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Trade between Chile and Germany

In 2024, Chile exported $1.3 billion to Germany and imported $3.3 billion. Chile ran a deficit of $2.1 billion with Germany, compared with a deficit of $2.4 billion in 2019. Germany was Chile’s 7th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Chile was Germany’s 58th (0.2%).

Summary

Chile → Germany
$1.3billion
Germany → Chile
$3.3billion
Chile’s balance
-$2.1billion

Balance

Chile’s trade balance with Germany

Trade between Chile and Germany grew 2.5-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Chile’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.3
  • Imports 3.3
  • Balance -2.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.1 billion$798 million$272 million
1996$1 billion$757 million$251 million
1997$877 million$893 million-$16 million
1998$676 million$818 million-$143 million
1999$621 million$640 million-$19 million
2000$644 million$623 million$21 million
2001$611 million$739 million-$128 million
2002$527 million$773 million-$246 million
2003$859 million$824 million$34 million
2004$1.4 billion$1.1 billion$299 million
2005$1.4 billion$1.3 billion$130 million
2006$2.1 billion$1.7 billion$458 million
2007$2.7 billion$1.7 billion$1.1 billion
2008$2.6 billion$2.1 billion$524 million
2009$1.7 billion$1.7 billion-$44 million
2010$1.6 billion$2.3 billion-$704 million
2011$2 billion$3.1 billion-$1 billion
2012$1.6 billion$3.5 billion-$1.8 billion
2013$1.5 billion$3.9 billion-$2.3 billion
2014$1.5 billion$3 billion-$1.5 billion
2015$1.2 billion$2.7 billion-$1.5 billion
2016$1 billion$2.7 billion-$1.6 billion
2017$1.3 billion$2.6 billion-$1.2 billion
2018$1.3 billion$3.3 billion-$2 billion
2019$1 billion$3.5 billion-$2.4 billion
2020$1.2 billion$2.3 billion-$1.1 billion
2021$1.1 billion$3.4 billion-$2.3 billion
2022$1.4 billion$3.1 billion-$1.7 billion
2023$1.2 billion$3.9 billion-$2.7 billion
2024$1.3 billion$3.3 billion-$2.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Chile sells to Germany

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Copper ore$587 million · 45.4%
    96 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  2. Refined copper$144 million · 11.1%
    22 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  3. Other nuts (almonds, walnuts)$72 million · 5.5%
    9 thousand tonnes
  4. Chemical wood pulp$51 million · 4%
    117 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  5. Lithium hydroxide and other metal oxides$43 million · 3.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  6. Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi)$42 million · 3.2%
    10 thousand tonnes
  7. Apples and pears$38 million · 3%
    25 thousand tonnes
  8. Wine$37 million · 2.8%
    32 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  9. Carbonates$25 million · 2%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Fish fillets$23 million · 1.8%
    3 thousand tonnes

What Germany sells to Chile

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$746 million · 22.3%
    418 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$191 million · 5.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Cars$157 million · 4.7%
    9 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Trucks$97 million · 2.9%
    8 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Centrifuges and filters$74 million · 2.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  6. Vaccines, blood and antisera$70 million · 2.1%
    152 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Medical and dental instruments$67 million · 2%
    10 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. Other plastic articles$57 million · 1.7%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$54 million · 1.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Cheese$50 million · 1.5%
    11 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from San Antonio to Hamburg.

The estimated sea route between San Antonio and Hamburg is 8,026 nautical miles (14,865 km) long: ≈ 18.5–24 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Panama Canal and Strait of Dover.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$3 billion · 65%
  2. Air$1.6 billion · 35%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Germany was Chile’s 7th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Chile was Germany’s 58th (0.2%).

Germany in Chile’s trade
2.5%
Germany’s rank among Chile’s partners
7th
Chile in Germany’s trade
0.2%
Chile’s rank among Germany’s partners
58th

Compare with

Other partners of Chile

Other partners of Germany

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.