Agri-Food Trade Service
Fact Sheets
Colombia - At a Glance
Basic Information
| Land area: |
1.1 million km² * |
| Population: |
46.9 million (2011)* |
| Total GDP: |
US$ 328.9 billion (2011)* |
| GDP/capita: |
US$ 7,008 (2011)* |
| GDP growth rate: |
5.6% (2011)* |
| Capital city: |
Bogota |
| President: |
Juan Manuel Santos Calderon |
| Minister of Agriculture: |
Juan Camilo Restrepo |
| Canadian Ambassador: |
Tim Martin |
Canada-Colombia Agri-Food Trade** (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Agri-Food Exports: |
246.940 |
276.787 |
351.368 |
| Total Agri-Food Imports: |
345.381 |
359.183 |
395.027 |
| Agri-Food Trade Balance: |
-98.442 |
-82.396 |
-43.660 |
Canadian Top 5 Agri-Food Exports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Agri-Food Exports: |
246.940 |
276.787 |
351.368 |
| Non-durum wheat |
119.160 |
127.836 |
208.965 |
| Lentils, dried, shelled |
46.642 |
61.547 |
53.857 |
| Barley |
25.668 |
23.077 |
14.708 |
| Peas, dried, shelled |
14.111 |
10.153 |
13.538 |
| Canary seed |
6.425 |
7.847 |
7.375 |
Canadian Top 5 Agri-Food Imports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Agri-Food Imports: |
345.381 |
359.183 |
395.027 |
| Coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinated |
124.020 |
162.084 |
206.944 |
| Bananas |
98.450 |
80.863 |
68.971 |
| Fresh cut roses and buds |
22.285 |
24.331 |
22.221 |
| Fresh cut flowers and buds |
24.858 |
21.558 |
20.920 |
| Refined sugar |
11.425 |
13.810 |
20.469 |
Canadian Top 5 Seafood Exports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Seafood Exports: |
0.172 |
0.283 |
0.113 |
| Lobsters, live |
0.090 |
0.085 |
0.101 |
| Seaweed |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.012 |
| Fish liver oils |
0.045 |
0.101 |
0.000 |
| Crabs, Dungeness, frozen |
0.000 |
0.083 |
0.000 |
| Fish fats and oils |
0.000 |
0.014 |
0.000 |
Colombia Agri-Food and Seafood Imports - 2011*** (US$ million)
| |
World |
Canada |
Canada's Share |
| Agri-Food and Seafood |
5,419 |
341 |
6.3% |
| Corn |
911 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Non-durum wheat |
530 |
205 |
38.6% |
| Soymeal |
428 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Soybean oil |
256 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Food preparations |
162 |
1 |
0.4% |
Canada-Colombia Total Merchandise Trade*** (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Exports: |
568.801 |
613.956 |
727.648 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
733.588 |
717.267 |
799.708 |
| Trade Balance: |
-164.786 |
-103.311 |
-72.060 |
Canadian Top 10 Total Merchandise Exports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Exports: |
568.801 |
613.956 |
727.648 |
| Cereals |
152.438 |
164.533 |
232.829 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery |
87.667 |
111.681 |
106.629 |
| Edible vegetables |
62.636 |
73.626 |
68.812 |
| Fertilizers |
20.777 |
36.455 |
49.164 |
| Paper and paperboard |
43.936 |
39.465 |
48.901 |
| Mineral fuels and oils |
1.947 |
1.784 |
26.900 |
| Fats and oils |
8.004 |
14.250 |
23.207 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment |
12.779 |
21.512 |
14.763 |
| Vehicles, other than railway |
44.579 |
12.580 |
13.828 |
| Tools, implements, cutlery |
3.734 |
8.664 |
13.613 |
Canadian Top 10 Total Merchandise Imports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
733.588 |
717.267 |
799.708 |
| Mineral fuels and oils |
309.141 |
293.040 |
332.870 |
| Coffee, tea, maté and spices |
131.008 |
168.534 |
212.752 |
| Edible fruit and nuts |
100.477 |
82.577 |
70.541 |
| Live trees and other plants |
72.039 |
70.302 |
68.928 |
| Sugars and sugar confectionery |
25.091 |
16.602 |
24.027 |
| Miscellaneous edible preparations |
5.735 |
9.682 |
11.107 |
| Plastics |
10.302 |
11.180 |
10.901 |
| Articles of stone, plaster, cement |
3.152 |
3.777 |
5.591 |
| Pharmaceutical products |
3.588 |
2.952 |
4.835 |
| Apparel, not knitted or crocheted |
4.113 |
4.262 |
4.818 |
Colombia Top 10 Total Merchandise Imports (US$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
32,897.672 |
40,682.699 |
54,674.822 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery |
5,233.390 |
6,030.990 |
7,437.035 |
| Vehicles, other than railway |
2,643.996 |
4,079.580 |
6,527.860 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment |
3,023.291 |
4,091.013 |
4,992.954 |
| Mineral fuels and oils |
1,239.237 |
2,081.112 |
3,854.233 |
| Aircraft and spacecraft |
2,637.505 |
1,878.588 |
2,993.133 |
| Plastics |
1,314.595 |
1,679.697 |
2,189.633 |
| Organic chemicals |
1,480.947 |
1,880.165 |
2,184.801 |
| Iron and steel |
886.680 |
1,387.071 |
1,736.004 |
| Cereals |
1,180.135 |
1,279.856 |
1,710.295 |
| Pharmaceutical products |
1,280.482 |
1,469.095 |
1,692.512 |
GDP at market prices
Date modified: 2012-03-13
Source: Euromonitor*, Statistics Canada**, Global Trade Atlas***
