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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-12-014892
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120314
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120314
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120314

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000909037
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			F3
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-65728
		FILM NUMBER:		12690665

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		EL TROVADOR 4285, 6TH FLOOR
		STREET 2:		LAS CONDES
		CITY:			SANTIAGO CHILE
		STATE:			F3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5624252485
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES OF AMERICA</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 6-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Includes the free translation of
a material event filed by Sociedad Qu&iacute;mica y Minera de Chile S.A. before the Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros de Chile
on March 6, 2012.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>SOCIEDAD QUIMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE
S.A.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>CHEMICAL AND MINING COMPANY OF CHILE
INC.</U></P>

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English)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>El Trovador 4285, Santiago, Chile
(562) 425-2000</U></P>

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executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">&#9;Form 20-F <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#83;</FONT><U> </U>&#9;Form 40-F
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#163;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">&#9;Yes <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#163;</FONT>&#9;No
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#83;</FONT><U> </U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">If &quot;Yes&quot; is marked, indicate
below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82_________</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Santiago, Chile, March 14, 2012
</B>- Sociedad Qu&iacute;mica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) (NYSE: SQM; Santiago Stock Exchange: SQM-B, SQM-A) informs that its
Board of Directors, in its ordinary Board of Directors meeting held on March 6, 2012 unanimously agreed to recommend to the next
General Annual Shareholders meeting of SQM to pay by a definitive dividend of 50% of the distributable net income obtained by SQM
during the fiscal year of 2011.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Such recommendation implies maintaining
the current &ldquo;Dividends Policy for Fiscal Year 2011 of SQM&rdquo; that was approved at the General Annual Meeting of Shareholders
of SQM that was held on April 28, 2011.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Therefore, and subject to the approval
of SQM&rsquo;s shareholders at the next General Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 26, 2012, SQM will pay a definitive
dividend of US$1.03679 per share as a consequence of the distributable net income obtained during the fiscal year 2011. Nevertheless,
from this definitive dividend shall be discounted the amount of US$0.73329 that was already paid by concept of provisional dividend,
and the balance, ascending to US$0.30350 per share, will be paid and distributed in favor of the shareholders of SQM that are registered
in the respective registry during the fifth working day prior to the day such payment will be paid. Said amount will be paid in
its equivalent in local currency, Chilean Pesos, based on the &ldquo;Observed Dollar&rdquo; or &ldquo;USA Dollar&rdquo; published
on the &ldquo;Diario Oficial&rdquo; on April 26, 2012. This, in favor of the corresponding Shareholders personally or through duly
authorized representatives, beginning 9:00 on Wednesday, May 9 of this ongoing year.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We hereby notify the above as an essential
fact and pursuant to that set forth for said purpose in articles 9 and 10 second paragraph of the Law N&deg; 18,045. In addition,
it is also in conformance with that indicated in the &ldquo;Dividends Policy Fiscal Year 2011&rdquo; of SQM and with that in the
Circulars N&deg;660, N&deg;687 and N&deg;1062 and with that in the General Standard N&deg;30 of such Superintendence.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">THIS REPORT IS AN ENGLISH
TRANSLATION OF, AND AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS PRESENTATION OF, THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
2010 REPORT FILED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENCIA DE VALORES Y SEGUROS (SVS) IN CHILE, AND UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, FIGURES ARE IN
US DOLLARS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SOCIEDAD QUIMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE
S.A.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Conf:<U> /s/ Ricardo Ramos R.&nbsp;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Ricardo Ramos R.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Chief Financial Officer</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date: March 14, 2012</P>

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