According to statistics of Columbia bureau of statistics, the import and export of Colombian goods from January to July 2019 were us $53.99 billion, up 2.1% from the same period of the previous year (the same below). Of this, exports were $23.57 billion, down 2.3%; Imports totaled us $30.42 billion, up 5.7 percent. The trade deficit was $6.85 billion, up 47.1 percent.
In July, Colombian imports and exports of goods fell 1.8 percent to $7.84 billion. Of this, exports were $3.27 billion, down 10.0%; Imports were 4.57 billion us dollars, up 5.0 percent. The trade deficit was $1.29 billion, up 81.1 percent.
From January to July 2019, bilateral goods imports and exports between Colombia and China totaled us $8.59 billion, up 12.9%. Colombia’s exports to China totaled us $2.40 billion, up 26.3%, accounting for 10.2% of Colombia’s total exports, up 2.3 percentage points. Colombia’s imports from China totaled us $6.19 billion, up 8.4 percent, accounting for 20.3 percent of Colombia’s total imports, up 0.5 percentage points. Costa rica’s trade deficit was $3.78 billion, down 0.5 percent.
As of July, China is Colombia’s second largest source of imports and the second largest export market.
Post time: Oct-28-2019