How much does copper weigh in this relationship?

The US$ 1.45 billion in refined copper is 47% of Brazilian imports from the country. It is the line whose movement alone shifts the bilateral balance most: a copper price swing changes the account before any other chapter does.

Brazil × Chile January–September 2026 — Foreign trade

Chile

What Brazil sold to and bought from Chile in January–September 2026: exports, imports, trade balance and the most traded HS4 chapters.

Brazil ran a US$ 1.02 billion trade surplus with Chile in January–July 2026, exporting US$ 4.07 billion against US$ 3.06 billion in imports. It is a balanced relationship with a well-defined basket on both sides.

Brazil sells energy and protein: crude oil (US$ 1.00 billion) and four meat chapters — fresh beef, pork and poultry — among the top five. Chile sells refined copper (US$ 1.45 billion), fresh fish, molybdenum and wine. Browse the SH4 chapters below to drill into a specific commodity.

In trade with Chile, Brazil closed January–September 2026 with a surplus of US$ 1.40B.

Brazil sold US$ 5.41B and bought US$ 4.01B, across 929 SH4 headings with data.

Exports BR → Chile

US$ 5.41B

Imports Chile → BR

US$ 4.01B

BR trade balance

US$ 1.40B

surplus · 929 headings with data

Top exports Brazil → Chile


1	2709	Crude oil from petroleum and bituminous minerals	1,293,263,419	2,272,326.95	0.569
2	0201	Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled	582,387,081	91,068.37	6.395
3	8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	268,147,534	22,500.39	11.917
4	0203	Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen	210,417,705	95,407.04	2.205
5	0202	Meat of bovine animals, frozen	180,835,196	33,892.84	5.335
6	8701	Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)	180,273,282	13,558.28	13.296
7	0207	Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen	175,151,962	76,351.25	2.294
8	8703	Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars	133,352,922	11,518.1	11.578
9	8429	Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers	94,760,244	10,489.11	9.034
10	2710	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic con	78,206,338	63,491.67	1.232
11	3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	67,242,883	55,221.91	1.218
12	2304	Soybean oilcake and other solid residue, wh/not ground	63,974,330	108,255.18	0.591
13	8707	Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705	60,803,067	4,783.94	12.710
14	7606	Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm	57,415,591	12,780.53	4.492
15	2309	Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding	57,401,499	52,366.06	1.096
16	2301	Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves	47,906,653	95,873.03	0.500
17	8706	Chassis, with engines, for vehicles of positions 87.01 through 87.05	47,564,242	3,313.36	14.355
18	0901	Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion	41,866,545	8,946.84	4.679
19	1602	Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood	41,795,296	13,527.56	3.090
20	4811	Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, coated, impregnated, covered, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other than goods of the kind described in head	39,817,862	11,047.22	3.604

Top imports Chile → Brazil


1	7403	Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought	1,879,105,941	144,123.56	13.038
2	0302	Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No 0304	701,379,629	95,651.57	7.333
3	2613	Molybdenum ores and concentrates	252,980,071	6,794	37.236
4	2204	Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading No 2009	171,502,615	62,516.55	2.743
5	2905	Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	75,540,480	153,015.79	0.494
6	0808	Apples, pears and quinces, fresh	50,970,690	45,445.59	1.122
7	0810	Other fruit, fresh	46,475,591	21,002.35	2.213
8	0802	Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled	44,814,402	4,688.93	9.557
9	2801	Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine	44,447,057	606.5	73.284
10	7602	Aluminium waste and scrap	37,926,568	13,169.66	2.880
11	0304	Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen	36,839,954	5,191.39	7.096
12	0303	Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304	28,723,523	4,553.9	6.307
13	3902	Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms	27,608,609	19,016.8	1.452
14	2501	Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking agents	26,947,537	1,037,186.19	0.026
15	0809	Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh	24,417,329	17,456.86	1.399
16	7408	Copper wire	24,027,462	1,967.37	12.213
17	8708	Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of heading 8701 to 8705	22,496,486	1,806.99	12.450
18	7326	Other articles of iron or steel	21,847,318	21,892.5	0.998
19	4810	Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (china clay) or other inorganic substances, with or without a binder, and with no other coating, whether or not surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (includin	21,148,494	23,185.82	0.912
20	1509	Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	20,603,219	2,775	7.425

Frequently asked questions

How large is the Brazil–Chile trade balance in January–July 2026?

Brazil holds a US$ 1.02 billion surplus: US$ 4.07 billion exported against US$ 3.06 billion imported. The gap equals roughly 14% of total bilateral trade in the period.

What does Brazil export most to Chile?

Crude petroleum oils lead at US$ 1.00 billion, followed by fresh or chilled beef (US$ 420.3 million) and goods vehicles (US$ 200.2 million). Adding pork (US$ 166.6 million) and poultry (US$ 143.4 million), the animal protein block reaches US$ 730.3 million.

What does Brazil import from Chile?

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