Shipping to Chile - Air and Sea Freight Services

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The "Sanhattan" district of Santiago
Currency Chilean peso (CLP)
Fiscal year calendar year
Trade organisations WTOAPECMercosur (associate),CAN (associate)
Statistics
GDP $248.602 billion (2011, nominal),[1]$299.786 billion (2011, PPP)[2][3]
GDP growth 6.0% (2011)[1]
GDP per capita $14,413 (2011, nominal),[1] $17,380 (2011, PPP)[2][3][4]
GDP by sector agriculture: 5.1%, industry: 41.8%, services: 53.1% (2010 est.)
Inflation (CPI) 3.3% (2011, average), 4.4% (2011, end of period)[5]
Population
below poverty line
10.4% (2011)[6]
Gini coefficient 0.494 (2009)[7]
Labour force 8.02 million (2011)[8]
Labour force
by occupation
agriculture: 13.2%, industry: 23%, services: 63.9% (2005)
Unemployment 7.1% (2011)[8]
Average net salary $10,482 (2010, PPP)[9]
Main industries copper, lithium, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles
Ease of Doing Business Rank 39th[10]
External
Exports $81.411 billion fob (2011, goods)[1]
Export goods copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
Main export partners China 23.8%, Japan 10.2%, US 10%,Brazil 6%, South Korea 5.9% (2010)
Imports $70.619 billion fob (2011, goods)[1]
Import goods petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, electrical and telecommunications equipment, industrial machinery, vehicles, natural gas
Main import partners US 17%, China 13.6%, Argentina8.5%, Brazil 7.9%, South Korea 5.8%,Japan 5%, Germany 4% (2010)
FDI stock $155.6 billion (at home), $57.57 billion (abroad) (31 December 2011 est.)
Gross external debt $100.200 billion (2011)[1]
Public finances
Public debt 9.2% of GDP (2010, central government, gross)[1]
Budget deficit +0.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Revenues $57.64 billion (2011 est.)
Expenses $56.1 billion (2011 est.)
Economic aid $0 million (2006)
Foreign reserves $41.979 billion (2011, net)[1]
Main data source: CIA World Fact Book
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars