The statistic shows the value of goods exported from Chile from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, goods with a value of around 94.56 billion U.S. dollars were exported from Chile.
Chile imported more than 717 million U.S. dollars' worth of furniture items in 2023, while exporting only about 39 million U.S. dollars. This led to negative trade balance, or trade deficit, in Chile's furtniture trade that year. Mexico, on the other hand, experienced a trade surplus in 2023.
Copper is by far the most important metal in the Chilean mining sector. In 2020, exports of this base metal and its ores accounted for 88 percent of the Andean country's mining export value. That year, mining exports from Chile added up to 37.7 billion U.S. dollars.
Asia is by far the main region of destination for copper exports from Chile. In 2023, copper exports to Asia amounted to nearly 32.7 billion U.S. dollars, out of which approximately 24 billion dollars were destined for China. Outside of Asia, the U.S. was the leading destination for Chilean copper exports, with a value of about 4.68 billion dollars.
In 2019, Chile exported an equivalent of approximately 4.4 million U.S. dollars worth of agricultural exports to China, making it its most important export partner in the sector. The United States followed, with close to half that amount. That year, the main category of agricultural products exported from Chile to China was the one including firewood, wood chips, and sawdust.
In 2023, mining exports from Chile amounted to approximately 56.9 billion U.S. dollars, a small decrease in comparison to the previous year. Exports of copper from the country account for a significant portion of the country's total mining export value.
Asian countries are the leading destinations for lithium products exports from Chile. Amongst all, China ranked first, with shipments amounting to over five billion U.S. dollars in 2023. South Korea and Japan followed next, at 1.94 billion and 346 million U.S. dollars, respectively.
Copper exports from Chile amounted to approximately 5.49 million metric tons in 2023, an increase of roughly six percent in comparison to the previous year. Despite this decline, Chile's copper export value saw a year-over-year growth since 2019, the result of a significant rise in prices.
In 2022, China was the leading destination of Chile’s wine exports. In that year, around 302 million U.S. dollars worth of wine were exported from Chile to China. The United Kingdom ranked second with an export value that amounted to approximately 218 million U.S. dollars. In 2022, Chile's total wine exports value reached 1.9 billion U.S. dollars.
In 2023, the export value of apparel and clothing accessories from Chile amounted to over 26 million U.S. dollars, up from roughly 19 million dollars the previous year. By far the highest apparel export value in the time period depicted was in 2017, with numbers reaching close to 100 million U.S. dollars. In terms of imports of apparel and clothing accessories to Chile, the value is significantly higher than the export value, leading to a negative trade balance, or trade deficit.
This statistic shows the value of exported commodities from Chile in 2023. In 2023, agricultural products worth 25.65 billion U.S. dollars were exported from Chile.
Silver exports from Chile amounted to 372.2 million U.S. dollars in 2022, an annual growth of over 17 percent. Chile's silver production has fluctuated slightly in recent years.
In the year 2022, the value of trade goods exported from the United Kingdom to Chile was roughly 569 million U.S. dollars. UK exports of trade goods to Chile fluctuated significantly in the time period between 2012 and 2022.
In 2023, the United States was the leading American destination for Chilean copper exports, receiving nearly 546,000 metric tons. Brazil was second in the ranking, with more than 195,000 tons of Chilean copper shipments. Meanwhile, Asia was by far the leading region of destination for Chilean copper exports in 2022.
In 2023, Chile's exports to China exceeded its imports by about 17.6 billion U.S. dollars. In that year, the total value of products exported from Chile to the Asian country reached 37.45 billion U.S. dollars, consistent with the previous year. Imports from China totaled nearly 20 billion U.S. dollars, down six billion dollars from the previous year.
In 2023, Chile exported around 246 million U.S. dollars worth of avocados, representing an increase of eight percent compared to the previous year.
A year earlier, the volume of avocados exported from Chile reached over 109 million kilograms.
In 2023, the leading country of destination for exports of fish filles coming from Chile was the United States, with a value of around 2.6 billion U.S. dollars. Ranking second and third were Japan and Mexico, with about 392 million and 188 million U.S. dollars, respectively.
That year, the total exports value of fish filles from Chile reached over 3.8 billion U.S. dollars.
In 2023, mining exports from Chile added up to 56.9 billion U.S. dollars, a decrease of some 1.7 percent in comparison to the previous year. November registered the highest export value of the year, having surpassed 5.6 billion dollars. China is the leading destination for Chilean mining exports.
Exports of lithium carbonate from Chile amounted to more than 188 thousand metric tons in 2023. Meanwhile, more than eight million tons of salt were exported from the South American country that year. Considering metal exports from Chile, iron ore tops the ranking.
In 2023, lithium carbonate exports from Chile amounted to nearly 5.4 billion U.S. dollars, a decrease of more than 30 percent in comparison to the previous year. Lithium exports from the Andean country have soared in the past decade, with an increase of more than five-fold registered between 2010 and 2018. Chile is the largest producer of lithium in South America.
The statistic shows the value of goods exported from Chile from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, goods with a value of around 94.56 billion U.S. dollars were exported from Chile.