South Korea exports to Chile

칠레 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$99.3M

-51.3% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+14.2%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$1.55B

-5.8% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$6.34B

balance -$4.79B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $99.3 million of goods to Chile, down 51.3% from September 2026 and up 14.2% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Chile totalled $1.55 billion, down 5.8% from the 12 months before ($1.65 billion).

Chile ranked 47th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, down from 45th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was vehicles, parts and accessories (HS 87), with $478.6 million or 30.8% of exports to Chile.

Imports from Chile in October 2026 were $640.2 million (up 69.5% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $540.9 million for the month.

Last 24 months

Monthly exportsExport value in US dollars (FOB).

Monthly importsImport value in US dollars (CIF).

What South Korea exports to Chile: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 86.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$478.6M	30.8%	+1.1%	$44.3M
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$387.2M	24.9%	-20.9%	$3.5M
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$111.1M	7.1%	-15.7%	$8.7M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$87.1M	5.6%	-19.8%	$8.1M
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$64.1M	4.1%	-24.7%	$6.4M
63	Other made-up textile articles	$58.1M	3.7%	+41.5%	$3.8M
72	Iron and steel	$47.4M	3.1%	-2.2%	$858K
28	Inorganic chemicals	$44.9M	2.9%	+120.7%	$2.9M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$34.3M	2.2%	+20.3%	$2.4M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$30.9M	2.0%	+44.4%	$3.6M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$25.8M	1.7%	+14.6%	$1.8M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$21.3M	1.4%	+38.7%	$2.0M
74	Copper and articles thereof	$20.8M	1.3%	+181.7%	$8,109
25	Salt, sulphur, stone, lime and cement	$19.8M	1.3%	+19.3%	$666K
29	Organic chemicals	$17.6M	1.1%	-21.3%	$1.1M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$15.6M	1.0%	+35.0%	$1.0M
60	Knitted or crocheted fabrics	$14.2M	0.9%	+70.7%	$1.6M
48	Paper and paperboard	$12.1M	0.8%	-13.2%	$819K
73	Articles of iron or steel	$9.7M	0.6%	-42.2%	$1.3M
34	Soap, washing preparations and waxes	$7.3M	0.5%	+30.8%	$515K
55	Man-made staple fibres	$4.1M	0.3%	-20.9%	$321K
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	$4.1M	0.3%	+17.5%	$366K
19	Preparations of cereals, flour or milk, and bakery products	$4.0M	0.3%	+20.1%	$359K
56	Wadding, felt, nonwovens and cordage	$3.9M	0.2%	-28.3%	$457K
36	Explosives and matches	$3.5M	0.2%	+7.1%	$0

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 584 headings exported to Chile in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
2710	Refined petroleum oils	$384.5M	24.7%	-21.0%	$3.1M
8703	Passenger cars	$312.9M	20.1%	+8.5%	$28.5M
8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	$90.3M	5.8%	-18.9%	$9.7M
6309	Worn clothing and other worn articles	$58.0M	3.7%	+41.5%	$3.8M
8708	Parts and accessories of motor vehicles	$54.7M	3.5%	+2.2%	$4.2M
8507	Rechargeable batteries (electric accumulators)	$47.1M	3.0%	-17.9%	$4.8M
2807	Sulphuric acid and oleum	$39.4M	2.5%	+161.8%	$2.6M
8429	Bulldozers, excavators and other earth-moving machinery	$37.8M	2.4%	-1.2%	$3.4M
7208	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, hot-rolled	$32.4M	2.1%	-14.1%	$0
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$29.8M	1.9%	+44.4%	$3.4M
3002	Blood products, vaccines and immunological products	$27.6M	1.8%	+24.3%	$2.1M
3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	$24.7M	1.6%	-24.4%	$3.1M
2523	Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, etc.	$19.8M	1.3%	+19.4%	$666K
8702	Buses (motor vehicles for ten or more persons)	$19.2M	1.2%	+9.1%	$1.8M
7419	Other articles of copper	$15.8M	1.0%	+434.6%	$1,872
4002	Synthetic rubber	$13.9M	0.9%	+109.3%	$1.5M
6004	Wide knitted fabrics (over 30 cm) with elastomeric yarn	$13.0M	0.8%	+79.1%	$1.2M
3902	Polymers of propylene, in primary forms	$11.5M	0.7%	-43.3%	$543K
8427	Fork-lift trucks	$11.5M	0.7%	+2.3%	$284K
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$10.9M	0.7%	+25.9%	$832K
8431	Parts for cranes, excavators and other heavy machinery	$9.6M	0.6%	-5.0%	$387K
9018	Medical, surgical and dental instruments	$8.7M	0.6%	+12.7%	$592K
3906	Acrylic polymers in primary forms	$8.1M	0.5%	-0.6%	$524K
8421	Centrifuges and filtering or purifying machinery	$8.1M	0.5%	-43.6%	$711K
4809	Carbon and self-copy paper, in rolls or large sheets	$8.0M	0.5%	-11.4%	$588K
3822	Diagnostic and laboratory reagents (including test kits)	$7.5M	0.5%	+17.7%	$665K
9021	Orthopaedic appliances, artificial body parts and hearing aids	$7.1M	0.5%	+19.8%	$548K
2933	Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only	$6.4M	0.4%	-56.6%	$298K
7214	Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, forged or hot-rolled	$6.4M	0.4%	–	$0
3911	Petroleum resins, polysulphones and other polymers, in primary forms	$6.0M	0.4%	-1.5%	$956K

A chapter is linked when exports to Chile reached $1,000,000 over 24 months, a heading when they reached $5,000,000. "Share" is the share of all exports to Chile.

Featured industry: cosmetics exports to Chile, by 6-digit product.

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$99.3M	+14.2%	68,864 t	$1.44	$640.2M	184,160 t
September 2026	$203.9M	-20.6%	285,988 t	$0.71	$715.0M	155,597 t
August 2026	$139.7M	-10.8%	132,579 t	$1.05	$299.8M	112,885 t
July 2026	$200.9M	+10.1%	223,481 t	$0.90	$570.1M	141,788 t
June 2026	$120.9M	+26.8%	75,265 t	$1.61	$769.3M	174,919 t
May 2026	$86.8M	-19.3%	128,063 t	$0.68	$521.6M	156,588 t
April 2026	$110.3M	-19.4%	158,877 t	$0.69	$535.8M	155,207 t
March 2026	$108.5M	-31.1%	150,549 t	$0.72	$694.7M	170,909 t
February 2026	$109.9M	-7.8%	116,129 t	$0.95	$368.2M	103,499 t
January 2026	$115.0M	-7.2%	179,326 t	$0.64	$367.7M	91,444 t
December 2025	$166.8M	+63.2%	154,137 t	$1.08	$388.0M	129,852 t
November 2025	$91.8M	-26.3%	95,551 t	$0.96	$470.7M	146,717 t
October 2025	$87.0M	-32.0%	172,548 t	$0.50	$377.7M	147,519 t
September 2025	$256.7M	+56.0%	313,988 t	$0.82	$433.2M	135,673 t
August 2025	$156.6M	+7.5%	231,979 t	$0.67	$266.5M	99,532 t
July 2025	$182.5M	+103.4%	227,239 t	$0.80	$426.4M	330,659 t
June 2025	$95.3M	+21.3%	78,507 t	$1.21	$367.2M	170,166 t
May 2025	$107.5M	+34.4%	180,023 t	$0.60	$363.0M	164,949 t
April 2025	$136.7M	+19.5%	124,564 t	$1.10	$546.6M	422,569 t
March 2025	$157.4M	+45.8%	197,268 t	$0.80	$475.6M	168,075 t
February 2025	$119.2M	-32.7%	167,498 t	$0.71	$260.1M	136,618 t
January 2025	$123.9M	-26.2%	165,042 t	$0.75	$366.2M	360,584 t
December 2024	$102.2M	-25.2%	119,276 t	$0.86	$360.8M	129,016 t
November 2024	$124.5M	+57.0%	134,849 t	$0.92	$258.6M	98,465 t

Exports FOB, imports CIF, US dollars. Weight is net weight. "vs year earlier" compares export value with the same month one year before and is left blank when that month was under $10,000. Source: Korea Customs Service, via data.go.kr.