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Customs Information
Chile
- CUSTOMER MUST BE IN COUNTRY AT TIME OF CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
- Returning Chileans and anyone coming to work in Chile are exempt from duties on their household goods and personal effects
| Transportation |
Chile |
| Railways: |
total: 6,585 km
broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (2004) |
| Highways: |
total: 79,605 km
paved: 16,080 km (including 407 km of expressways)
unpaved: 63,525 km (2001) |
| Waterways: |
50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2004) |
| Pipelines: |
gas 2,583 km; gas/lpg 42 km; liquid petroleum gas 539 km; oil 1,003 km; refined products 757 km (2004) |
| Ports and Harbors: |
Antofagasta , Arica , Huasco, Iquique , Lirquen, San Antonio , San Vicente, Valparaiso |
| Merchant Marine: |
total: 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 725,216 GRT/954,519 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 6, chemical tanker 9, container 1, liquefied gas 3, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 4
registered in other countries: 21 (2005) |
| Airports: |
364 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 71
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 15 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 293
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 60
under 914 m: 217 (2004 est.) |
| Geography |
Chile |
| Location: |
Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru |
| Geographic Coordinates: |
30 00 S, 71 00 W |
| Map References: |
South America |
| Area: |
total: 756,950 sq km
land: 748,800 sq km
water: 8,150 sq km
note: includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gomez |
| Area Comparative: |
slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana |
| Land Boundaries: |
total: 14,691 km
border countries: Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia 1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119 km, Paraguay 1,290 km, Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km, Venezuela 2,200 km |
| Coastline: |
6,435 km |
| Maritime Claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200/350 nm |
| Climate: |
temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south |
| Terrain: |
low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east |
| Elevation Extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m |
| Natural Resources: |
copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower |
| Land Use: |
arable land: 2.65%
permanent crops: 0.42%
other: 96.93% (2001) |
| Irrigated Land: |
18,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural Hazards: |
severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis |
| Environment - current issues: |
widespread deforestation and mining threaten natural resources; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage |
| Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography - Note: |
strategic location relative to sea lanes between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); Atacama Desert is one of world's driest regions |
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