The Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) announced on March 6 that Colombia’s imports reached US$6,050.7 million CIF in December 2025, reflecting a 7.1% increase compared to the same month in 2024.
This rise in imports is significant as it highlights changes in the country’s trade dynamics and economic activity at the end of the year.
According to DANE, the main driver behind this growth was a 12.5% increase in the manufacturing sector. In December 2025, manufactured goods accounted for 74.4% of total import value, followed by agricultural products, food and beverages at 14.8%, fuels and extractive industry products at 10.6%, and other sectors at 0.1%.
Manufactured goods imports totaled US$4,504.4 million CIF for the month, with notable increases seen in machinery and transport equipment (up by 17%) and manufactured articles classified mainly by material (up by 16%). Together, these categories contributed a combined positive impact of 9.9 percentage points to the overall variation within manufacturing.
In contrast, imports of fuels and extractive industry products fell by 22%, totaling US$643.5 million CIF compared to December of the previous year. This decline was primarily due to reduced purchases of petroleum and related products, which dropped by 23.7% and contributed a negative impact of 16.7 percentage points to this group’s variation.
The data provides insight into shifting trends within Colombia’s import sectors as reported by DANE.
