# Chile Import Opportunities

Explore Chile's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $81.7B
- Import CAGR: -2.2%
- Trade openness: 52.4%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $6.2B | +13.8% | 75 | 6287 |
| 2 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $4.7B | +6.0% | 5 | 4093 |
| 3 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $2.0B | +14.6% | 64 | 5073 |
| 4 | HS 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $711.9M | +83.0% | 4 | 9987 |
| 5 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $753.0M | +12.0% | 27 | 9537 |
| 6 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $1.3B | +8.1% | 11 | 4989 |
| 7 | HS 261390 | Molybdenum ores and concentrates: other than roasted | $749.1M | +5.9% | 13 | 7757 |
| 8 | HS 020130 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $1.2B | +9.9% | 9 | 3617 |
| 9 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $434.7M | +24.7% | 56 | 6973 |
| 10 | HS 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $609.4M | +78.3% | 5 | 4997 |
| 11 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $669.2M | +9.0% | 67 | 5954 |
| 12 | HS 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $1.2B | +5.0% | 31 | 2679 |
| 13 | HS 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $570.8M | +8.3% | 15 | 8056 |
| 14 | HS 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $542.9M | +7.8% | 21 | 7857 |
| 15 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $513.7M | +7.4% | 32 | 8033 |
| 16 | HS 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $610.2M | +6.5% | 31 | 5555 |
| 17 | HS 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $1.1B | +9.9% | 34 | 1965 |
| 18 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $648.9M | +9.7% | 81 | 3218 |
| 19 | HS 020329 | Meat: of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | $278.6M | +21.9% | 12 | 7125 |
| 20 | HS 850780 | Electric accumulators: other than lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, nickel-metal hydride and lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $241.0M | +22.5% | 43 | 8944 |
| 21 | HS 880230 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | $336.1M | +7.9% | 4 | 9483 |
| 22 | HS 290919 | Ethers: acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether | $292.7M | +23.3% | 13 | 6107 |
| 23 | HS 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $231.2M | +28.5% | 8 | 7402 |
| 24 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $250.8M | +18.7% | 53 | 7674 |
| 25 | HS 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $507.4M | +13.8% | 7 | 3100 |
| 26 | HS 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $331.6M | +4.9% | 81 | 7305 |
| 27 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $890.9M | +2.5% | 40 | 1823 |
| 28 | HS 283620 | Carbonates: disodium carbonate | $233.0M | +10.5% | 16 | 9748 |
| 29 | HS 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $383.9M | +7.3% | 65 | 4108 |
| 30 | HS 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $474.0M | +9.2% | 11 | 3263 |
| 31 | HS 401180 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines | $384.5M | +9.2% | 29 | 4268 |
| 32 | HS 732611 | Iron or steel: grinding balls and similar articles for mills, forged or stamped, but not further worked | $195.4M | +13.8% | 15 | 8421 |
| 33 | HS 150790 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $198.3M | +11.5% | 11 | 8309 |
| 34 | HS 847150 | Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $485.2M | +5.9% | 58 | 3581 |
| 35 | HS 843360 | Machines: for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce | $177.3M | +15.6% | 24 | 7639 |
| 36 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $389.1M | +11.0% | 77 | 2719 |
| 37 | HS 640299 | Footwear: n.e.s. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $239.6M | +8.4% | 72 | 5946 |
| 38 | HS 722830 | Steel, alloy: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | $171.9M | +12.8% | 15 | 8642 |
| 39 | HS 080440 | Fruit, edible: avocados, fresh or dried | $112.2M | +36.7% | 9 | 9819 |
| 40 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $1.0B | +10.6% | 73 | 700 |
| 41 | HS 850231 | Electric generating sets: wind-powered, (excluding those with spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines) | $222.2M | +21.5% | 14 | 3588 |
| 42 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $138.1M | +42.3% | 16 | 6332 |
| 43 | HS 150420 | Fats and oils and their fractions: of fish, (excluding liver-oils) | $309.0M | +23.2% | 38 | 2508 |
| 44 | HS 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $299.4M | +5.9% | 41 | 4473 |
| 45 | HS 611030 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $175.2M | +10.6% | 74 | 7179 |
| 46 | HS 280700 | Sulphuric acid: oleum | $352.7M | +16.3% | 15 | 2550 |
| 47 | HS 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $331.2M | +16.7% | 32 | 2117 |
| 48 | HS 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | $142.7M | +8.9% | 6 | 9979 |
| 49 | HS 640419 | Footwear: (other than sportswear), with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials | $219.8M | +10.3% | 65 | 4499 |
| 50 | HS 850164 | Electric generators: AC generators, (alternators), of an output exceeding 750kVA | $173.8M | +7.6% | 30 | 7035 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.