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Gains (losses) from operating activities in the statement of income by function of expenses, included according to their nature (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Disclosure Of Revenue From Products and Services [Abstract]

Disclosure of disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers [text block]

The Group derives revenues from the sale of goods (which are recognised at one point in time) and from the provision of services (which are recognised over time) and are distributed among the following geographical areas and main product and service lines:

12/31/2018
Geographic areas	Specialty plant nutrition		Iodine and derivatives		Lithium and derivatives		Potassium		Industrial chemicals		Other		Total ThUS$
Chile		111,595		1,052		700		25,593		4,575		45,834		189,349
Latin America and the Caribbean		77,737		6,390		3,596		80,192		12,097		177		180,189
Europe		200,229		112,080		103,430		46,068		17,384		473		479,664
North America		240,995		83,587		68,254		50,685		27,347		647		471,515
Asia and Others		151,194		121,863		558,821		64,936		46,865		1,407		945,086
Total		781,750		324,972		734,801		267,474		108,268		48,538		2,265,803

12/31/2017
Geographic areas	Specialty plant nutrition		Iodine and derivatives		Lithium and derivatives		Potassium		Industrial chemicals		Other		Total ThUS$
Chile		91,243		1,054		802		20,001		2,522		45,942		161,564
Latin America and the Caribbean		71,335		5,756		3,109		142,610		9,180		155		232,145
Europe		177,997		81,557		88,443		72,405		28,346		305		449,053
North America		235,963		67,491		42,918		69,105		25,824		553		441,854
Asia and Others		120,713		96,265		509,301		75,205		69,706		1,517		872,707
Total		697,251		252,123		644,573		379,326		135,578		48,472		2,157,323

12/31/2016
Geographic areas	Specialty plant nutrition		Iodine and derivatives		Lithium and derivatives		Potassium		Industrial chemicals		Other		Total ThUS$
Chile		102,804		1,319		500		18,940		3,398		60,108		187,069
Latin America and the Caribbean		69,805		6,136		3,002		154,012		9,194		223		242,372
Europe		116,863		86,095		77,850		82,040		14,391		887		378,126
North America		211,954		63,193		41,226		81,043		24,485		337		422,238
Asia and Others		122,427		74,401		392,049		67,288		52,669		683		709,517
Total		623,853		231,144		514,627		403,323		104,137		62,238		1,939,322

Disclosure Of Revenue By Products Text Block [Text Block]

b) Main product lines:

	January to December
	2018		2017		2016
Products and Services	ThUS$		ThUS$		ThUS$
Specialty plant nutrition		781,750		697,251		623,853
Sodium Nitrates		17,688		18,555		16,891
Potassium nitrate and sodium potassium nitrate		527,945		474,451		390,964
Specialty Blends		145,512		121,263		129,943
Other specialty fertilizers		90,605		82,982		86,055
Iodine and derivatives		324,972		252,123		231,144
Lithium and derivatives		734,801		644,573		514,627
Potassium		267,474		379,326		403,323
Industrial chemicals		108,268		135,578		104,137
Other		48,538		48,472		62,238
Commodities		18,582		11,822		19,842
Other ordinary income Commercial Offices		24,465		32,784		37,068
Income from services rendered and others Other
Income from the provision of services		4,017		3,795		4,122
Income from leasing properties		1,474		71		1,205
Total		2,265,803		2,157,323		1,939,322

Disclosure of cost of sales [text block]

25.2

Cost of sales

	12/31/2018			12/31/2017			12/31/2016
	ThUS$			ThUS$			ThUS$
Raw materials and consumables used		(260,863	)		(227,620	)		(208,697	)
Classes of employee benefit expenses		(203,569	)		(172,084	)		(162,335	)
Depreciation expense		(212,582	)		(232,275	)		(271,128	)
Amortization expense		(7,194	)		(8,153	)		(12,438	)
Operating leases		(75,395	)		(80,160	)		(71,548	)
Investment plan expenses		(13,384	)		(17,180	)		(17,697	)
Contractors		(78,825	)		(72,348	)		(66,051	)
Mining concessions		(8,168	)		(7,802	)		(7,313	)
Operations transport		(64,352	)		(69,052	)		(59,399	)
Freight and product transport costs		(43,510	)		(55,383	)		(64,857	)
Purchase of products from third parties		(239,781	)		(208,147	)		(211,928	)
Insurance		(9,816	)		(10,255	)		(12,033	)
CORFO rights		(182,954	)		(46,274	)		(41,962	)
Export costs		(84,816	)		(83,057	)		(105,307	)
Variation in inventory		11,600			(90,998	)		(10,774	)
Other expenses, by nature		(9,915	)		(14,034	)		(4,818	)
Total		(1,483,524	)		(1,394,822	)		(1,328,285	)

Disclosure of detailed information about other income [Text Block]

25.3

Other income

	12/31/2018		12/31/2017		12/31/2016
	ThUS$		ThUS$		ThUS$
Discounts obtained from suppliers		705		345		771
Fines charged to suppliers		698		199		358
Taxes recovered		685		1,278		657
Amounts recovered from insurance		443		154		5,636
Overestimate of provisions for third-party obligations		375		586		573
Other operating income		1,847		4,543		2,690
Options on mining claims		16,095		2,607		2,577
Easements, pipelines and roads		10,806		4,656		219
Reimbursement mining licenses and notary expenses		394		1,196		1,300
Shares obtained in junior mining companies through options		-		2,263		421
Total		32,048		17,827		15,202

Description of detailed information about employee benefits by nature of expenses [Text Block]

25.4

Administrative expenses

	12/31/2018			13/31/2017			13/31/2016
	ThUS$			ThUS$			ThUS$
Employee benefit expenses by nature
Remuneration and benefits to employees		(63,880	)		(51,761	)		(47,192	)
Marketing costs		(3,078	)		(2,539	)		(1,535	)
Amortization expenses		(15	)		(8	)		(6	)
Entertainment expenses		(4,805	)		(4,781	)		(4,022	)
Advisory services		(12,848	)		(14,348	)		(16,474	)
Leases		(4,556	)		(4,097	)		(4,236	)
Insurance		(1,758	)		(1,767	)		(1,732	)
Office expenses		(8,165	)		(5,357	)		(5,182	)
Contractors		(5,730	)		(4,805	)		(4,329	)
Other expenses, by nature		(13,291	)		(11,708	)		(3,728	)
Total		(118,126	)		(101,171	)		(88,436	)

Disclosure of detailed information about expenses by function [Text Block]

25.5

Other expenses by function

	12/31/2018			12/31/2017			12/31/2016
	ThUS$			ThUS$			ThUS$

Classes of Employee Benefit Expenses

Depreciation and amortization expense
Depreciation of assets not in use		(59	)		(90	)		(111	)
Subtotal		(59	)		(90	)		(111	)
Impairment losses (reversals of impairment losses) recognized in profit (loss) for the year
Amortization expense intangible		(1,649	)		-			-
Subtotal		(1,649	)		-			-
Other expenses, by nature
Legal expenses		(15,139	)		(25,176	)		(5,737	)
VAT and other unrecoverable taxes		(1,187	)		(1,295	)		(1,015	)
Fines paid		(965	)		(1,112	)		(31,867	)
Investment plan expenses		(13,419	)		(10,006	)		(6,657	)
Donations not accepted as tax credit		(4,502	)		(5,527	)		(1,692	)
Reorganization of related businesses		6,000			(6,000	)		-
Expenses to cease operations		-			-			(32,061	)
Other operating expenses		(7,636	)		(4,394	)		(3,393	)
Subtotal		(35,199	)		(53,510	)		(82,422	)
Total		(36,907	)		(53,600	)		(82,533	)

Disclosure of detailed information about other income expenses [Text Block]

25.6

Other gains (losses)

	12/31/2018			12/31/2017		12/31/2016
	ThUS$			ThUS$		ThUS$
Adjust previous year application method of participation		(664	)		500		(721	)
Impairment of interests in joint ventures (1)		(8,802	)		-		-
Sales of investments (2)		13,748			-		7,636
Others		2,122			43		(6,236	)
Total		6,404			543		679

(1)

See Note 10.2.

(2)

During the month of December 2018, SQM S.A. sold its interest in Minera Exar S.A. generating a pre-tax profit of ThUS$14,507.

Disclosure Of Impairment Losses And Reversal Of Impairment Losses [Table Text Block]

25.7

Impairment of gains and reversal of impairment losses

	12/31/2018		12/31/2017			12/31/2016
	ThUS$		ThUS$			ThUS$
Net impairment gains on reversal (losses) of financial assets		2,967		(8,038	)		(7,198	)
Total		2,967		(8,038	)		(7,198	)

Disclosure of detailed information about expenses by nature [Text Block]

25.8

Summary of expenses by nature

	January to December
	2018			2017			2016
	ThUS$			ThUS$			ThUS$

Raw materials and consumables		(260,863	)		(227,620	)		(208,697	)
Classes of Employee Benefit Expenses
Personnel expenses		(267,449	)		(223,845	)		(209,527	)
Depreciation and amortization expense
Depreciation expense		(212,641	)		(232,365	)		(271,239	)
Amortization expense		(8,858	)		(8,161	)		(12,444	)
Operating leases		(79,951	)		(84,257	)		(75,784	)
Legal expenses		(15,139	)		(25,176	)		(5,737	)
Investment plan expenses		(26,803	)		(27,186	)		(24,354	)
Contractors		(86,313	)		(78,920	)		(72,112	)
Mining concessions		(8,168	)		(7,802	)		(7,313	)
Operation transport		(64,352	)		(69,052	)		(59,399	)
Freight and product transport costs		(43,510	)		(55,383	)		(64,857	)
Purchase of products from third parties		(239,781	)		(208,147	)		(211,928	)
Office expenses		(17,981	)		(15,612	)		(17,215	)
CORFO rights		(182,954	)		(46,274	)		(41,962	)
Export costs		(84,816	)		(83,057	)		(105,307	)
Representation expenses		(4,805	)		(4,781	)		(4,022	)
Restructuring of joint ventures		6,000			(6,000	)		-
Plant suspension expenses		-			-			(32,061	)
Consultant and advisor services		(12,848	)		(14,348	)		(16,474	)
Variation in inventory		11,600			(90,998	)		(10,774	)
Other expenses, by nature		(38,925	)		(40,609	)		(48,048	)
Other expenses by nature		(1,638,557	)		(1,549,593	)		(1,499,254	)

Disclosure of interest expense [text block]

25.9

Finance expenses

	January to December
	2018			2017			2016
	ThUS$			ThUS$			ThUS$
Interest expense from bank borrowings and overdrafts		(1,707	)		(1,650	)		(1,847	)
Interest expense from bonds		(55,887	)		(49,373	)		(55,563	)
Interest expense from loans		(3,093	)		(2,002	)		(4,419	)
Capitalized interest expenses		5,021			4,382			5,406
Financial expenses for site closure		(960	)		-			-
Other finance costs		(3,288	)		(1,481	)		(1,075	)
Total		(59,914	)		(50,124	)		(57,498	)