Colombian Full-year 2017 Exports Jump 19% Year-on-Year
Colombia’s national economic statistics agency (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica, DANE) revealed February 5 that full-year 2017 exports jumped 19% year-on-year, to US$37.8 billion, up from US$31.7 billion in 2016 — a year that saw exports drop 11.8% year-on-year.
By dollar value, petroleum and mining exports led the field, up 32.4% year-on-year, mainly from coal, petroleum coke and briquettes, DANE found.
Agricultural, food and beverage exports rose 7.2% — mainly thanks to a rise in palm-oil export — while manufacturing exports rose 2.4%, up from a 10% net decline in 2016, according to DANE.
By department, Antioquia once again led the nation in 2017, accounting for 18.1% of total national exports (excluding petroleum).
Exports in the broad “other” category in 2017 rose 15.7%, mainly from a rise in gold exports (dominated by Antioquia).
The USA once again led all nations in share of receipt of Colombia exports, at 29.7% of the total, followed by (in order) Panamá, China, Netherlands, México, Ecuador and Turkey, according to DANE.
