Colombia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

-2.01

Units In

USD Billion

-2.05

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Nov 19, 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.

Latest Updates

Colombia’s trade deficit widened to $2.01 billion in August 2025 from $1.69 billion a year earlier, as imports rose and exports declined. Imports increased 5.7% to $5.85 billion, driven by an 11.5% rise in manufactured goods to $4.57 billion. Purchases of agricultural, food, and beverage products rose 9.3% to $852.9 million, while fuel and extractive industry imports dropped 37.3% to $405.7 million. Exports slipped 0.1% to $3.84 billion, weighed down by an 18.1% fall in fuel and extractive shipments to $1.41 billion and an 11.3% decline in manufactured exports to $845 million. In contrast, agricultural, food, and beverage exports surged 49.3% to $1.27 billion.