Colombia Trade Deficit Widens in December

2026-02-17 15:15 By Felipe Alarcon 1 min. read

Colombia’s trade deficit widened to about $1.51 billion in December 2025 from $1.17 billion a year earlier.

Imports rose 7.1% year-on-year to $6.05 billion, driven by a 12.5% rise in manufactured goods purchases.

Within manufacturing, machinery and transport equipment imports climbed 17.0%, while chemicals and related products rose 0.5%.

Imports of agricultural, food and beverage products grew 9.8%, amid higher purchases of beverages and tobacco (+81.4%) and food products and live animals (+5.4%).

By contrast, imports of fuels and extractive industry products fell 22.0%, largely due to lower purchases of petroleum and petroleum products (-23.7%).

Meanwhile, exports rose 1.3% year-on-year to $4.54 billion; sales of petroleum and petroleum-derived products plunged 22.6%, while the “other exports” category surged 90.4% on a large increase in non-monetary gold shipments.

Manufactured goods rose 3.2% and agricultural exports increased 5.4%.



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Colombia Trade Deficit Widens in December
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