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Trade between Chile and Peru

In 2024, Chile exported $1.4 billion to Peru and imported $2.1 billion. Chile ran a deficit of $676 million with Peru, compared with a surplus of $284 million in 2019. Peru was Chile’s 11th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Chile was Peru’s 7th (3%).

Summary

Chile → Peru
$1.4billion
Peru → Chile
$2.1billion
Chile’s balance
-$676million

Balance

Chile’s trade balance with Peru

Trade between Chile and Peru grew 6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.4
  • Imports 2.1
  • Balance -0.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$430 million$154 million$276 million
1996$349 million$124 million$224 million
1997$379 million$130 million$249 million
1998$371 million$136 million$235 million
1999$358 million$177 million$181 million
2000$450 million$268 million$182 million
2001$493 million$302 million$191 million
2002$472 million$261 million$211 million
2003$525 million$435 million$90 million
2004$572 million$728 million-$156 million
2005$776 million$1.1 billion-$358 million
2006$1 billion$1.4 billion-$415 million
2007$1.1 billion$1.7 billion-$643 million
2008$1.4 billion$1.9 billion-$535 million
2009$1.2 billion$760 million$427 million
2010$1.4 billion$1.4 billion-$10 million
2011$1.6 billion$2.1 billion-$454 million
2012$1.8 billion$2.4 billion-$570 million
2013$1.8 billion$1.9 billion-$80 million
2014$1.5 billion$1.5 billion-$75 million
2015$1.6 billion$1.2 billion$455 million
2016$1.3 billion$1 billion$254 million
2017$1.4 billion$1 billion$338 million
2018$1.5 billion$1.2 billion$347 million
2019$1.5 billion$1.2 billion$284 million
2020$1.3 billion$1.1 billion$123 million
2021$1.5 billion$1.8 billion-$322 million
2022$1.7 billion$2 billion-$292 million
2023$1.4 billion$1.9 billion-$480 million
2024$1.4 billion$2.1 billion-$676 million

What they sell each other

What Chile sells to Peru

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

  1. 91 thousand tonnes
  2. 10 thousand tonnes
  3. Ferrous scrap$50 million · 3.6%
    130 thousand tonnes
  4. Prepared explosives$42 million · 3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. 4 thousand tonnes
  6. Nitrites and nitrates$37 million · 2.7%
    41 thousand tonnes
  7. 4 thousand tonnes
  8. Sawn wood$34 million · 2.4%
    58 thousand tonnes
  9. Chemical wood pulp$34 million · 2.4%
    47 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  10. Apples and pears$29 million · 2.1%
    30 thousand tonnes

What Peru sells to Chile

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

  1. Molybdenum ore$678 million · 32.6%
    32 thousand tonnes
  2. Sulfuric acid$140 million · 6.7%
    1.1 million tonnes
  3. 69 thousand tonnes
  4. Fish oil and marine fats$98 million · 4.7%
    16 thousand tonnes
  5. Cement$44 million · 2.1%
    658 thousand tonnes
  6. Industrial fatty acids$40 million · 1.9%
    16 thousand tonnes
  7. Plastic sheets and film$36 million · 1.8%
    13 thousand tonnes
  8. Copper ore$32 million · 1.5%
    12 thousand tonnes · Peru’s destinations
  9. Refined petroleum$32 million · 1.5%
    53 thousand tonnes · Peru’s destinations
  10. Bread, biscuits and pastries$31 million · 1.5%
    16 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from San Antonio to Callao.

The estimated sea route between San Antonio and Callao is 1,446 nautical miles (2,677 km) long: ≈ 3.5–4.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$878 million · 25.2%
  2. Land$2.6 billion · 74.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Peru was Chile’s 11th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Chile was Peru’s 7th (3%).

Peru in Chile’s trade
1.9%
Peru’s rank among Chile’s partners
11th
Chile in Peru’s trade
2.7%
Chile’s rank among Peru’s partners
7th

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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.