Husbandry products made up the bulk of Chilean exports to the rest of the viceroyalty.
Chilean exports of wood to the United States, almost all of which come from this southern region, are about $600 million a year and rising.
Chilean exports to the United States skyrocketed from nearly nothing in the late 1980's to 70 million pounds in 1996 - almost half the market for farmed salmon.
Chile is the world's top producer of copper, which is by far the largest Chilean export good (accounting for over 40% of export revenue).
Tariffs on nearly 90 percent of Chilean exports are to be eliminated immediately, with the rest to be removed over the next seven years.
Chilean exports to China are mainly in copper, niter, pulp, paper, fish meal and timber.
Chilean export amounted to 23 percent of Chile's total exports.
These three markets alone accounted for an additional US $5.5 billion worth of Chilean exports.
Copper mining has long been the most consistent of Chilean exports; and in current day, it still accounts for almost one-third of all foreign trade.
In 2006 salmon from Chilean aquacultures was the third largest export product in terms value, representing 3,9 of Chilean exports behind copper and molybdenum.