Resource center
Practical, up-to-date answers written by the team that clears cargo every day — no jargon, with real numbers.
STEPHENS' resource center offers practical guides on Chilean foreign trade: how to import step by step, what importing really costs (6% duty, 19% VAT, trade agreements) and what a customs broker does. Written and updated by an AEO-certified agency.
The 5 steps, the documents and when you need a customs broker. The guide for your first — or next — import.
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Duties, VAT, operational costs and a worked example. Know your landed cost before buying.
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Role, legal responsibility and the difference with a freight forwarder.
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We are preparing new guides: SAG and Sernapesca permits step by step, a foreign-trade glossary, how to export from Chile and industry-specific guides (retail, agriculture, wine, machinery). Is there a topic you would like us to cover? Write to us.
