Goods Across Borders · Customs rule card
Professional Camera → Chile
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2026-07-25
Professional Camera is generally allowed for personal-use carriage into Chile.
Details
Professional Camera is generally allowed for personal-use carriage into Chile. Servicio Nacional de Aduanas treats single-unit personal effects as routine; no declaration required unless quantities suggest commercial intent (typically 5+ identical units). Pacific Alliance / Mercosur / CAFTA-DR / USMCA / Andean Community preferential treatment for member-state goods. Personal-import duty-free threshold is 30 USD; carriage above the threshold attracts duty + 19% VAT.
Leaving with this item
Professional camera equipment may be exported from Chile freely at personal-use quantities.
Practical advice
Walk the Green Channel for single-unit personal effects. For multiple units or high-value items, declare at Red Channel + present purchase receipts. Servicio Nacional de Aduanas publishes the current personal-allowance schedule at https://www.aduana.cl/.
Customs authority
Servicio Nacional de Aduanas · https://www.aduana.cl/