Colombia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Oct 31, 2025

Actual

-2.28

Units In

USD Billion

-1.51

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jan 22, 2026

Time to Release

28 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.

Latest Updates

Colombia’s trade deficit widened to $2.28 billion in October 2025 from $1.42 billion a year earlier. Imports increased 14.9% year-on-year to $6.58 billion, with a 20.2% surge in manufactured goods purchases. Within manufacturing, machinery and transport equipment imports jumped 24.7%, while chemicals and related products rose 14.9%. Imports of agricultural, food and beverage products grew 13.1%, amid higher purchases of food products and live animals (17.5%). By contrast, imports of fuels and extractive industry products fell 12.6%, largely due to a sharp drop in natural and manufactured gas purchases (-56.9%). Meanwhile, exports edged down 0.2% year-on-year, weighed by a 19.0% decline in fuels and extractive products, amid lower petroleum and petroleum product exports (-22.1%).