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Trade between Chile and Taiwan

In 2024, Chile exported $1 billion to Taiwan and imported $243 million. Chile ran a surplus of $799 million with Taiwan, compared with a surplus of $1.3 billion in 2019. Taiwan was Chile’s 22nd largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and Chile was Taiwan’s 42nd (0.1%).

Summary

Chile → Taiwan
$1billion
Taiwan → Chile
$243million
Chile’s balance
$799million

Balance

Chile’s trade balance with Taiwan

Trade between Chile and Taiwan grew 44% since 1995

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

  • Exports 1
  • Imports 0.2
  • Balance +0.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$691 million$202 million$490 million
1996$653 million$221 million$432 million
1997$906 million$259 million$648 million
1998$602 million$233 million$370 million
1999$570 million$181 million$389 million
2000$637 million$214 million$422 million
2001$407 million$190 million$218 million
2002$553 million$188 million$365 million
2003$601 million$263 million$338 million
2004$1.1 billion$257 million$802 million
2005$1.2 billion$310 million$927 million
2006$1.6 billion$370 million$1.3 billion
2007$1.8 billion$353 million$1.5 billion
2008$2 billion$415 million$1.5 billion
2009$1.4 billion$286 million$1.1 billion
2010$2.1 billion$377 million$1.7 billion
2011$2.1 billion$420 million$1.7 billion
2012$1.9 billion$444 million$1.4 billion
2013$1.7 billion$419 million$1.3 billion
2014$1.8 billion$353 million$1.4 billion
2015$1.6 billion$324 million$1.2 billion
2016$1.2 billion$311 million$864 million
2017$1.3 billion$293 million$1.1 billion
2018$1.4 billion$316 million$1 billion
2019$1.6 billion$277 million$1.3 billion
2020$1.3 billion$248 million$1.1 billion
2021$2.1 billion$349 million$1.7 billion
2022$1.7 billion$340 million$1.3 billion
2023$1.3 billion$259 million$1 billion
2024$1 billion$243 million$799 million

What they sell each other

What Chile sells to Taiwan

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

  1. Refined copper$587 million · 56.4%
    63 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  2. Chemical wood pulp$108 million · 10.4%
    182 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  3. Frozen fish$76 million · 7.3%
    12 thousand tonnes
  4. Copper ore$51 million · 4.9%
    11 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  5. Stone fruit (cherries, peaches, plums)$48 million · 4.6%
    13 thousand tonnes
  6. Apples and pears$45 million · 4.3%
    32 thousand tonnes
  7. Alcohols$17 million · 1.6%
    59 thousand tonnes
  8. Cotton linters and other plant products$14 million · 1.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Mollusks (squid, mussels, oysters)$13 million · 1.3%
    6 thousand tonnes
  10. Grapes$9 million · 0.86%
    3 thousand tonnes

What Taiwan sells to Chile

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$24 million · 9.8%
    71 tonnes
  2. Computer and office machine parts$13 million · 5.2%
    224 tonnes
  3. Polystyrene$8 million · 3.2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  4. Eyeglasses and sunglasses$7 million · 3.1%
    160 tonnes
  5. Computers$7 million · 2.8%
    26 tonnes · Taiwan’s destinations
  6. Wrenches and sockets$7 million · 2.7%
    627 tonnes
  7. Discs and storage media$5 million · 2.2%
    43 tonnes
  8. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$5 million · 2.1%
    12 tonnes · Chile’s sources
  9. Bicycles$5 million · 2%
    21 tonnes
  10. Sulfuric acid$5 million · 1.9%
    31 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from San Antonio to Kaohsiung.

The estimated sea route between San Antonio and Kaohsiung is 10,203 nautical miles (18,896 km) long: ≈ 23.5–30.5 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$1.2 billion · 92.3%
  2. Air$99 million · 7.7%

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

How much each matters to the other

Taiwan was Chile’s 22nd largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and Chile was Taiwan’s 42nd (0.1%).

Taiwan in Chile’s trade
0.7%
Taiwan’s rank among Chile’s partners
22nd
Chile in Taiwan’s trade
0.1%
Chile’s rank among Taiwan’s partners
42nd

Compare with

Other partners of Chile

Other partners of Taiwan

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.