Table 4.14
Copper Waste and Scrap Exports by Destination by Value
Unit: US$ million FOB · Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 · 2002 to 2025
| Series | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXPORTS BY CONTINENT (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| America | 5.6 | 18.8 | 46.3 | 37 | 110.2 | 174.6 | 80.9 | 84.9 | 212.2 | 185.4 | 21.6 | 14.4 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 6 | 9.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 9.9 |
| Asia | 12.3 | 17.6 | 48.1 | 81.5 | 189.7 | 429.8 | 353.9 | 284.1 | 689.3 | 374.8 | 146.3 | 271.4 | 257.2 | 180.6 | 299.8 | 141 | 136.6 | 52.2 | 158.2 | 90.9 | 121.2 | 158.6 | 211.9 | 211.1 |
| Europe | 6.8 | 2.7 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 41.5 | 35.9 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 39.1 | 58.6 | 25 | 55.1 | 40.8 | 36.2 | 72 | 28.3 | 28.7 | 21.9 | 20.8 | 12.5 | 22.2 | 16 | 36.1 | 34.1 |
| Oceania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 30.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EXPORTS BY COUNTRY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 31.1 | 25 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 16.9 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 30.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 22 | 32 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 18.8 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 12.8 | 9 |
| Brazil | 0 | < 0,1 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 5 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 5 | 8.9 | 11 | 10.9 | 7.5 |
| China | 7.5 | 12.7 | 33.1 | 59 | 100.7 | 309.1 | 250.1 | 269.6 | 633.3 | 356.8 | 143 | 240.9 | 194.7 | 156 | 275.8 | 123.2 | 123.3 | 11.4 | 6.5 | 51.2 | 79.5 | 90.3 | 118.7 | 138.8 |
| South Korea | 3.2 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 20.2 | 85.7 | 66.6 | 71.5 | 6.7 | 31.6 | 16.7 | 1.6 | 25.1 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 16.3 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 17.6 | 140.5 | 28.7 | 33.7 | 51.5 | 52.1 | 50.8 |
| Spain | 0.2 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.4 | < 0,1 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 6 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 20.6 | 21.3 |
| United States | 0.2 | < 0,1 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 81.1 | 109.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 11.2 | 29.2 | 21.6 | 13 | 8 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | < 0,1 | 8.5 | 11.9 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 6.6 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Hong Kong | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| India | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | < 0,1 | 0.4 | 39 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 21.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 41.4 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 22.6 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 3 | 1 | 9.4 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 15.7 | 3.7 |
| Mexico | 5.4 | 18.3 | 37.7 | 32.8 | 24.5 | 60 | 75.2 | 83.8 | 201 | 156.2 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | < 0,1 | 0.5 | < 0,1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | < 0,1 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 24.5 | 10.4 | 23.9 | 40.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| Peru | < 0,1 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| United Kingdom | 0.1 | 0.3 | < 0,1 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | < 0,1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | < 0,1 | 0 |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | < 0,1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 0,1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 6 | 8.6 | 5.6 |
| Taiwan | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | < 0,1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 2.3 |
| Türkiye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| TOTAL | 24.6 | 39.1 | 101.7 | 130.7 | 349.8 | 670.7 | 441.1 | 371.9 | 940.6 | 618.9 | 193.1 | 340.9 | 306.7 | 222.3 | 372.3 | 171.6 | 169.5 | 78.6 | 186.7 | 109.5 | 152.7 | 186.8 | 261.5 | 255.1 |
Notes of the table
- (1) El valor corresponde al valor FOB declarado en el Documento Único de Salida. / The value corresponds to the FOB value declared in the Single Exit Document (DUS).
- (2) Incluye desperdicios y desechos de cobre refinado y de aleaciones de cobre, tales como bronces, latones y otras aleaciones de cobre. / Includes waste and scrap of refined copper and copper alloys, such as bronze, brass and other copper alloys.
- (3) Los totales por continente pueden no coincidir exactamente con los totales por país, debido a la existencia de exportaciones cuyo destino no se encuentra asignado. Estas exportaciones no pueden clasificarse por continente; sin embargo, se incluyen en la categoría “Otros” de países. / Totals by continent may not exactly match totals by country due to the existence of exports with unassigned destinations. These exports cannot be classified by continent; however, they are included in the “Others” category under countries.
Source stated in the table
Elaborado por COCHILCO a partir del registro de exportaciones por código arancelario del Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile. / Prepared by COCHILCO based on export records by tariff code from the National Customs Service of Chile.
Source: Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco), Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 (XLSX), 2026. Read on Oct 6, 2026.
n.d.: no data · n.a.: not applicable · “< 1”: less than one unit.