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Trade between Colombia and Ecuador

In 2024, Colombia exported $2.1 billion to Ecuador and imported $863 million. Colombia ran a surplus of $1.3 billion with Ecuador, compared with a surplus of $1.1 billion in 2019. Ecuador was Colombia’s 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Colombia was Ecuador’s 4th (4%).

Summary

Colombia → Ecuador
$2.1billion
Ecuador → Colombia
$863million
Colombia’s balance
$1.3billion

Balance

Colombia’s trade balance with Ecuador

Trade between Colombia and Ecuador grew 4.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.1
  • Imports 0.9
  • Balance +1.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$433 million$281 million$153 million
1996$423 million$327 million$95 million
1997$532 million$385 million$146 million
1998$606 million$329 million$277 million
1999$362 million$265 million$97 million
2000$487 million$325 million$162 million
2001$759 million$341 million$418 million
2002$884 million$399 million$485 million
2003$883 million$431 million$451 million
2004$1.1 billion$385 million$750 million
2005$1.5 billion$527 million$956 million
2006$1.5 billion$709 million$767 million
2007$1.4 billion$741 million$706 million
2008$1.7 billion$827 million$910 million
2009$1.5 billion$703 million$748 million
2010$2.1 billion$833 million$1.2 billion
2011$2.1 billion$1.1 billion$983 million
2012$2.1 billion$1.1 billion$1 billion
2013$2.2 billion$914 million$1.2 billion
2014$2 billion$944 million$1.1 billion
2015$1.6 billion$795 million$791 million
2016$1.3 billion$817 million$481 million
2017$1.6 billion$744 million$845 million
2018$1.9 billion$832 million$1 billion
2019$1.9 billion$838 million$1.1 billion
2020$1.6 billion$803 million$793 million
2021$2 billion$845 million$1.1 billion
2022$2.1 billion$983 million$1.1 billion
2023$2.2 billion$780 million$1.4 billion
2024$2.1 billion$863 million$1.3 billion

What they sell each other

What Colombia sells to Ecuador

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

  1. Electricity$330 million · 15.5%
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$108 million · 5.1%
    13 thousand tonnes
  3. Pesticides and herbicides$73 million · 3.4%
    7 thousand tonnes
  4. Makeup and skin care$58 million · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  5. Trucks$54 million · 2.5%
    5 thousand tonnes
  6. Cars$49 million · 2.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  7. Toilet paper and tissues$44 million · 2.1%
    11 thousand tonnes
  8. Toothpaste and oral care$41 million · 1.9%
    6 thousand tonnes
  9. Detergents and surfactants$38 million · 1.8%
    34 thousand tonnes
  10. Cane and beet sugar$38 million · 1.8%
    55 thousand tonnes

What Ecuador sells to Colombia

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

  1. Prepared fish and caviar$145 million · 16.8%
    44 thousand tonnes
  2. Particle board and OSB$107 million · 12.4%
    118 thousand tonnes
  3. Palm oil$75 million · 8.7%
    71 thousand tonnes
  4. Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)$53 million · 6.2%
    11 thousand tonnes
  5. Airplanes and helicopters$47 million · 5.5%
    42 tonnes
  6. Rice$46 million · 5.4%
    61 thousand tonnes
  7. Welded steel pipes$24 million · 2.7%
    23 thousand tonnes
  8. Uncoated paper$18 million · 2.1%
    32 thousand tonnes
  9. Cut flowers$16 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Plastic sheets and film$14 million · 1.6%
    5 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Colombia and Ecuador traded $3 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 82% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$546 million · 18.2%
  2. Land$2.4 billion · 81.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Ecuador was Colombia’s 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Colombia was Ecuador’s 4th (4%).

Ecuador in Colombia’s trade
2.6%
Ecuador’s rank among Colombia’s partners
8th
Colombia in Ecuador’s trade
4.5%
Colombia’s rank among Ecuador’s partners
4th

Compare with

Other partners of Colombia

Other partners of Ecuador

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.