Name: Chile Imports
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Chile's imports declined 3.8% year-on-year in January 2026 to $6.9 billion, as purchases of consumer goods fell 3.6% and intermediate goods dropped 9.7%. In contrast, imports of capital goods rose 11.4%. source: Banco Central de Chile

Imports in Chile averaged 3705.48 USD Million from 1991 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 9017.11 USD Million in August of 2022 and a record low of 492.60 USD Million in February of 1991. This page provides the latest reported value for - Chile Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Chile Imports - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Imports in Chile is expected to be 6920.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Chile Imports is projected to trend around 7400.00 USD Million in 2027, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Balance of Trade	3810.00	3590.00	USD Million	Jan 2026
Capital Flows	-5438.00	-3414.00	USD Million	Sep 2025
Current Account	-4599.00	-2084.00	USD Million	Sep 2025
Exports	11286.00	8504.00	USD Million	Dec 2025
Imports	7691.00	6606.00	USD Million	Dec 2025

Chile Imports

Chile main imports are: consumer goods (30 percent of total imports), energy products including crude and refined oil, coal, gas and lubricants (21 percent of total purchases); chemicals (6 percent); metallic products (5 percent); cars (4 percent); wearing apparel (4 percent); parts, other machinery and equipment (3 percent) and truck and cargo vehicles (3 percent). Major import partners are: China (24 percent of total imports), the United States (21 percent), Brazil (10 percent), Argentina (6 percent) and Japan and Germany (3 percent each). Others include: Mexico, Spain, Peru and Colombia.