Colombia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

-2.05

Units In

USD Billion

-1.38

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 21, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 17 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
0.81 Dec 2011	-2.7 Aug 2022	-0.35 USD Billion	1980-2025	N/A

Colombia is a major exporter of oil and coal (59 percent of total exports). Other exports include: chemicals and related products (5.1 percent) and gold (5 percent). Main imports are: machinery and transport equipment (39 percent of total imports); manufactured products (22 percent); chemicals (17 percent) and fuel and mineral lubricants (10 percent) Main trading partners are: United States (36 percent of total exports and 39 percent of imports) and China (6 percent of exports and 16 percent of imports). Others include: Mexico, Spain and Venezuela.

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Colombia’s imports rose 16.2% year-on-year to $6.48 billion in July 2025. The increase was driven by manufactured goods, which accounted for 76.7% of total purchases. Imports of manufactured products reached $4.97 billion, up 12.9%, led by chemicals (+19.1%) and manufactured goods classified mainly by material (+19.5%). Purchases of fuels and extractive industry products grew 15.3% to $0.60 billion, boosted by a sharp rise in natural and manufactured gas imports (+386.6%). Imports of agricultural products, food, and beverages jumped 36.5%, led by food products and live animals (+41.4%). China remained Colombia’s top supplier, with a 28.1% share, followed by the US (22.3%) and Brazil (5.5%).