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Trade between Chile and Thailand

In 2024, Chile exported $709 million to Thailand and imported $624 million. Chile ran a surplus of $85 million with Thailand, compared with a deficit of $297 million in 2019. Thailand was Chile’s 21st largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and Chile was Thailand’s 41st (0.2%).

Summary

Chile → Thailand
$709million
Thailand → Chile
$624million
Chile’s balance
$85million

Balance

Chile’s trade balance with Thailand

Trade between Chile and Thailand grew 6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 0.7
  • Imports 0.6
  • Balance +0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$175 million$45 million$130 million
1996$156 million$54 million$102 million
1997$168 million$53 million$115 million
1998$59 million$55 million$4 million
1999$60 million$56 million$5 million
2000$55 million$89 million-$33 million
2001$67 million$97 million-$30 million
2002$62 million$101 million-$39 million
2003$76 million$115 million-$39 million
2004$165 million$134 million$32 million
2005$160 million$174 million-$14 million
2006$397 million$283 million$114 million
2007$269 million$409 million-$140 million
2008$201 million$451 million-$250 million
2009$166 million$221 million-$54 million
2010$315 million$603 million-$288 million
2011$377 million$667 million-$290 million
2012$348 million$725 million-$377 million
2013$262 million$749 million-$487 million
2014$339 million$761 million-$422 million
2015$281 million$716 million-$435 million
2016$346 million$644 million-$299 million
2017$370 million$928 million-$558 million
2018$443 million$1 billion-$570 million
2019$391 million$688 million-$297 million
2020$401 million$497 million-$96 million
2021$539 million$751 million-$213 million
2022$723 million$851 million-$127 million
2023$696 million$594 million$102 million
2024$709 million$624 million$85 million

What they sell each other

What Chile sells to Thailand

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

  1. Refined copper$360 million · 50.8%
    38 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  2. Dissolving wood pulp$86 million · 12.1%
    103 thousand tonnes
  3. Frozen fish$73 million · 10.4%
    11 thousand tonnes
  4. Molybdenum ore$44 million · 6.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Chemical wood pulp$17 million · 2.4%
    26 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  6. Slag and ash with metals$14 million · 2%
    5 thousand tonnes
  7. 1 thousand tonnes
  8. Fish fillets$8 million · 1.2%
    865 tonnes
  9. Wine$8 million · 1.1%
    3 thousand tonnes · Chile’s destinations
  10. Unrefined copper$7 million · 1%
    10 thousand tonnes

What Thailand sells to Chile

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

  1. Trucks$205 million · 32.8%
    17 thousand tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  2. Prepared fish and caviar$53 million · 8.5%
    17 thousand tonnes
  3. Cars$40 million · 6.4%
    3 thousand tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  4. Washing machines$33 million · 5.3%
    6 thousand tonnes
  5. Jewelry$28 million · 4.5%
    109 tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  6. 733 tonnes
  7. Computers$21 million · 3.3%
    56 tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  8. New tires$12 million · 1.9%
    2 thousand tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  9. 37 tonnes
  10. 1 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from San Antonio to Laem Chabang.

The estimated sea route between San Antonio and Laem Chabang is 10,974 nautical miles (20,324 km) long: ≈ 25.5–32.5 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 · 92.4%
  2. Air$101 million · 7.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

Thailand was Chile’s 21st largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and Chile was Thailand’s 41st (0.2%).

Thailand in Chile’s trade
0.7%
Thailand’s rank among Chile’s partners
21st
Chile in Thailand’s trade
0.2%
Chile’s rank among Thailand’s partners
41st

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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.