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Trade between Chile and Paraguay

In 2024, Chile exported $431 million to Paraguay and imported $1.1 billion. Chile ran a deficit of $630 million with Paraguay, compared with a deficit of $385 million in 2019. Paraguay was Chile’s 17th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Chile was Paraguay’s 5th (5%).

Summary

Chile → Paraguay
$431million
Paraguay → Chile
$1.1billion
Chile’s balance
-$630million

Balance

Chile’s trade balance with Paraguay

Trade between Chile and Paraguay grew 10.7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 0.4
  • Imports 1.1
  • Balance -0.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$89 million$51 million$37 million
1996$76 million$71 million$5 million
1997$70 million$50 million$20 million
1998$41 million$58 million-$17 million
1999$25 million$47 million-$21 million
2000$41 million$66 million-$25 million
2001$52 million$92 million-$40 million
2002$22 million$72 million-$50 million
2003$128 million$42 million$86 million
2004$117 million$99 million$18 million
2005$134 million$118 million$16 million
2006$178 million$173 million$5 million
2007$176 million$222 million-$45 million
2008$223 million$377 million-$154 million
2009$190 million$414 million-$224 million
2010$257 million$617 million-$360 million
2011$303 million$556 million-$253 million
2012$300 million$206 million$94 million
2013$174 million$559 million-$385 million
2014$192 million$689 million-$498 million
2015$189 million$662 million-$473 million
2016$164 million$551 million-$387 million
2017$321 million$641 million-$319 million
2018$429 million$653 million-$224 million
2019$325 million$710 million-$385 million
2020$257 million$802 million-$545 million
2021$292 million$1.1 billion-$763 million
2022$353 million$1.2 billion-$848 million
2023$335 million$1.3 billion-$922 million
2024$431 million$1.1 billion-$630 million

What they sell each other

What Chile sells to Paraguay

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

  1. Cars$41 million · 9.5%
    4 thousand tonnes
  2. Men's coats and jackets$29 million · 6.6%
    642 tonnes
  3. Bed, table and kitchen linen$27 million · 6.3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  4. Textile footwear$23 million · 5.4%
    434 tonnes
  5. 382 tonnes
  6. Other food preparations$18 million · 4.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Beer$17 million · 3.9%
    19 thousand tonnes
  8. Socks and tights$14 million · 3.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Wine$12 million · 2.9%
    4 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  10. Women's suits and dresses$10 million · 2.4%
    525 tonnes

What Paraguay sells to Chile

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

  1. Fresh beef$605 million · 57%
    114 thousand tonnes
  2. Soybean meal and pellets$148 million · 13.9%
    313 thousand tonnes
  3. Rice$63 million · 6%
    95 thousand tonnes
  4. Frozen beef$54 million · 5.1%
    14 thousand tonnes
  5. Rapeseed and mustard oil$45 million · 4.2%
    41 thousand tonnes
  6. Corn$42 million · 4%
    83 thousand tonnes
  7. Metal caps and lids$25 million · 2.4%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Uncoated paper$14 million · 1.3%
    19 thousand tonnes
  9. Prepared meat$6 million · 0.53%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Meat and fish meal$5 million · 0.51%
    10 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from San Antonio to Asunción.

The estimated sea route between San Antonio and Asunción is 3,739 nautical miles (6,925 km) long: ≈ 8.5–11 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Cape Horn.

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$1.4 billion · 94.2%
  2. Air$86 million · 5.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Paraguay was Chile’s 17th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Chile was Paraguay’s 5th (5%).

Paraguay in Chile’s trade
0.8%
Paraguay’s rank among Chile’s partners
17th
Chile in Paraguay’s trade
5.2%
Chile’s rank among Paraguay’s partners
5th

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Sources and methodology

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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.