Colombia Imports 1980-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast | News

Imports to Colombia rose 15.9 percent year-on-year to USD 3.35 billion in July of 2018, following a 11.9 percent increase in June. Purchases grew mainly for manufactured products (17.9 percent), namely chemicals and chemical products (25.1 percent); and agricultural goods, food and beverages (20.2 percent), of which food products and live animals (19.1 percent). Meantime, imports of fuels and related products went up only 0.2 percent, mostly non-ferrous metals (46.9 percent). Main import partners were: the US (24.8 percent of total purchases), followed by China (20.8 percent), Mexico (7.2 percent) and Brazil (5.8 percent). Considering the January to July period of 2018, Colombian imports grew 8.2 percent compared to the same period of 2017. Imports in Colombia averaged 1.78 USD Billion from 1980 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 6.08 USD Billion in July of 2014 and a record low of 0.28 USD Billion in February of 1986.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-07-19	03:00 PM	Imports YoY	21.1%	5.1%	-8%
2018-08-14	03:00 PM	Imports YoY	11.9%	21.1%	8%
2018-09-18	03:00 PM	Imports YoY	15.9%	11.9%	7%
2018-10-18	03:00 PM	Imports YoY		15.9%	10%
2018-11-14	03:00 PM	Imports YoY			-3.7%
2018-12-18	03:00 PM	Imports YoY			4.2%

Colombia Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-0.70	-0.90	0.81	-1.97	USD Billion	[+]
Exports	3.61	3.60	5.71	0.02	USD Billion	[+]
Imports	4.35	4.23	6.08	0.28	USD Billion	[+]
Current Account	-3215.00	-2831.00	364.00	-6456.00	USD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-3.30	-4.30	4.10	-6.40	percent	[+]
External Debt	126782.48	126249.40	127032.78	36431.04	USD Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	3661.60	2133.11	6776.22	197.17	USD Million	[+]
Capital Flows	-3032.46	-2579.83	359.83	-6195.12	USD Million	[+]
Remittances	528.70	494.00	944.50	162.44	USD Million	[+]
Gold Reserves	12.80	12.80	12.80	3.49	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	851.00	866.00	1035.00	356.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terms Of Trade	142.36	136.89	165.96	73.87	Index Points	[+]
Terrorism Index	5.60	5.95	7.16	5.58		[+]

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Colombia Imports

Colombia main imports are: machinery and transport equipment (39 percent of total imports); manufactured products (22 percent); chemicals and related products (17 percent); fuel, mineral lubricants and related products (10 percent) and food and livestock (8 percent). Main import partners are: United States (24 percent of total imports), China (16 percent), Mexico (11 percent) and Brazil (5 percent). Others include: Germany, Argentina, Japan, France, South Korea and Canada. This page provides the latest reported value for - Colombia Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Colombia Imports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2018.