Chile-China Free Trade Agreement

Last updated: 6 June 2024

The Free Trade Agreement between China and Chile provides for the full or partial elimination of import tariffs for most energy products and technologies, including: 

  • Agglomerated and reduced iron, alumina;
  • Scrap metal, ammonia, crude steel;
  • Aluminium, nitrogen fertilizers;
  • Solar PV modules, solar cells, solar wafers;
  • Polysilicon, battery packs, battery cells;
  • Anodes and cathodes, electrolysers, heat pumps; 
  • Electric vehicles, ICE cars, among other technologies;


Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries or incorporating materials of external origin valued above 40% of the transaction value of the good to benefit from a preferential tariff treatment.

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