Entry through Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)

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What you should know before declaring

When entering Chile, you must prepare to complete your Affidavit. Once completed, you must have it available to display or deliver to SAG Official for control before the inspection of your luggage.

So that your arrival in Chile through Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) is smooth and unobstructed, you need to know the following:

The SAG Affidavit Form must be filled out by every person over 18 years of age who enters Chile. Before completing it, you must read the content carefully, since it will allow you to find out about the products to be declared, and then complete all the fields on the form.
The form is available in digital format, which you can access immediately when you arrive in Chile from your mobile device, at sagingresoachile.cl and through QR codes available at the airport.
You can also access the SAG Affidavit format for Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in editable PDF format, by clicking here. Once the form is completed, it must be printed and signed.
In addition, you can complete the paper form, which will be available at the airport counters.
You must declare on your form all the risk products that you bring in from your trip in your clothes, in your luggage (suitcases, bags, backpacks, boxes, wallets, etc.), such as fresh fruits, sausages, honey, handicrafts, dried fruits, among others. Products will be checked by a SAG Official upon entering the country.
There are many animal and plant products that can be brought into Chile. This is the reason why it is very important that in case you have any doubt you ask a SAG Official.
Not declaring risk products on the SAG Affidavit form is associated with sanctions and fine payments. Avoid them!

What you should know to declare correctly

When should you tick “YES” on your affidavit?

When entering Chile with animals (pets, bees, birds, insects, etc.) or products of animal origin, such as: ham, sausages, cheese, yogurt, honey, royal jelly, propolis, animal feed, trophy pieces, hunting or museum, or veterinary medicinal products.

To know those products of animal origin that you can enter Chile with your luggage, click here.

When entering Chile with flowers and plants (leaves, stems, cuttings, roots, soil, etc.) or plant products, such as: fruits and vegetables (fresh, dry, dehydrated, frozen and agro-industrialised), grains and seeds, pulses, spices or dressings, herbs and vegetable condiments, woods, ornaments or crafts of plant origin, pesticides or fertilisers.

To know those products of agricultural origin that can enter Chile with your luggage, click here.

Whenever you have doubts as whether a product is risky or not, always ask a SAG Official, he/she will help you with the process.

It is important that you help us protect our country from pests and diseases!

How is your luggage inspected?

After completing the immigration process to enter Chile, you must have your complete SAG Affidavit available to hand in or show the SAG Inspector since your luggage will be inspected.

Luggage inspection can be done in three ways:

SAG Canine Brigade Detector team (dog detector with its SAG guide). This inspection does not require the luggage to be opened, unless the dog makes a suspicion alert, in which case the SAG Official will ask the person responsible for the luggage to open it in order to verify its contents.

X-ray machines operated by a SAG Official. This inspection does not require the luggage to be opened, unless a suspicious image is observed, in which case the person responsible for the luggage will be asked to open it in order to verify its contents.

Manual inspection. The SAG Official asks the person responsible for the luggage to open it in order to review its content manually. This inspection may be complementary to the previous two.

If through any of these methods a risk product for animals, plants or forests in Chile is detected, the SAG Officials will prevent their entry and will be eliminated in full. By doing this the SAG seeks to prevent possible transmission and dissemination of pests and diseases within the country.

Why can some products of animal and plant origin not to be brought into Chile?

Not declaring the products that you bring in to Chile and handing them over for evaluation to SAG Officials could mean that the product you want to enter may cause damage to the country's production, spurring a need for an eradication or control plan, and with this, great economic loss, along with a decrease in confidence of the markets which Chile exports to.

The objective of the Chilean entry inspection is to prevent the entry of exotic diseases (1), quarantine pests (2), and invasive species (3) of economic importance according to the priorities of the country's agricultural policy.

DECLARE all products of plant and animal origin, and if you have any doubts, ask a SAG Official before displaying or delivering your Affidavit, call 600 818 1724 or complete the contact form.

Regulated entry products that must be declared regardless of their quantity, industrialisation degree or time since they were received (4)	Health Hazard
Bee products: honey, beeswax, pollen, etc.	They can carry bee origin diseases such as American foulbrood, bee nosemosis, varroasis, etc.
Handicrafts and/or ornamental products with products, by-products, or animal and/or plant origin parts.	They can pass on diseases.
Fruits and/or vegetables.	They can introduce pests such as fruit flies, weevils, etc.
Wild flowers and/or plants, garden ones or commercial store ones. Plants and their parts: seeds, bulbs, rhizomes, roots, buds, tubers, cuttings, quills, etc.	They can introduce pests and diseases because they are potential insects, fungi, bacteria, viruses, and other harmful microorganisms’ carriers.
Insects, bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microorganisms for research or other uses.	Be part of expansible pests.
All kind of animals	They can be carriers of diseases such as rabies, toxoplasmosis, psittacosis among many others.
Meat of any animal species. Vacuum products, cold meat, hams, etc. dairy products, and/or their derivatives.	They can pass on diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, BSE (mad cow disease), food toxinfections, etc.
Chemical and biological products to be used in agricultural activities. Pharmaceutical products for veterinary use only. Animal feed products.	They can spread transmissible diseases to animals.

Exotic diseases (1), that do not exist in the country.
Quarantine pests (2), a pest of potential economic importance for a country or area, which is not present or is not widely distributed.
Invasive species (3), animals, plants or other organisms transported and introduced by humans in places outside their natural habitat and that have managed to establish and disperse in another place, where they are harmful.
(4) These products must present the required documentation and/or be authorised by the SAG Official, as appropriate, for entry to Chile.