Colombia’s trade deficit narrowed to about $1.87 billion in November 2025 from $2.28 billion a year earlier. Imports increased 0.3% year-on-year to $5.89 billion, driven by a 2.9% rise in manufactured goods purchases. Within manufacturing, machinery and transport equipment imports climbed 7.8%, while chemicals and related products rose 1.8%. Imports of agricultural, food and beverage products grew 4.1%, amid higher purchases of food products and live animals (4.5%). By contrast, imports of fuels and extractive industry products fell 21.6%, largely due to lower purchases of petroleum and petroleum products (-19.9%). Meanwhile, exports declined 2.7% year-on-year to $4.02 billion, weighed by a 26.0% drop in fuels and extractive products, amid lower sales of coal and related products (-47.4%) and petroleum and petroleum products (-16.4%). source: Dane, Colombia

Colombia recorded a trade deficit of 1.87 USD Billion in November of 2025. Balance of Trade in Colombia averaged -0.36 USD Billion from 1980 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 0.81 USD Billion in December of 2011 and a record low of -2.91 USD Billion in August of 2022. This page provides - Colombia Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Colombia Balance of Trade - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Colombia recorded a trade deficit of 1.87 USD Billion in November of 2025. Balance of Trade in Colombia is expected to be -1.30 USD Billion by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Colombia Balance of Trade is projected to trend around -1.40 USD Billion in 2027 and -2.00 USD Billion in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-12-23 03:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Oct $-2.28B $-1.51B $ -2.2B
2026-01-22 03:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Nov $-1.87B $-2.28B $-2.0B
2026-02-17 03:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Dec $-1.87B $ -1.7B


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade -1.87 -2.28 USD Billion Nov 2025
Exports 4.54 4.02 USD Billion Dec 2025
Exports YoY 1.30 -2.70 percent Dec 2025
Imports 5.89 6.58 USD Billion Nov 2025
Imports YoY 0.30 14.90 percent Nov 2025


Colombia Balance of Trade
Colombia is a major exporter of fuels and extractive industries products (56 percent of total exports). Other exports include: agricultural, food, and beverage (20 percent) and manufactured goods(19 percent). Main imports are: manufactured products (74 percent of total imports); fuels and extractive industries products (15 percent) and agricultural, food, and beverage(7 percent) Main trading partners are: United States (26 percent of total exports and 24 percent of imports) and China (4 percent of exports and 24 percent of imports). Others include: Panama, Brazil, Mexico, Germany and France.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-1.87 -2.28 0.81 -2.91 1980 - 2025 USD Billion Monthly

News Stream
Colombia Trade Gap Narrows in November
Colombia’s trade deficit narrowed to about $1.87 billion in November 2025 from $2.28 billion a year earlier. Imports increased 0.3% year-on-year to $5.89 billion, driven by a 2.9% rise in manufactured goods purchases. Within manufacturing, machinery and transport equipment imports climbed 7.8%, while chemicals and related products rose 1.8%. Imports of agricultural, food and beverage products grew 4.1%, amid higher purchases of food products and live animals (4.5%). By contrast, imports of fuels and extractive industry products fell 21.6%, largely due to lower purchases of petroleum and petroleum products (-19.9%). Meanwhile, exports declined 2.7% year-on-year to $4.02 billion, weighed by a 26.0% drop in fuels and extractive products, amid lower sales of coal and related products (-47.4%) and petroleum and petroleum products (-16.4%).
2026-01-22
Colombia Trade Deficit Widens Sharply in October
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%).
2025-12-23
Colombia Trade Gap Widens in September
Colombia’s trade deficit widened to $1.51 billion in September 2025 from $1.03 billion a year earlier. Imports rose 18.7% to $6.13 billion, amid a 18.6% increase in manufacturing purchases. Machinery and transport equipment imports jumped 25.4%, and chemicals rose 10.8%. Imports of agricultural products, food, and beverages increased 14.7%, supported by a 20.3% rise in food and live animal purchases. Fuel and extractive industry imports grew 19.6% amid a 42.4% surge in petroleum and related products. Meanwhile, exports increased 11.1%, led by a 29.6% jump in agricultural, food, and beverage shipments. Manufactured goods exports rose 11.8%, and exports of fuels and extractive products increased 3.7%, while crude oil exports fell 11.9%.
2025-11-19