 to USD 459 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • 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.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

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

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

2019: 273.8Low 236.1 / High 520.22025: 403.9

2019273.8
2020236.1
2021501.1
2022520.2
2023395.6
2024383.8
2025403.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 25.4Low 10.1 / High 65.62025: 54.8

201925.4
202015.4
202113.9
202210.1
202337.5
202465.6
202554.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026