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Where does Colombia get its corn (maize)? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Colombia imported $1.6 billion of corn (maize) (6.9 million tonnes), 3.5% of the world total. The United States sold 97% of the total, followed by Brazil (2%) and Argentina (0.6%). Colombia was the world’s 9th-largest importer of corn (maize).

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
6.9million tonnes
Share of world total
3.5%
World rank
9th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 12 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1.5Tonnes: 6,797,051USD per tonne: $22596.9%Sea
Brazil0.03Tonnes: 40,429USD per tonne: $7111.8%Land
Argentina0.01Tonnes: 15,263USD per tonne: $6270.61%Sea
Honduras0.01Tonnes: 1,112USD per tonne: $7,2180.51%Sea
Mexico< 0.01Tonnes: 238USD per tonne: $4,2470.06%Sea
Bolivia< 0.01Tonnes: 205USD per tonne: $3,6650.05%Sea
Guatemala< 0.01Tonnes: 42USD per tonne: $5,6570.02%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 21USD per tonne: $5,2620.01%Sea
Ecuador< 0.01Tonnes: 54USD per tonne: $4020%Sea
Peru< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $2,5590%Land
Australia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $70,3510%Air
Venezuela< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $8,3900%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2014

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

  • United States 1.5
  • Brazil 0.03
  • Argentina 0.01
  • Honduras 0.01
  • Mexico < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.141.5
Brazil< 0.010.03
Argentina0.010.01
Honduras00.01
Mexico< 0.01< 0.01

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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