Chile Handelsbilanzsaldo

Chile ran a trade surplus of $0.91 billion in August 2025, smaller than $1.20 billion in the same month of the previous year. Exports fell 1.7% year-on-year to a near one-year low of $7.857 billion, amid reduced shipments of mining products (-1.9%), especially copper (-2.2%) and manufactured products (-4.2%). This was partially offset by a robust 19.1% increase in agricultural, forestry, and fishing exports, fueled by higher shipments of fruits (+24.3%) and forestry products (+15.2%). Meanwhile, imports increased by 2.3% to $6.951 billion, supported by a surge in capital goods (+27.3%) and modest gains in consumer goods (+1%), while intermediate goods fell 7.3%.