Colombia’s trade deficit narrowed to $0.84 billion in March 2026 from $1.20 billion in the same month a year earlier, as export growth outpaced imports. Exports rose 20.9% year-on-year to $5.32 billion, mainly driven by a 149.2% surge in “other sectors,” largely reflecting stronger non-monetary gold shipments. Exports of fuels and extractive industries increased 24.8%, supported by a 107.7% jump in coal, coke, and briquettes. Manufacturing exports also rose 6.9%, led by machinery, transport equipment, and chemicals. In contrast, exports of agricultural products, food, and beverages fell 6.8%, while crude oil shipments declined 17.7%. Meanwhile, imports increased 11.1% to $6.16 billion, mainly driven by a 16.7% rise in manufacturing imports. Imports of agricultural products, food, and beverages rose 4.4%, while imports of fuels and extractive industry products fell 17%. source: Dane, Colombia

Colombia recorded a trade deficit of 0.84 USD Billion in March of 2026. Balance of Trade in Colombia averaged -0.37 USD Billion from 1980 until 2026, 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 May of 2026.

Colombia recorded a trade deficit of 0.84 USD Billion in March of 2026. Balance of Trade in Colombia is expected to be -0.80 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 -2.20 USD Billion in 2027 and -2.00 USD Billion in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-04-21 03:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Feb $-1.53B $-1.65B $-1.5B
2026-05-19 03:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Mar $-0.84B $-1.53B $-1.3B
2026-06-22 03:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Apr $-0.84B


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade -0.84 -1.53 USD Billion Mar 2026
Exports 5.32 4.22 USD Billion Mar 2026
Exports YoY 20.90 11.40 percent Mar 2026
Imports 6.16 5.74 USD Billion Mar 2026
Imports YoY 11.10 7.80 percent Mar 2026


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
-0.84 -1.53 0.81 -2.91 1980 - 2026 USD Billion Monthly

News Stream
Colombia Trade Deficit Narrows Sharply in March
Colombia’s trade deficit narrowed to $0.84 billion in March 2026 from $1.20 billion in the same month a year earlier, as export growth outpaced imports. Exports rose 20.9% year-on-year to $5.32 billion, mainly driven by a 149.2% surge in “other sectors,” largely reflecting stronger non-monetary gold shipments. Exports of fuels and extractive industries increased 24.8%, supported by a 107.7% jump in coal, coke, and briquettes. Manufacturing exports also rose 6.9%, led by machinery, transport equipment, and chemicals. In contrast, exports of agricultural products, food, and beverages fell 6.8%, while crude oil shipments declined 17.7%. Meanwhile, imports increased 11.1% to $6.16 billion, mainly driven by a 16.7% rise in manufacturing imports. Imports of agricultural products, food, and beverages rose 4.4%, while imports of fuels and extractive industry products fell 17%.
2026-05-19
Colombia Trade Deficit Narrows in February
Colombia's trade deficit narrowed to $1.53 billion in February 2026 from a deficit of $1.55 billion a year earlier. Imports rose 7.8% year-on-year to $5.74 billion, driven by a 3.2% increase in manufactured goods, particularly machinery and transport equipment, which surged 28.6%. In contrast, imports of fuels and extractive products fell by 10.8%, while agriculture, food, and beverage imports declined by 2.4%. China remains the leading source of imports, accounting for 30.5%, followed by the US at 22%. In turn, exports rose 11.4% to $4.21 billion, largely supported by a sharp 140.8% increase in non-monetary gold shipments, alongside an 11.3% increase in agriculture, food, and beverages. However, exports of fuels and extractive products declined by 6.4%, while manufactured goods fell by 6.8%. The United States continued to be the main export destination, representing 31.2% of total exports.
2026-04-21
Colombia’s Trade Deficit Widens in January
Colombia’s trade deficit widened to $1.65 billion in January 2026 from $1.60 billion a year earlier. Imports rose 9.7% to $5.90 billion, led by manufactured goods (14.1%). Also, agricultural, food, and beverage imports jumped 13.2%. Meanwhile, fuel and extractive product imports fell 24.6%. China accounted for 31.0% of imports, followed by the US, Mexico, and Brazil. Exports surged 12.6% to $4.25 billion, the strongest gain since April 2024, driven by a 108.4% leap in “Other Sectors,” mainly non-monetary gold, and a 23.0% rise in agricultural, food, and beverage exports, led by unroasted coffee and bananas. Manufactured goods exports fell 4.4%, and combustibles and extractive products declined 7.2%. The US remained the top export destination (31.9%), followed by Panama, India, Canada, Italy, Brazil, and Ecuador.
2026-03-19