Imports in Colombia increased to 5.79 USD Billion in April from 5.54 USD Billion in March of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Colombia Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Colombia's total Exports in 2023 were valued at US$49.77 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Colombia's main export partners were: the United States, Panama and China. The top three export commodities were: Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products; Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins and Coffee, tea, mate and spices. Total Imports were valued at US$62.78 Billion. In 2023, Colombia had a trade deficit of US$13.01 Billion.

In 2023, Colombia imported 386 million U.S. dollars' worth of furniture items, while exporting only about 181 million U.S. dollars. This led to a trade deficit, or negative trade balance, in Colombia's furtniture trade. Mexico, on the other hand, experienced a trade surplus in the furniture market that year.

Key information about Colombia Total Exports

• Colombia Total Exports recorded 3.8 USD bn in Jan 2025, compared with 4.5 USD bn in the previous month
• Colombia Total Exports data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1970 to Jan 2025, with an averaged value of 908.1 USD mn
• The data reached an all-time high of 5.9 USD bn in Jul 2022 and a record low of 27.3 USD mn in Jul 1971

National Statistics Administrative Department provides Total Exports, FOB, in USD. [COVID-19-IMPACT]


Further information about Colombia Total Exports

• In the latest reports, Colombia Total Exports grew 4.3 % YoY in Jan 2025
• Total Imports recorded 5.7 USD bn in Dec 2024, which registered an increase of 7.5 % year on year
• Colombia Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 1.2 USD bn in Dec 2024

From 2009 to 2012, the total value of exports in Colombia increased by 27.28 billion U.S. dollars, while that of imports did so by nearly 25 billion dollars. In terms of exports, however, this trend reversed in 2013 and followed a downward course until 2016. In terms of imports, the total annual value continued to grow until 2014, but also showed a negative development for the following two years. From 2016 on, the value of both exports and imports in Colombia has recovered, amounting to 50.27 U.S. billion dollars in imports and 39.5 U.S. billion dollars in exports in 2019. In 2023, Colombia's trade balance amounted to -9.68 billion U.S. dollars, with imports amounting to over 59 billion and exports over 49 billion dollars.

The Colombian automotive manufacturing industry's imports have exceeded its exports at least since 2010. In 2023, imports of motor vehicles and their engines in the South American country amounted to 3.8 billion U.S. dollars, whereas the exported value totaled around 430 million dollars. The automotive trade balance in Colombia has shifted in 2023, due to lower imports and slightly higher exports compared to the previous year.

Colombia Exports to United States was US$14.11 Billion during 2023, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Colombia Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2025.

Key information about Colombia Total Imports

• Colombia Total Imports recorded 5.7 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with a value of 5.9 USD bn in the previous month
• Colombia Total Imports data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1980 to Dec 2024, with an average number of 1.2 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 7.3 USD bn in Aug 2022 and a record low of 275.2 USD mn in Mar 1986

National Statistics Administrative Department provides Total Imports, CIF, in USD. [COVID-19-IMPACT]


Further information about Colombia Total Imports

• In the latest reports, Colombia Total Imports grew 7.5 % YoY in Dec 2024
• Total Exports grew 4.3 % YoY, to 3.8 USD bn in Jan 2025
• Colombia Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 1.2 USD bn in Dec 2024

In 2023, Colombia's most exported products were crude petroleum or bituminous mineral oils, and thermal coal, reaching an export value of 12.4 billion U.S. dollars and 7.65 billion dollars, respectively. Unroasted and not decaffeinated coffee was Colombia's fourth most exported product, with roughly 2.8 billion U.S. dollars' worth of exports.

This graph shows the growth in the U.S. export volume of trade goods to Colombia from 1985 to 2023. In 2023, the U.S. exports to Colombia amounted to about 17.55 billion U.S. dollars.

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Colombia's total Imports in 2023 were valued at US$62.78 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Colombia's main import partners were: the United States, China and Brazil. The top three import commodities were: Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products; Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers and Electrical, electronic equipment. Total Exports were valued at US$49.77 Billion. In 2023, Colombia had a trade deficit of US$13.01 Billion.

Key information about Colombia Total Exports

• Colombia Total Exports expanded 4.3 % YoY in Jan 2025, compared with an increase of 0.6 % YoY in the previous month
• Colombia Total Exports Growth data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1971 to Jan 2025, with an averaged rate of 7.6 %
• The data reached an all-time high of 175.3 % in Jul 1972 and a record low of -51.7 % in Apr 2020

CEIC calculates Total Exports Growth from monthly Total Exports. National Administrative Department of Statistics provides Total Exports, FOB, in USD.


Further information about Colombia Total Exports

• In the latest reports, Colombia Total Exports recorded 3.8 USD bn in Jan 2025
• Total Imports recorded 5.7 USD bn in Dec 2024, which registered an increase of 7.5 % year on year
• Colombia Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 1.2 USD bn in Dec 2024

Key information about Colombia Total Exports to USA

• Colombia Total Exports to USA recorded 1.159 USD bn in Jan 2025, compared with 1.230 USD bn in the previous Dec 2024
• Colombia Total Exports to USA data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2008 to Jan 2025, with an averaged value of 1.089 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 2.319 USD bn in Mar 2012 and a record low of 468.911 USD mn in Apr 2020

National Administrative Department of Statistics provides monthly Total Exports to USA, FOB, in USD.

In 2022, Colombia's imports from China exceeded its exports by more than 16.5 billion U.S. dollars. In that year, the value of products imported by Colombia from the Asian country reached 18.7 billion dollars, whereas exports totaled 2.17 billion dollars. In comparison to the previous year, exports from Colombia to China decreased by about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.

Key information about Colombia's Trade Balance

• Colombia's Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 1.2 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with a deficit of 1.7 USD bn in the previous month
• Colombia's Trade Balance data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1958 to Dec 2024, with an averaged value of -21.9 USD mn
• The data reached an all-time high of 808.6 USD mn in Dec 2011 and a record low of -2.9 USD bn in Aug 2022

CEIC calculates monthly Trade Balance from monthly Total Exports and monthly Total Imports. National Administrative Department of Statistics provides Total Exports and Total Imports in USD. Trade Balance prior to January 1980 is sourced from the International Monetary Fund.

Further information about Colombia's Trade Balance

• In the latest reports, Colombia's Total Exports reached 4.5 USD bn in Dec 2024, an increase of 7.5% YoY (year-on-year)
• Total Imports recorded 5.7 USD bn in Dec 2024, an increase of 7.5% YoY (year-on-year)

Colombia CO: GDP: Real: Exports as a Capacity to Import data was reported at 169,396,231.143 COP mn in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 183,980,873.227 COP mn for 2022. Colombia CO: GDP: Real: Exports as a Capacity to Import data is updated yearly, averaging 33,557,504.043 COP mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 183,980,873.227 COP mn in 2022 and a record low of 5,393,746.754 COP mn in 1961. Colombia CO: GDP: Real: Exports as a Capacity to Import data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Gross Domestic Product: Real. Exports as a capacity to import equals the current price value of exports of goods and services deflated by the import price index. Data are in constant local currency.;World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.;;

In 2018, the European Union exported a total of 2.18 billion euros in machinery and transport equipment to Colombia. This was the type of product with the largest volume of trade between the EU and this South American country. In the same year, mineral fuels was the second most traded category, with a total foreign trade value of over 2.2 billion euros, of which 2.1 billion were EU imports from Colombia.

Key information about Colombia Total Imports Growth

• Colombia Total Imports grew 7.5 % YoY in Dec 2024, compared with an increase of 13.7 % YoY in the previous month
• Colombia Total Imports Growth data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1981 to Dec 2024, with an averaged rate of 6.9 %
• The data reached an all-time high of 108.7 % in Mar 1993 and a record low of -40.5 % in Apr 1999

CEIC calculates Total Imports Growth from monthly Total Imports. National Administrative Department of Statistics provides Total Imports, CIF, in USD.


Further information about Colombia Total Imports Growth

• In the latest reports, Colombia Total Imports recorded 5.7 USD bn in Dec 2024
• Total Exports reached 4.5 USD bn in Dec 2024, which registered an increase of 4.3 % year on year
• Colombia Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 1.2 USD bn in Dec 2024

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