Colombian imports totaled US$70.5 billion in 2025, up by 15.4% compared to $61.1 billion in the South American country’s spending five years earlier for 2021.

Year over year, Colombian import purchases accelerated by 10% starting from $64.1 billion during 2024.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, the Colombian peso depreciated by -0.5% against the US dollar from 2024 to 2025. Colombia’s weaker local currency makes its imports paid for in stronger US dollars relatively more expensive when converted starting from the Colombian peso.

Colombia’s Largest International Suppliers

The latest available country-specific data shows that 77.6% of products imported into Colombia was supplied by exporters in: mainland China (27.5% of the Colombian total), United States of America (23.2%), Mexico (5.01%), Brazil (4.99%), Germany (3.3%), India (2.5%), Japan (2.4%), South Korea (2%), Spain (1.8%), Vietnam (1.76%), Italy (1.66%) and Peru (1.57%).

Applying a continental lens, just over two-fifths (40.7%) of Colombia’s total imports by value were purchased from trade partners based in Asia. North American countries satisfied 30.3% of import purchases by Colombia.

Another 15.3% worth of goods originated from Europe, with 13.2% coming from exporters in Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.

Tinier percentages of Colombian imports were furnished by suppliers in Africa (0.4%) and Oceania (0.1%) led by Australia, New Zealand and Kiribati.

Given Colombia’s population of 53.1 million people, its total US$70.5 billion in 2025 imports translates to some $1,325 in yearly product demand from every person in South America’s second-most populated country. That dollar metric exceeds the average $1,225 per capita one year earlier in 2024.

Colombia’s Top 10 Imports

The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Colombia’s import purchases during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Colombia.

1. Machinery including computers: US$7.5 billion (10.6% of total imports)
2. Electrical machinery, equipment: $7 billion (9.9%)
3. Vehicles: $6.8 billion (9.7%)
4. Mineral fuels including oil: $5.8 billion (8.2%)
5. Pharmaceuticals: $4.3 billion (6.1%)
6. Plastics, plastic articles: $3.2 billion (4.5%)
7. Cereals: $2.51 billion (3.6%)
8. Organic chemicals: $2.49 billion (3.5%)
9. Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $2 billion (2.9%)
10. Iron, steel: $1.8 billion (2.6%)

Colombia’s top 10 imports accounted for 61.6% of the overall value of its product purchases from other countries.

Purchases of vehicles represent the fastest grower among Colombia’s top 10 import categories, up 35.8% from 2024 to 2025.

In second place were imports of electrical machinery and equipment via a 13.2% advance ahead of imported pharmaceuticals’ 11.5% upturn.

The decliners year over year were Colombian imports of the metals iron and steel (down -7.1% from 2024) then mineral fuels including oil (down -6.2%).

Please note that the results listed above are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level. Information presented below is at the more granular 4-digit level.

At the more detailed level, Colombia’s top 10 imported products are refined petroleum oils (6.6% of the Colombian total), cars (5.8%), medication mixes in dosage (3.8%), phone devices including smartphones (3.7%), corn (2.6%), computers including optical readers (2.2%), blood fractions including antisera (1.9%), petroleum gases (1.4%), trucks (1.3%) then solid residues including soya-bean oilcake (1%).

Combined, those 10 major Colombian imports approached a third (30.3%) of the country’s overall spending on imported products in 2025.

Colombia’s Main Machinery Imports

In 2025, Colombian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machinery including computers.

1. Computers, optical readers: US$1.6 billion (up 16.1% from 2024)
2. Air or vacuum pumps: $334.8 million (up 14.9%)
3. Centrifuges, filters and purifiers: $324.2 million (up 7.4%)
4. Heavy machinery (bulldozers, excavators, road rollers): $308.9 million (down -26.8%)
5. Refrigerators, freezers: $308.5 million (up 27.5%)
6. Liquid pumps and elevators: $307 million (down -1.3%)
7. Taps, valves, similar appliances: $300 million (down -0.4%)
8. Washing machines: $286.3 million (up 29.9%)
9. Miscellaneous machinery: $259.2 million (up 25.4%)
10. Transmission shafts, gears, clutches: $249.2 million (up 7.1%)

Among these import subcategories, Colombian purchases of washing machines (up 29.9%), refrigerators and freezers (up 27.5%) then miscellaneous machinery (up 25.4%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of machinery-related imports among Colombian businesses and consumers.

Colombia’s Main Imports of Electrical Products

In 2025, Colombian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of electrical products including consumer electronics.

1. Phone devices including smartphones: US$2.6 billion (up 9% from 2024)
2. TV receivers/monitors/projectors: $575.5 million (up 11.2%)
3. Insulated wire/cable: $417.1 million (up 13.2%)
4. Electrical converters/power units: $332.5 million (up 28.4%)
5. Solar power diodes/semi-conductors: $261.8 million (up 35%)
6. Microphones/headphones/amps: $239.7 million (up 29%)
7. Electric storage batteries: $211.5 million (up 23%)
8. Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $209.9 million (up 3.8%)
9. TV/radio/radar device parts: $186.1 million (down -0.6%)
10. Electric water heaters, hair dryers: $186 million (up 28%)

Among these import subcategories, Colombian purchases of solar power diodes or semi-conductors (up 35%), microphones, headphones and amplifiers (up 29%) then electrical converters or power units (up 28.4%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of electronics-related imports among Colombian businesses and consumers.

Colombia’s Main Imports of Vehicles

In 2025, Colombian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of vehicles and related products.

1. Cars: US$4.1 billion (up 42.5% from 2024)
2. Trucks: $920.9 million (up 23.6%)
3. Automobile parts/accessories: $537.4 million (down -4%)
4. Tractors: $303.6 million (up 56.2%)
5. Motorcycles: $296.5 million (up 74%)
6. Motorcycle parts/accessories: $198.5 million (up 26.1%)
7. Chassis fitted with engine: $158 million (up 50.7%)
8. Bicycles, other non-motorized cycles: $76.9 million (up 50.5%)
9. Public-transport vehicles: $60.8 million (up 79.1%)
10. Special purpose vehicles: $52.7 million (up 5.2%)

Among these import subcategories, Colombian purchases of public-transport vehicles (up 79.1%), motorcycles (up 74%) then tractors (up 56.2%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of vehicles-related imports among Colombian businesses and consumers.

Colombia’s Main Imports of Fuels

In 2025, Colombian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels including oil.

1. Processed petroleum oils: US$4.6 billion (up 0.6% from 2024)
2. Petroleum gases: $959.9 million (down -9.1%)
3. Crude oil: $134.1 million (down -70.9%)
4. Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $29.5 million (up 18.4%)
5. Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $16.5 million (up 46.8%)
6. Electrical energy: $6.5 million (up 165.5%)
7. Peat: $6 million (up 43.9%)
8. Petroleum oil residues: $1.1 million (down -65.4%)
9. Asphalt/petroleum bitumen mixes: $1.1 million (down -12.7%)
10. Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $1.1 million (down -76.8%)

Among these import subcategories, Colombian purchases of electrical energy (up 165.5%), high-temperature distilled coal tar oils (up 46.8%) then peat (up 43.9%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of mineral fuels including oil imports among Colombian businesses and consumers.
 

See also Colombia’s Top Trading Partners, Colombia’s Top 10 Exports, Peru’s Top Trading Partners, China’s Top Trading Partners and Top US Trading Partners

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, Trade CentreCountry Profiles. Accessed on April 28, 2026

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on April 28, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on April 28, 2026

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Exchange Rates data (Domestic Currency per U.S. dollar, 2000-2025). Accessed on April 28, 2026