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Trade between Colombia and Panama

In 2024, Colombia exported $4.3 billion to Panama and imported $30 million. Colombia ran a surplus of $4.3 billion with Panama, compared with a surplus of $1.9 billion in 2019. Panama was Colombia’s 5th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Colombia was Panama’s 5th (10%).

Summary

Colombia → Panama
$4.3billion
Panama → Colombia
$30million
Colombia’s balance
$4.3billion

Balance

Colombia’s trade balance with Panama

Trade between Colombia and Panama grew 28.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 4.3
  • Imports 0
  • Balance +4.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$126 million$27 million$99 million
1996$152 million$21 million$131 million
1997$140 million$25 million$116 million
1998$112 million$27 million$85 million
1999$149 million$38 million$110 million
2000$186 million$21 million$165 million
2001$263 million$60 million$203 million
2002$220 million$45 million$176 million
2003$176 million$25 million$150 million
2004$220 million$30 million$189 million
2005$267 million$68 million$198 million
2006$286 million$282 million$4 million
2007$275 million$318 million-$43 million
2008$395 million$371 million$24 million
2009$358 million$348 million$10 million
2010$998 million$424 million$574 million
2011$2 billion$348 million$1.6 billion
2012$3 billion$477 million$2.5 billion
2013$3.3 billion$463 million$2.8 billion
2014$3.7 billion$567 million$3.1 billion
2015$2.4 billion$437 million$2 billion
2016$1.9 billion$323 million$1.6 billion
2017$2.6 billion$342 million$2.3 billion
2018$3.1 billion$417 million$2.7 billion
2019$2.4 billion$519 million$1.9 billion
2020$1.4 billion$287 million$1.2 billion
2021$2.4 billion$45 million$2.4 billion
2022$5.8 billion$64 million$5.8 billion
2023$4.7 billion$28 million$4.6 billion
2024$4.3 billion$30 million$4.3 billion

What they sell each other

What Colombia sells to Panama

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

  1. Crude petroleum$3.9 billion · 90.3%
    8.1 million tonnes · Colombia’s destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$53 million · 1.2%
    101 thousand tonnes · Colombia’s destinations
  3. 3 thousand tonnes
  4. Furniture$20 million · 0.46%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. 2 thousand tonnes
  6. Makeup and skin care$12 million · 0.29%
    618 tonnes
  7. Plastic packaging$10 million · 0.24%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Pesticides and herbicides$10 million · 0.23%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Margarine$8 million · 0.19%
    5 thousand tonnes
  10. Fiber cement$7 million · 0.17%
    15 thousand tonnes

What Panama sells to Colombia

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

  1. Ferrous scrap$4 million · 12.9%
    12 thousand tonnes
  2. 32 tonnes · Colombia’s sources
  3. Aluminum scrap$3 million · 8.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  4. Fragrance mixtures$2 million · 6.3%
    99 tonnes
  5. 251 tonnes
  6. Refined petroleum$901 thousand · 3%
    413 tonnes · Colombia’s sources
  7. Waste paper$897 thousand · 3%
    4 thousand tonnes
  8. Air pumps, compressors and fans$765 thousand · 2.5%
    96 tonnes
  9. Screws, bolts and nuts$593 thousand · 2%
    325 tonnes
  10. Polyurethane and other resins$586 thousand · 1.9%
    241 tonnes

How it travels

Colombia and Panama traded $4.3 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 98% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$94 million · 2.2%
  2. Land$4.2 billion · 97.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Panama was Colombia’s 5th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Colombia was Panama’s 5th (10%).

Panama in Colombia’s trade
3.7%
Panama’s rank among Colombia’s partners
5th
Colombia in Panama’s trade
10.4%
Colombia’s rank among Panama’s partners
5th

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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.