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5. FX and capital controls: Chile

FX and capital controls in Chile: the free exchange principle of the Central Bank law, how the formal FX market works, which inflows and outflows must be channelled through it and reported under the FX Compendium in force since 1 January 2026, the Central Bank's reserve powers, and the tax cost of taking capital, dividends and interest out, each tied to the official text.

Investor view. Chile lets capital in and out freely at a market rate with only reporting duties, and bounds any future restriction by law, which makes its peso one of the most investable currencies in the region.

• FX and capital controls in Chile: free exchange, the formal FX market, Central Bank reporting, and getting capital, dividends and interest outChile has a free floating peso and no capital controls in force: anyone may carry out FX operations freely, foreign investors have a statutory right to the formal FX market and to remit capital and ne

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