Table 4.5
Copper Exports by Product Type 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unwrought refined copper | 4,300.4 | 4,661.2 | 8,507.8 | 10,522.9 | 17,512.4 | 20,571.7 | 19,874 | 16,533.8 | 23,898.6 | 26,077.6 | 22,419.3 | 19,335.6 | 16,989.9 | 14,377.4 | 12,939.9 | 14,480.2 | 15,562.6 | 13,241 | 13,829 | 20,535.2 | 17,905.6 | 17,382.7 | 17,327.3 | 16,341.5 |
| Copper ores and concentrates | 1,753.2 | 2,721.8 | 5,292.4 | 7,349.3 | 12,372.8 | 14,230.5 | 10,640.9 | 9,479.2 | 13,783.5 | 13,806 | 15,736.1 | 16,458.6 | 15,637.7 | 11,817.3 | 11,869.1 | 15,629.1 | 17,662.4 | 17,599.6 | 19,359.6 | 27,941.6 | 22,083.3 | 23,468.4 | 30,547.1 | 35,491.7 |
| Copper for refining, blister copper and anodes | 255.4 | 469.5 | 978.9 | 1,269.8 | 2,860.7 | 2,975.2 | 2,183.2 | 1,806 | 2,542.7 | 3,091.5 | 3,340.4 | 3,438.4 | 2,808 | 2,294.5 | 1,871.4 | 2,414.1 | 2,186.8 | 1,432.8 | 1,944.8 | 2,645.7 | 2,574.8 | 2,299.3 | 2,169.8 | 2,268.7 |
| Copper waste and scrap | 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 |
| Copper mattes and cement | 0.8 | 2.9 | 11.5 | 30 | 201.5 | 82.7 | 96.8 | 40.2 | 95.6 | 33.5 | 65.5 | 193.9 | 32 | 15 | 13.2 | 95.3 | 32.4 | 20 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 26.7 |
| Copper powders and flakes | < 0,1 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | < 0,1 | 0.5 | 2 | 8.4 | 23.8 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Unwrought copper alloys | 0.1 | < 0,1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 12.7 | 19.4 | 5 | 2.7 | 0.3 |
| Copper master alloys | < 0,1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 | < 0,1 |
| TOTAL | 6,334.6 | 7,895.7 | 14,896.5 | 19,303.4 | 33,298.8 | 38,533.2 | 33,238.2 | 28,232.3 | 41,263 | 43,630 | 41,755.5 | 39,768.9 | 35,777.6 | 28,736.1 | 27,090.7 | 32,801.6 | 35,615.3 | 32,373.1 | 35,334.9 | 51,257 | 42,745.9 | 43,352.5 | 50,316.2 | 54,384.2 |
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).
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.