How dependent is Brazil on Chile?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Chile sells 18.4% of what the world exports of refined copper; next come Democratic Republic of the Congo (20.6%), Japan (7.7%) and Kazakhstan (4.5%). The rest of the world exported 37.1 times what Brazil buys from Chile.
• Chile sells 5.2% of what the world exports of fresh fish; next come Norway (34.5%), Sweden (8.5%) and United Kingdom (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 26.6 times what Brazil buys from Chile.
• Chile sells 23.7% of what the world exports of molybdenum ore; next come Peru (20%), United States (15.4%) and Netherlands (10.6%). The rest of the world exported 18.7 times what Brazil buys from Chile.
• Chile sells 4.4% of what the world exports of salt; next come India (13.2%), Australia (12.2%) and Germany (7.7%). The rest of the world exported 55.1 times what Brazil buys from Chile.
• Chile sells 50.6% of what the world exports of fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine; next come Japan (11.5%), Belgium (9.3%) and Canada (4.7%). The rest of the world exported 20.9 times what Brazil buys from Chile.
• Chile sells 39.7% of what the world exports of stone fruit (cherries, peaches, plums); next come Spain (15.1%), Hong Kong (11.5%) and United States (6.7%). The rest of the world exported 117.5 times what Brazil buys from Chile.
• Chile sells 0.18% of what the world exports of starch, sugar and brewing residues; next come United States (54.8%), China (8.6%) and Russia (4%). The rest of the world exported 856.8 times what Brazil buys from Chile.
• Chile sells 0.8% of what the world exports of nitric and sulfonitric acids; next come South Korea (31.1%), Belgium (16%) and Germany (15.9%). The rest of the world exported 131.5 times what Brazil buys from Chile.
• Chile sells 5.3% of what the world exports of meat and fish meal; next come Peru (17.3%), United States (11.3%) and Denmark (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 2,576.8 times what Brazil buys from Chile.
• Chile sells 1.2% of what the world exports of soups and broths; next come United States (20.1%), Spain (5.7%) and Canada (5.4%). The rest of the world exported 2,080.9 times what Brazil buys from Chile.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Brazil is Chile’s 4th-largest customer, with 5% of its exports.

• Trade between Brazil and Chile
• Who does Brazil rely on?
• Who does Chile rely on?
• Dependence of Brazil on China
• Dependence of Brazil on the United States
• Dependence of Brazil on Argentina
• Dependence of Brazil on Paraguay
• Trade profile of Brazil
• Trade profile of Chile
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.