Colombia Export Growth Accelerates in September

2026-11-04 15:06 By Larissa Miranda 1 min. read

Colombia’s exports rose 16.4% year-on-year to USD 5.41 billion in September 2026, accelerating from a 15.1% increase in August and marking the sharpest growth since May.

The result was mainly driven by an 87.2% surge in sales from the other sectors group, reflecting higher shipments of non-monetary gold (87.5%).

Exports of fuels and extractive industry products, which accounted for 41.3% of total shipments, rose 13.3%, supported by a 40.2% increase in petroleum and related products, although crude oil export volumes fell 5.4% to 13.4 million barrels.

Manufacturing exports increased 9.3%, led by chemicals (9.7%) and manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (13.8%).

Agricultural, food and beverage exports, which represented 23.5% of the total, edged up 2.9%, as higher shipments of cut flowers and foliage (15.6%) and palm oil (21.5%) offset a 26% drop in bananas.



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Colombia Export Growth Accelerates in September
Colombia’s exports rose 16.4% year-on-year to USD 5.41 billion in September 2026, accelerating from a 15.1% increase in August and marking the sharpest growth since May. The result was mainly driven by an 87.2% surge in sales from the other sectors group, reflecting higher shipments of non-monetary gold (87.5%). Exports of fuels and extractive industry products, which accounted for 41.3% of total shipments, rose 13.3%, supported by a 40.2% increase in petroleum and related products, although crude oil export volumes fell 5.4% to 13.4 million barrels. Manufacturing exports increased 9.3%, led by chemicals (9.7%) and manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (13.8%). Agricultural, food and beverage exports, which represented 23.5% of the total, edged up 2.9%, as higher shipments of cut flowers and foliage (15.6%) and palm oil (21.5%) offset a 26% drop in bananas.
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