Chile Balança Comercial

Chile’s trade surplus narrowed to $0.93 billion in September 2025 from $1.77 billion a year earlier, as imports jumped 22.7% to $7.49 billion. Purchases of consumer goods rose 13.3%, driven by a 287.2% surge in gasoline imports, while intermediate goods climbed 24.5% amid higher imports of machinery parts (+92.7%). Capital goods imports advanced 31.2%, led by electric motors, generators, and transformers (+292.6%). Exports increased 8.1% to $8.42 billion, supported by higher shipments of molybdenum (+522.2%), gold (+251.8%), and silver (+145.5%), which offset a 2% drop in copper exports. Agricultural, forestry, and fishing exports jumped 42.5%, and industrial goods rose 10%. Month-on-month, the trade surplus widened by 2.9%.