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Who buys Colombia’s coal? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Colombia exported $7.2 billion of coal (65.1 million tonnes), 4.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were South Korea (13%), the Netherlands (11%) and Turkey (10%). Colombia was the world’s 8th-largest exporter of coal.

Summary

Value
$7.2billion
Tonnes
65.1million tonnes
Share of world total
4.1%
World rank
8th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
South Korea940Tonnes: 10,014,677USD per tonne: $9413.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports764Tonnes: 6,396,716USD per tonne: $11910.7%Sea
Turkey746Tonnes: 7,817,847USD per tonne: $9510.4%Sea
China592Tonnes: 7,003,815USD per tonne: $848.3%Sea
Chile483Tonnes: 4,127,936USD per tonne: $1176.7%Sea
Mexico454Tonnes: 3,584,480USD per tonne: $1276.3%Sea
Brazil421Tonnes: 3,213,929USD per tonne: $1315.9%Sea
Poland296Tonnes: 2,360,642USD per tonne: $1254.1%Sea
United States246Tonnes: 1,967,136USD per tonne: $1253.4%Sea
Taiwan228Tonnes: 1,771,620USD per tonne: $1293.2%Sea
Israel225Tonnes: 2,261,680USD per tonne: $1003.1%Sea
Dominican Republic218Tonnes: 2,251,754USD per tonne: $973%Sea
Japan213Tonnes: 1,327,065USD per tonne: $1613%Sea
Guatemala193Tonnes: 1,573,250USD per tonne: $1232.7%Sea
India173Tonnes: 1,590,226USD per tonne: $1092.4%Sea
Canada140Tonnes: 1,578,260USD per tonne: $892%Sea
Spain121Tonnes: 1,046,806USD per tonne: $1151.7%Sea
Norway116Tonnes: 352,074USD per tonne: $3311.6%Sea
Germany107Tonnes: 1,140,047USD per tonne: $941.5%Sea
United Kingdom64.6Tonnes: 516,232USD per tonne: $1250.9%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

South Korea has been its main destination since 2024

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • South Korea 0.94
  • Netherlands 0.76
  • Turkey 0.75
  • China 0.59
  • Chile 0.48

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
South Korea00.94
Netherlands0.090.76
Turkey< 0.010.75
China00.59
Chile< 0.010.48

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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