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Trade between Brazil and Colombia

In 2024, Brazil exported $3.3 billion to Colombia and imported $2.1 billion. Brazil ran a surplus of $1.2 billion with Colombia, compared with a surplus of $1.7 billion in 2019. Colombia was Brazil’s 25th largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Brazil was Colombia’s 3rd (5%).

Summary

Brazil → Colombia
$3.3billion
Colombia → Brazil
$2.1billion
Brazil’s balance
$1.2billion

Balance

Brazil’s trade balance with Colombia

Trade between Brazil and Colombia grew 8.7-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Brazil’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 3.3
  • Imports 2.1
  • Balance +1.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$505 million$121 million$384 million
1996$469 million$132 million$338 million
1997$565 million$148 million$417 million
1998$504 million$114 million$390 million
1999$430 million$188 million$242 million
2000$544 million$464 million$80 million
2001$628 million$187 million$441 million
2002$673 million$122 million$551 million
2003$826 million$107 million$719 million
2004$1 billion$161 million$873 million
2005$1.5 billion$164 million$1.3 billion
2006$2 billion$232 million$1.8 billion
2007$2.4 billion$418 million$2 billion
2008$2.4 billion$745 million$1.6 billion
2009$2.1 billion$595 million$1.5 billion
2010$2.4 billion$1.1 billion$1.3 billion
2011$2.8 billion$1.5 billion$1.3 billion
2012$2.8 billion$1.3 billion$1.5 billion
2013$2.6 billion$1.6 billion$1.1 billion
2014$2.5 billion$1.7 billion$758 million
2015$2.1 billion$1.2 billion$868 million
2016$2.1 billion$996 million$1.1 billion
2017$2.4 billion$1.4 billion$975 million
2018$2.9 billion$1.7 billion$1.2 billion
2019$3.2 billion$1.5 billion$1.7 billion
2020$2.4 billion$1.3 billion$1.1 billion
2021$3.5 billion$2.1 billion$1.4 billion
2022$5.4 billion$2.4 billion$3 billion
2023$4 billion$2.2 billion$1.8 billion
2024$3.3 billion$2.1 billion$1.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Brazil sells to Colombia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$494 million · 14.8%
    40 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  2. Cane and beet sugar$123 million · 3.7%
    205 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  3. Trucks$82 million · 2.5%
    7 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  4. Coffee$79 million · 2.4%
    25 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  5. Auto parts$75 million · 2.3%
    8 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  6. Treated paper and cellulose wadding$75 million · 2.3%
    26 thousand tonnes
  7. Pet and animal feed$73 million · 2.2%
    38 thousand tonnes
  8. New tires$65 million · 2%
    13 thousand tonnes
  9. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$63 million · 1.9%
    1 thousand tonnes · Colombia’s sources
  10. Chassis with engines$63 million · 1.9%
    5 thousand tonnes

What Colombia sells to Brazil

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Coke$566 million · 26.7%
    1.8 million tonnes
  2. Coal$421 million · 19.9%
    3.2 million tonnes · Colombia’s destinations
  3. PVC and other vinyl polymers$208 million · 9.8%
    232 thousand tonnes
  4. Polypropylene$147 million · 6.9%
    103 thousand tonnes
  5. Pesticides and herbicides$141 million · 6.7%
    27 thousand tonnes
  6. Polystyrene$70 million · 3.3%
    45 thousand tonnes
  7. Petroleum coke and bitumen$68 million · 3.2%
    274 thousand tonnes
  8. Palm oil$54 million · 2.5%
    50 thousand tonnes
  9. Plastic sheets and film$43 million · 2%
    11 thousand tonnes
  10. Carbon black and other carbon$39 million · 1.8%
    23 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Santos to Cartagena.

The estimated sea route between Santos and Cartagena is 4,295 nautical miles (7,955 km) long: ≈ 10–13 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.9 billion · 35.6%
  2. Land$3.5 billion · 64.4%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Colombia was Brazil’s 25th largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Brazil was Colombia’s 3rd (5%).

Colombia in Brazil’s trade
0.9%
Colombia’s rank among Brazil’s partners
25th
Brazil in Colombia’s trade
4.7%
Brazil’s rank among Colombia’s partners
3rd

Compare with

Other partners of Brazil

Other partners of Colombia

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.