2025 marked a historic milestone for Chilean foreign trade, as figures show that, despite the challenging international context, our country achieved a record year in exports.
In 2025, Chile's trade exchange totaled US$199.667 billion, an increase of 8.9% compared to 2024 (+US$16.240 billion), driven by both the dynamism of exports and imports in 2025 , according to the Chile Foreign Trade Report, published by the Research Department of the Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations (SUBREI) and compiled using figures from the Central Bank and the National Customs Service.
"2025 marked a historic milestone for Chilean foreign trade, as the figures show that, despite the challenging international context, our country achieved a record year in exports. This is the result of a significant public and private effort that has been carried out. In addition, more companies shipped abroad, especially micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, thus contributing to economic development and employment," said Undersecretary Claudia Sanhueza.
In 2025, the country's exports climbed to US$107.004 billion, marking a 7.9% increase compared to 2024 (+US$7.839 billion) and setting a new record for the highest amount exported by the country since records began, with record values for both traditional and non-traditional exports.
It should be noted that in December 2025 alone, the country's exports totaled US$11.285 billion, the highest level of foreign sales for a single month since records began.
Mining generated returns of US$63.253 billion, marking a 12.6% increase compared to 2024 and setting a new record for foreign sales. The dynamism exhibited by mining shipments was largely sustained by the rise in copper concentrates, with returns of US$ 36.278 billion, a figure that reflects an increase of 19.3%. This was followed in importance by growth in foreign sales of gold, molybdenum concentrate, and lithium carbonate. Overall, mining closed the year accounting for 59.1% of national exports of goods.
The fruit sector recorded record exports of US$8.63 billion, marking a 1.3% increase compared to 2024. Fresh cherries reached US$3.38 billion, positioning themselves as the country's main export fruit, representing 39% of the sector's exports. In addition, the sector's dynamism was led by hazelnuts, walnuts, avocados, lemons, kiwis, blueberries, apples, almonds, nectarines, clementines, chestnuts, sarsaparillas, pomegranates, tangerines, and cranberries.
Foreign sales in the food industry continue to grow, reaching US$13.61 billion in 2025, which represents a 6.1% increase, reaching their highest annual level. This is supported by exports of 600 different types of food that Chile exported in 2025, including salmonids, frozen horse mackerel, frozen cuttlefish fillets, frozen blueberries, powdered milk, dried plums, apple juice, raisins, condensed milk, and Gouda cheese.
Organic foods posted historic returns of US$397 million, showing an increase of 19.6% compared to 2024. The sector's growth can be explained by the dynamism in foreign sales of berries, honey, rosehip, and bottled Chardonnay and rosé wines, among others.
The forestry industry closed the year with shipments worth US$5.873 billion, down 8.8% from 2024, due to lower shipments of cellulose and wood chips. However, the sector saw strong growth in shipments of paper for corrugated reels, blanks, beds, paper bags, edge glue panels, corrugated cardboard, doors, cardboard boxes, paper towels, and packaging, among other industry products.
Finally, metal manufacturing, machinery, and transportation equipment accounted for US$2.606 billion in shipments worldwide, marking a 14.5% increase, due to higher shipments of mill balls, electrical conductors, mining machinery, gearboxes, stoves, and upright freezers.
Meanwhile, bottled wine exports totaled US$1.298 billion, down 3.7% compared to 2024.
Exports of traditional and non-traditional goods
At the end of 2025, exports of traditional goods accounted for 56% of total exports. Non-traditional shipments, meanwhile, accounted for 44%.
The country's non-traditional exports closed the year with record shipments, totaling US$47.044 billion, an increase of 7.1% (+US$3.123 billion) compared to 2024. More specifically, the increase in non-traditional shipments was led by hazelnuts, frozen salmon fillets, iodine, avocados, walnuts, horse mackerel, cuttlefish, and frozen blueberries, among others.
Exports of services
In 2025, service exports also reached a historic milestone, with foreign services totaling US$3.19 billion. This amount represented an increase of 11.2% compared to 2024 and consolidates five years of sustained growth in the sector.
Last year, 194 different services were provided abroad, with 97 of them showing increases compared to 2024.
The services that led exports in 2025 were website hosting, with US$348 million; aircraft maintenance and repair, with US$297 million; and technical support in computing and information technology via the internet, with US$208 million.
Read the original note on the website of the Undersecretary of International Relations.
