Chile sets record year in 2025, with shipments over US$107 billion

In 2025, Chile’s trade exchange totaled US$199.667 billion, an increase of 8.9% compared to 2024 (+US$16.240 billion), driven by both exports and imports, according to the Chile Foreign Trade Report, published by the Research Department of the Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations (SUBREI) and compiled using figures from the Central Bank and the National Customs Service.

In 2025, the country’s exports climbed to US$107.004 billion, marking a 7.9% increase compared to 2024 (+US$7.839 billion) and setting a new record for the highest amount exported by the country since records began, with record values for both traditional and non-traditional exports.

It should be noted that in December 2025 alone, the country’s exports totaled US$11.285 billion, the highest level of foreign sales for a single month since records began.

Mining generated returns of US$63.253 billion, marking a 12.6% increase compared to 2024 and setting a new record for foreign sales. The dynamism exhibited by mining shipments was largely sustained by the rise in copper concentrates, with returns of US$ 36.278 billion, a figure that reflects an increase of 19.3%. This was followed in importance by growth in foreign sales of gold, molybdenum concentrate, and lithium carbonate. Overall, mining closed the year accounting for 59.1% of national exports of goods.

The fruit sector recorded record exports of US$8.63 billion, marking a 1.3% increase compared to 2024. Fresh cherries reached US$3.38 billion, positioning themselves as the country’s main export fruit, representing 39% of the sector’s exports. In addition, the sector’s dynamism was led by hazelnuts, walnuts, avocados, lemons, kiwis, blueberries, apples, almonds, nectarines, clementines, chestnuts, sarsaparillas, pomegranates, tangerines, and cranberries.

Foreign sales in the food industry continue to grow, reaching US$13.61 billion in 2025, which represents a 6.1% increase, reaching their highest annual level. This is supported by exports of 600 different types of food that Chile exported in 2025, including salmonids, frozen horse mackerel, frozen cuttlefish fillets, frozen blueberries, powdered milk, dried plums, apple juice, raisins, condensed milk, and Gouda cheese.

Organic foods posted historic returns of US$397 million, showing an increase of 19.6% compared to 2024. The sector’s growth can be explained by the dynamism in foreign sales of berries, honey, rosehip, and bottled Chardonnay and rosé wines, among others.

The forestry industry closed the year with shipments worth US$5.873 billion, down 8.8% from 2024, due to lower shipments of cellulose and wood chips. However, the sector saw strong growth in shipments of paper for corrugated reels, blanks, beds, paper bags, edge glue panels, corrugated cardboard, doors, cardboard boxes, paper towels, and packaging, among other industry products.

Finally, metal manufacturing, machinery, and transportation equipment accounted for US$2.606 billion in shipments worldwide, marking a 14.5% increase, due to higher shipments of mill balls, electrical conductors, mining machinery, gearboxes, stoves, and upright freezers.

Meanwhile, bottled wine exports totaled US$1.298 billion, down 3.7% compared to 2024.

Exports of traditional and non-traditional goods

At the end of 2025, exports of traditional goods accounted for 56% of total exports. Non-traditional shipments, meanwhile, accounted for 44%.

The country’s non-traditional exports closed the year with record shipments, totaling US$47.044 billion, an increase of 7.1% (+US$3.123 billion) compared to 2024. More specifically, the increase in non-traditional shipments was led by hazelnuts, frozen salmon fillets, iodine, avocados, walnuts, horse mackerel, cuttlefish, and frozen blueberries, among others.

Source: Marca Chile

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