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| SECTOR | IMPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK | EXPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Machinery | $1.40B | +1.1% | 50 | $81.3M | +6.8% | 61 |
| Automation and Robotics | $467.2M | +6.5% | 48 | $17.5M | +2.6% | 72 |
| Pumps and Valves | $1.04B | +4.3% | 45 | $65.9M | +1.4% | 62 |
| Material Handling | $672.8M | -1.6% | 38 | $35.3M | -5.2% | 57 |
| Food Processing Equipment | $343.9M | +1.4% | 40 | $12.9M | -5.7% | 71 |
| Steel and Metal Products | $4.35B | +0.9% | 54 | $21.6B | +6.0% | 23 |
| Specialty Chemicals | $1.86B | +2.5% | 49 | $248.8M | +3.3% | 64 |
| Plastics and Polymers | $2.97B | +4.3% | 48 | $423.7M | -1.2% | 70 |
| Packaging | $628.8M | +3.9% | 47 | $302.5M | +3.5% | 56 |
| Industrial Textiles | $342.1M | +0.6% | 43 | $19.0M | -1.5% | 75 |
| Electrical Equipment | $2.30B | +9.3% | 47 | $123.8M | +5.4% | 79 |
| Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics | $253.7M | -0.5% | 69 | $11.8M | +0.2% | 79 |
| Automotive Components | $1.69B | +2.3% | 43 | $626.0M | +3.6% | 46 |
| Aerospace Components | $559.4M | +6.2% | 46 | $14.5M | +4.2% | 85 |
| Medical Devices | $1.11B | +5.0% | 42 | $40.7M | +3.8% | 69 |
| Construction Materials | $611.9M | -1.4% | 52 | $904.5M | +2.1% | 32 |
| HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration | $603.0M | +2.4% | 52 | $55.4M | +0.1% | 64 |
| Power Generation Equipment | $603.4M | -3.4% | 36 | $12.1M | -9.1% | 74 |
| Water Treatment Equipment | $420.4M | +16.8% | 33 | $15.6M | +12.3% | 61 |
| Mining Equipment | $2.38B | +5.6% | 17 | $275.6M | +3.4% | 40 |
World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
CMPC agreed to sell its Chilean corrugated packaging business, including Envases Impresos Cordillera and Chimolsa, to Smurfit Westrock for $420 million, subject to review by Chile's National Economic Prosecutor's Office.
Smurfit Westrock agreed to acquire the Chilean containerboard and corrugated business of Empresas CMPC for $420 million, including a recycled containerboard mill in Santiago, three corrugated plants and a molded tray facility. Completion is expected in the first half of 2027.
Weir was selected by Codelco to supply tailings transport equipment for the Talabre tailings dam expansion in Chile's Atacama region. The initial contract awards are worth £40 million ($54 million) and represent the largest single order for Weir's GEHO pumps.
Fjord Maritime signed a contract with Mowi Chile to supply a series of hybrid power systems for the salmon farmer's feed barges. The systems store surplus diesel generator power in battery banks and are expected to cut fuel consumption by 50% per barge.
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions received orders worth SEK 400 million from Chilean miner Codelco for AutoMine load and haul automation and connected equipment for the El Teniente mine. The contract runs from 2022 through 2027.
PROK Chile won a contract to supply all conveyor idlers for the processing plant at the Sierra Gorda copper mine for the next two years, and will station technical specialists on site. The announcement is dated August 25, 2020.
ANDRITZ received an order from Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion to supply pulp production technologies and process equipment for the modernization and extension of the Arauco pulp mill in Horcones, Chile. The order value is about EUR 300 million, with start-up scheduled for Q1 2021.
Smurfit Westrock agreed to acquire the Chilean containerboard and corrugated business of Empresas CMPC for $420 million, including one recycled containerboard mill, three corrugated plants and one molded tray facility. The deal was announced on September 23, 2026.
Scholle IPN opened a new flexible packaging manufacturing plant in Santiago, Chile, producing bag-in-box and spouted pouch packaging for institutional and retail markets. The building covers 2,000 m2.
Middleton-based Trelleborg Flexible Containment Solutions signed a contract worth £1.1m in Santiago with a publicly owned Chilean company that supports the Chilean army, with up to three further contracts possible through 2019.
In 2017 MPOWER acquired a contract to supply valves to COLBUN S.A., one of Chile's leading electricity producers, for a project in Chile.
Australian packaging firm Amcor agreed to acquire South American flexible packaging maker Alusa for $435m, covering four plants in Chile, Peru, Argentina and Colombia.
