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–August 2026 — Foreign trade

Chile

What Brazil sold to and bought from Chile in January–August 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–August 2026 with a surplus of US$ 951.37M.

Brazil sold US$ 4.48B and bought US$ 3.53B, across 904 SH4 headings with data.

Exports BR → Chile

US$ 4.48B

Imports Chile → BR

US$ 3.53B

BR trade balance

US$ 951.37M

surplus · 904 headings with data

Top exports Brazil → Chile


1	2709	Crude oil from petroleum and bituminous minerals	980.25	1,744.06	0.562
2	0201	Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled	502.21	78.83	6.371
3	8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	216.73	18.39	11.786
4	0203	Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen	182.88	81.45	2.245
5	0207	Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen	155.24	66.55	2.333
6	0202	Meat of bovine animals, frozen	144.93	27.29	5.310
7	8701	Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)	144.68	11.08	13.063
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	108.72	9.48	11.473
9	8429	Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers	79.01	8.77	9.013
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	69.68	57.59	1.210
11	3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	57.48	46.55	1.235
12	7606	Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm	49.31	10.97	4.495
13	2309	Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding	48.26	42.33	1.140
14	2304	Soybean oilcake and other solid residue, wh/not ground	44.97	78.26	0.575
15	8707	Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705	42.11	3.43	12.287
16	0901	Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion	38.22	8.13	4.701
17	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	38.11	80.46	0.474
18	4703	Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades	35.09	60.03	0.585
19	8706	Chassis, with engines, for vehicles of positions 87.01 through 87.05	35.01	2.45	14.317
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	34.99	9.67	3.616

Top imports Chile → Brazil


1	7403	Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought	1,690.28	131,022.06	12.901
2	0302	Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No 0304	619.59	84,249.10	7.354
3	2613	Molybdenum ores and concentrates	212.45	5,856.00	36.280
4	2204	Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading No 2009	144.36	52,795.76	2.734
5	2905	Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	71.35	147,024.10	0.485
6	0808	Apples, pears and quinces, fresh	41.19	36,676.86	1.123
7	2801	Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine	37.11	506.90	73.218
8	0810	Other fruit, fresh	35.27	16,504.80	2.137
9	7602	Aluminium waste and scrap	34.24	11,865.15	2.886
10	0304	Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen	31.38	4,336.80	7.236
11	0802	Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled	27.26	2,890.62	9.430
12	3902	Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms	24.82	17,104.25	1.451
13	0809	Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh	24.42	17,456.86	1.399
14	7408	Copper wire	24.03	1,967.37	12.213
15	2501	Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking agents	23.58	900,469.36	0.026
16	0303	Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304	23.34	3,715.80	6.282
17	3105	Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg	19.15	20,234.94	0.947
18	8708	Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of heading 8701 to 8705	19.14	1,545.23	12.385
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	19.09	20,927.09	0.912
20	7326	Other articles of iron or steel	18.83	18,970.32	0.993

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?

Refined copper leads at US$ 1.45 billion, nearly half of the entire US$ 3.06 billion import bill. Fresh fish follows (US$ 534.2 million), then molybdenum ores (US$ 173.6 million) and wine (US$ 127.7 million) — a basket highly characteristic of the Chilean economy.

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