• InvestChile’s results and strategic plans were presented at the event led by Economy Minister Nicolás Grau.

The first session of the Committee of Ministers for the Promotion and Attraction of Foreign Investment of 2025 took place this morning, chaired by Economy Minister Nicolás Grau. The meeting included a review of the foreign investment landscape in Chile, as well as progress and developments in the work carried out by InvestChile, our country’s Foreign Investment Promotion Agency.

The meeting was attended by Foreign Affairs Minister Alberto van Klaveren, Transport and Telecommunications Minister Juan Carlos Muñoz, Public Works Undersecretary Javier Sandoval, Energy Undersecretary Luis Felipe Ramos and Mining Undersecretary Suina Chahuán. Also present were Andrea García, director of the Office of Agrarian Studies and Policies (ODEPA), and Carola Moreno, coordinator of Finance and International Affairs at the Treasury Ministry.

At the session, InvestChile Director Karla Flores spoke about the local foreign investment situation, the agency’s results, its focuses and action plans for this year, the progress of its agenda of public policy initiatives related to foreign investment, and its milestones and priorities for 2025.

Among InvestChile’s new initiatives is the Public Infrastructure Investment Opportunities Portal, a multilingual platform that brings together the range of projects offered by different sectors for the first time in a unified, modern and accessible format. The site currently has available background information for 15 projects totaling more than US7.7 billion.

The agency closed out 2024 with an investment project portfolio totaling US$56 billion, the highest figure since InvestChile was founded. The amount, which represents a 68% increase compared to 2023, is associated with 474 projects from foreign companies in various stages of development, and the creation of more than 21,000 potential direct jobs.