Table 4.30
Metallurgical Residues and By-products Exports by Product by Value
Unit: US$ thousand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashes and residues containing other metals | 60,405.2 | 65,884.9 | 66,890.6 | 106,337.1 | 133,368.6 | 133,755.6 | 117,016 | 126,218 | 211,941.7 | 359,810 | 223,859.2 | 331,556.2 | 412,969.3 | 372,596.1 | 423,256.5 | 10,312.5 | 46.5 | 81.3 | 1.9 | < 0,1 | 152.2 | 0.9 | 16.3 | 85.6 |
| Ashes and residues containing copper | 4,656.6 | 0 | 6,311.2 | 0 | 0.3 | 54.2 | 338.9 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 20,033.3 | 25.4 | 2,075.4 | 17,769.2 | 420.1 | 9,651 | 4,622.4 | 6,588.1 | 65,084.8 | 182,351.5 | 118,074.7 | 85,203.9 | 67,235.3 | 133,510 | 132,958.6 |
| Residues containing precious metals | 6,903.3 | 3,166.7 | 26,589.5 | 4,352.3 | 12,905 | 18,137 | 13,172.4 | 39,117.3 | 13,051 | 27,239.4 | 18,194 | 9,785.4 | 12,623.5 | 10,385.7 | 22,888.3 | 21,070.8 | 19,833.5 | 10,764.4 | 36,842.2 | 24,216.9 | 27,882.1 | 22,191.2 | 22,558.1 | 48,913.5 |
| Slags of iron or steel | 485 | 116.1 | 666.6 | 5.1 | 709.4 | 2.6 | 0 | 53.8 | 468.6 | 6,321.4 | 2,171.4 | 1,164.6 | 3,846.2 | 91.1 | 69.7 | 88.8 | 130.7 | 353.9 | 223.1 | 266.4 | 56.8 | 83.4 | 82.5 | 785.3 |
| Ashes and residues containing zinc or lead | 165.8 | 148.2 | 100.8 | 103.1 | 1,109.9 | 2,011.1 | 697.2 | 817.3 | 1,001.1 | 823.9 | 1,123.6 | 841 | 511.1 | 637.8 | 400.2 | 881 | 482.7 | 439.8 | 711.4 | 1,243.6 | 940.9 | 1,066.9 | 962.1 | 996 |
| Other slags and ashes | 69.8 | 102 | 120.6 | 241.1 | 289.8 | 293.2 | 321.8 | 166.7 | 458.4 | 283 | 404.7 | 320.4 | 171.9 | 135.9 | 132.6 | 175.5 | 264.4 | 274.3 | 132 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.3 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 |
| Ashes and residues containing aluminium | 62.9 | 10 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 36.6 | 228.4 | 513.7 | 421.1 | 323.6 | 71 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 41.8 | 13 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 72,748.7 | 69,428 | 100,690.7 | 111,047.9 | 148,419.6 | 154,482.1 | 132,060 | 166,798.6 | 227,244.6 | 414,582.1 | 245,778.9 | 345,743 | 447,891.1 | 384,266.7 | 456,398.3 | 37,157.2 | 27,345.9 | 76,998.5 | 220,262.2 | 143,805.8 | 114,254 | 90,619.7 | 157,142 | 183,739.1 |
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) Los productos corresponden a agrupaciones de códigos arancelarios del Sistema Armonizado (SA), definidas según su composición principal. Las categorías incluyen residuos, cenizas, escorias y otros subproductos metalúrgicos asociados a procesos minero-metalúrgicos, clasificados según el contenido de cobre, metales preciosos, cinc, plomo, aluminio u otros metales. / Products correspond to groupings of Harmonized System (HS) tariff codes, defined according to their main composition. Categories include residues, ashes, slags and other metallurgical by-products associated with mining and metallurgical processes, classified according to their copper, precious metals, zinc, lead, aluminium or other metal content.
Source stated in the table
Comisión Chilena del Cobre (COCHILCO), en base a información del Servicio Nacional de Aduanas / Chilean Copper Commission (COCHILCO), based on information from the National Customs Service
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.