Table 6.15
Physical Sulfuric Acid Import Shipments by Country of Origin
Unit: MT · Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 · 2000 to 2025
| Series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 13 | 60,948 | 33 | 38 | 37 | 55 | 49,791 | 45,638 | 61 | 121,184 | 37,081 | 40,951 | 60,919 | 38,312 | 75 | 81 | 68 | 49 | 18,445 | 36,929 | 34 | 15,046 | 94,266 | 130,496 | 18,234 | 42,768 |
| Australia | 14,341 | 4,470 | 0 | 25,190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38,910 | 18,858 | 18,952 | 33,511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21,090 | 18,837 | 78,843 | 19,598 | 50,059 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,759 | 73,436 | 15,797 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,654 | 20,999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 275,875 | 33,244 | 115,733 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19,024 | 6,506 | 37,881 | 18,460 | 36,530 | 31,575 | 0 | 39,576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36,079 | 1,741 | 0 | 202,452 |
| Canada | 81 | 138 | 10,183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16,155 | 0 | 21,079 | 0 | 15,855 | 19,049 | 56,240 | 0 | 0 | 38,035 | 0 | 74,916 | 19,852 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210,482 | 0 | 111,733 | 148,387 | 18,761 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57,910 | 265,816 | 676,248 | 169,200 | 757,557 | 1,268,170 | 454,645 | 1,215,086 | 1,473,415 |
| South Korea | 0 | 14,054 | 0 | 49,487 | 21,988 | 68,504 | 96,389 | 253,470 | 391,366 | 189,645 | 669,413 | 648,723 | 0 | 498,321 | 303,758 | 280,613 | 102,505 | 227,615 | 356,163 | 686,897 | 562,201 | 549,617 | 480,875 | 353,914 | 461,726 | 358,966 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,637 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18,626 | 51,336 | 143,286 | 98,782 | 132,378 | 177,021 | 163,281 | 183,225 | 115,641 | 78,038 | 37,323 | 42,685 | 58,403 | 19,049 | 1 | 18,810 | 155,837 | 33,931 | 67,278 |
| United States | 0 | 286 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14,425 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 452 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19,099 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 18,207 | 0 | 16,000 | 3,382 | 0 | 71,464 | 203,571 | 203,202 | 153,599 | 177,067 | 65,183 | 56,564 | 23,799 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,079 | 39,206 | 0 | 0 | 17,812 | 29,887 | 0 | 28,926 |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31,648 | 0 | 0 | 15,407 | 19,723 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,880 | 18,512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,436 | 101,933 | 11,143 | 54,305 |
| India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59,657 | 335,684 | 9,937 | 59,505 | 38,609 | 63,631 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27,343 | 47,468 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10,600 | 3,008 | 0 | 44,549 | 0 | 18,996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,676 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | 3,270 | 47,618 | 220,060 | 191,846 | 122,618 | 161,270 | 102,105 | 301,437 | 370,320 | 335,189 | 675,451 | 711,335 | 724,996 | 699,344 | 449,275 | 321,495 | 175,720 | 194,249 | 457,715 | 380,590 | 251,480 | 295,694 | 430,151 | 337,411 | 443,811 | 442,068 |
| Mexico | 15,044 | 10,000 | 82,242 | 9 | 3,180 | 150,885 | 188,420 | 58,000 | 48,910 | 51,354 | 43 | 239,871 | 219,013 | 36,234 | 58,087 | 218,688 | 160,934 | 317,345 | 324,685 | 263,884 | 81,071 | 278,237 | 138,973 | 106,569 | 232,511 | 93,592 |
| Peru | 156,162 | 136,561 | 108,992 | 105,717 | 97,631 | 107,412 | 99,790 | 499,280 | 683,504 | 635,798 | 749,184 | 950,019 | 963,714 | 1,238,804 | 1,175,064 | 1,205,269 | 1,205,937 | 1,233,168 | 1,283,943 | 1,276,172 | 1,307,352 | 1,107,428 | 1,076,712 | 1,212,537 | 1,124,215 | 957,524 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,028 | 13,637 | 34,006 | 0 | 0 | 18,857 | 30,125 | 3,261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54,119 | 151,257 | 0 | 37,186 |
| Sweden | 0 | 15 | 74,488 | 96,899 | 78,819 | 41,935 | 30,697 | 17,075 | 18,673 | 0 | 0 | 39,266 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19,258 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19,407 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 8,393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21,975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taiwan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,524 | 8,911 | 31,927 | 30,933 |
| Türkiye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16,726 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38,079 | 37,581 | 0 | 64,338 |
| Others | 25 | 196 | 634 | 6,316 | 354 | 403 | 238 | 300 | 31,855 | 47,713 | 486 | 519 | 685,869 | 1,407 | 16,572 | 433 | 433 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 22,790 | 124 | 75 | 5,078 | 134 | 139 |
| TOTAL | 188,936 | 274,286 | 523,232 | 488,338 | 340,627 | 552,870 | 621,743 | 1,397,281 | 2,398,945 | 1,872,761 | 2,644,297 | 3,165,578 | 3,212,635 | 2,835,828 | 2,247,909 | 2,180,255 | 1,723,636 | 2,180,556 | 2,868,618 | 3,527,169 | 2,450,865 | 3,082,574 | 3,696,703 | 3,432,408 | 3,625,369 | 3,969,623 |
Source stated in the table
Elaborado por la Comisión Chilena del Cobre (COCHILCO), en base a información del Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile / Prepared by the Chilean Copper Commission (COCHILCO), based on data 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.