Non-Mining Exports from Colombia Increased 23.5% In Q1 2025

After the first quarter of the year, exports of non-mining energy goods consolidate their good performance and reaffirm the growth they have brought since 2024.

Between January and March of this year, the country exported $6.140 million USD in these products (agro, agro-industrial, and industrial), a growth of 23.5% compared to the same period in 2024 when these sales reached $4.970.7 million USD.

They also increase in volume. In the first three months of this year, the country shipped 2.3 million tons to the world, which meant a growth of 6%, compared to the same period in 2024 when 2.2 million tons were shipped.

One of the strategies of the foreign trade policy of the Government of Change in which we work is to facilitate instruments and programs for the sophistication, diversification and promotion of the export basket, this through the assets of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, in such a way that the expansion of the national supply is guaranteed. Especially non-mining energy goods.

The analysis of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism indicates that, in the first quarter of this year, although industrial goods – including agro-industrial goods – accounted for more than half (54.5%) of this type of sales and grew 12.9%, it was agricultural products, which weigh 45.5%, that most boosted the behavior of non-mining exports. With a growth of 39.4%.

In this way, there were several products that helped to drive the growth of these sales. There are, for example: coffee, which registered double sales than a year ago and increased 100.8%; coffee extracts with 47.6%; palm oil, 29.3%; insecticides 22.1%; polypropylene, 21.3%; beauty preparations, 17.9%; various fruits, 17.7%; polychloride, 14%; electrical transformers, 11.6%, and flowers 9%, among many other products.

The departments

The nine main product export departments, which represent 89.9% of this basket, registered growth, some more than others.

Among those that registered the highest growth, and that have the lowest participation, were Huila with a positive variation of 82.9%, marked by coffee. Caldas registered an increase of 65.6%, also driven by coffee and coffee extracts and essences, mainly.

Magdalena’s non-mining exports increased 35.8%, marked by vegetable oils. Antioquia, which is the second department with the highest participation, after Bogotá, reported an increase of 24.5%, led by coffee and flowers.

Finally, among the 10 main destinations for this class of products, those that increased the most were Canada with 72.6%, Germany, 64.6%, Venezuela, 37.3%, Belgium, 32.8%, and the United States, 29.4%.

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