This page displays a table with Colombia Imports By Country in U.S. dollars, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade.

In 2023, Colombia's most imported products were gasolines without tetraethyl lead, reaching an import value of 2.55 billion U.S. dollars. Planes and other aircrafts were the second most imported product by Colombia, accounting for roughly two billion U.S. dollars. In 2022, Colombia's main import sector was machinery and equipment.

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

• 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

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.

In 2023, Colombia imported 17.5 billion U.S. dollars' worth of machinery and equipment, which made it the main imported product category in the country. In that same year, imports related to basic chemicals and petroleum derivates amounted to a combined total of over 17 billion U.S. dollars. These three sectors, along with automotive and metallurgy products, encompassed Colombia's main import categories in 2023.

This graph shows the value of consumer oriented agricultural product imports from the United States into Colombia in 2017, by type. That year, the imports of pork and pork products from the U.S. into Colombia were valued at over 161 million U.S. dollars.

United States Imports from Colombia was US$18.43 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Colombia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on March of 2025.

Key information about Colombia Total Imports from USA

• Colombia Total Imports from USA recorded 1.490 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with 1.571 USD bn in the previous month
• Colombia Total Imports from USA data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1981 to Dec 2024, with an averaged value of 431.809 USD mn
• The data reached an all-time high of 2.025 USD bn in May 2022 and a record low of 88.637 USD mn in Jan 1987

United Kingdom Imports from Colombia was US$639.65 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United Kingdom Imports from Colombia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on March of 2025.

Key information about Colombia Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product

• Colombia Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product was reported at 1,416,784.071 USD th in Dec 2023
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,595,560.630 USD th for Dec 2022
• Colombia Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product data is updated yearly, averaging 592,896.118 USD th from Dec 1995 to 2023, with 29 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 2,134,787.280 USD th in 2021 and a record low of 121,655.224 USD th in 1999
• Colombia Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Sector – Table RT.UNCTAD.MPP: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product: Imports Value by Individual Economies and Territories

In 2023, pharmaceutical imports into Colombia amounted to around 3.6 billion U.S. dollars. A year earlier, pharma imports totaled 3.51 billion U.S. dollars. Between 2013 and 2023, the value of pharmaceutical imports into the South American country increased by about 58 percent.

Colombia Imports: Year to Date: FOB: EU: Luxembourg data was reported at 7.508 USD mn in Nov 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.377 USD mn for Oct 2024. Colombia Imports: Year to Date: FOB: EU: Luxembourg data is updated monthly, averaging 2.868 USD mn from Jan 2006 (Median) to Nov 2024, with 227 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.795 USD mn in Dec 2018 and a record low of 0.038 USD mn in Jan 2008. Colombia Imports: Year to Date: FOB: EU: Luxembourg data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Administrative Department of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.JA040: Imports: by Country: Year to Date.

Colombia Imports: CIF: AS: Hunting data was reported at 0.013 USD mn in Sep 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.146 USD mn for Aug 2024. Colombia Imports: CIF: AS: Hunting data is updated monthly, averaging 0.015 USD mn from Jan 2006 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 225 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.445 USD mn in Aug 2010 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in Oct 2012. Colombia Imports: CIF: AS: Hunting data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Tax and Customs Directorate. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.JA031: Imports: Value: ISIC Rev 3: National Directorate of Taxes and Customs of Colombia.

Colombia Imports: CIF: Mfg: Office Machinery data was reported at 1.148 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.223 USD bn for 2016. Colombia Imports: CIF: Mfg: Office Machinery data is updated yearly, averaging 774.723 USD mn from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2017, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.172 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 417.527 USD mn in 1994. Colombia Imports: CIF: Mfg: Office Machinery data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Administrative Department of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.JA032: Imports: Value: ISIC Rev 3: National Statistics Administrative Department: Annual (Discontinued).

Colombia CO: Imports: % of Goods Imports: Food data was reported at 14.432 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 13.643 % for 2022. Colombia CO: Imports: % of Goods Imports: Food data is updated yearly, averaging 10.298 % from Dec 1962 (Median) to 2023, with 59 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.185 % in 2020 and a record low of 5.500 % in 1963. Colombia CO: Imports: % of Goods Imports: Food 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: Imports. Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).;World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.;Weighted average;Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

The timeline shows the value of U.S. agricultural imports from Colombia from 1990 to 2023. The value of U.S. agricultural imports from Colombia amounted to about 4.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2023.

Colombia was the biggest coffee trading partner of the United States in 2023, with the U.S. importing 1.55 billion dollars’ worth in that year. Brazil, another South American country known for its coffee tradition, was second, exporting over 1.5 billion dollars of coffee to the U.S. in the same year. Colombian coffee Colombia is well known for its coffee. The fictional character Juan Valdez, used in advertisements for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, has become an icon in popular culture, instantly associated with Colombian coffee. In 2020, the country was the third largest coffee grower in the world, producing 14.3 million 60-kilogram bags of coffee. About 16 percent of the coffee imported by the United States from Colombia was Fair Trade certified in 2016. Fair trade is a movement which aims to improve conditions for workers in agriculture and the environmental sustainability of the crops harvested. In the same year, 22 million dollars of the imported coffee from Colombia was organic.

Imports YoY in Colombia increased to 8.50 percent in January from 7.50 percent in December of 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Colombia Imports YoY.

This statistic shows the leading trading partners of Colombia for the import of toys, games and sports equipment in 2023, by import value. In that year, China was the leading trade partner for Colombian imports of toys and games, with an import value of about 213.5 million U.S. dollars. United States ranked second with the import value amounting to around 17.26 million U.S. dollars.

Colombia CO: Imports: % of Commercial Service Imports: Services: Computer, Communication & Other Services data was reported at 35.012 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 29.241 % for 2022. Colombia CO: Imports: % of Commercial Service Imports: Services: Computer, Communication & Other Services data is updated yearly, averaging 21.711 % from Dec 1968 (Median) to 2023, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38.126 % in 2020 and a record low of 11.541 % in 1994. Colombia CO: Imports: % of Commercial Service Imports: Services: Computer, Communication & Other Services 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: Imports. Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Weighted average;