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This article analyzes the economic organization networks and the movement of agro-livestock sector manufacturing and products entering through the port of Arica from Castile and the Indies from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Thereby, this article seeks to examine the commercial movement and routes that united this city with the Real Audiencia of Charcas. These inquiries led to the conclusion that two-way trade took place in the port of Arica, which made use of ancient Andean routes, creating a series of socio-cultural interactions and cultural changes in the Hispanic and indigenous populations of the area due to the active link between the village and imperial cultural/economic dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]