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Where does Colombia get its steel? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Colombia imported $1.8 billion of steel (2.6 million tonnes), 0.5% of the world total. Its main sources were China (44%), Japan (15%) and Brazil (7%). Colombia was the world’s 42nd-largest importer of steel.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
2.6million tonnes
Share of world total
0.5%
World rank
42nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China822Tonnes: 1,101,857USD per tonne: $74644.5%Sea
Japan284Tonnes: 435,583USD per tonne: $65115.4%Sea
Brazil138Tonnes: 213,793USD per tonne: $6447.5%Sea
Vietnam112Tonnes: 193,821USD per tonne: $5766%Sea
Turkey72.7Tonnes: 104,184USD per tonne: $6983.9%Sea
Algeria58.5Tonnes: 103,289USD per tonne: $5673.2%Sea
South Korea58.4Tonnes: 52,547USD per tonne: $1,1113.2%Sea
Russia48.8Tonnes: 62,134USD per tonne: $7862.6%Sea
Indonesia33.8Tonnes: 57,082USD per tonne: $5921.8%Sea
Oman30.2Tonnes: 49,650USD per tonne: $6081.6%Sea
Venezuela28.5Tonnes: 49,275USD per tonne: $5781.5%Sea
Peru28.3Tonnes: 36,601USD per tonne: $7731.5%Sea
Spain21Tonnes: 20,941USD per tonne: $1,0001.1%Sea
United States18.5Tonnes: 9,566USD per tonne: $1,9391%Sea
France14.2Tonnes: 9,598USD per tonne: $1,4770.77%Sea
Ukraine13.8Tonnes: 27,045USD per tonne: $5090.75%Sea
India13.1Tonnes: 8,144USD per tonne: $1,6140.71%Sea
Sweden5.7Tonnes: 2,313USD per tonne: $2,4710.31%Sea
Chile5.5Tonnes: 9,626USD per tonne: $5690.3%Sea
Ecuador4.9Tonnes: 3,858USD per tonne: $1,2630.26%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2014

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

  • China 822
  • Japan 284
  • Brazil 138
  • Vietnam 112
  • Turkey 72.7

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China5822
Japan74.1284
Brazil28.5138
Vietnam0112
Turkey072.7

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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