Foreign trade - Imports
During the first quarter of year 2000,
Colombian FOB imports reached US$2.6 billion, this represents a US$266 million increase
from that registered in the same period of 1999. This behavior was due to the increase in
foreign industrial purchases, particularly chemicals, metallic products, machinery, and
equipment. To a lesser extent this increase was also due to imports of agricultural
origin. according to the economic use and allocation, the growth of imports resulted from
an increase in the purchase of intermediate goods and raw materials (US$2,101 million),
primarily that of industrial goods and fuels. Furthermore, capital goods’ imports
grew by US$42 million, due to the greater demand for transportation equipment (40.3%), and
despite the fall in industrial purchases (7.9%). Consumer goods' imports showed a slight
increase of US$23 million, which is explained primarily by the rise in durable goods’
purchases. By geographical regions, Colombian imports mainly came from the United States
43.0%, the European Union 13.8%, the Andean Group 12.6%, and Japan 4.2%.
IMPORTS
IMPORTS |
2000*
% |
U.S.A. |
43.0 |
EUROPEAN
UNION |
13.8 |
ANDEAN
GROUP |
12.6 |
JAPAN |
4.2 |
REST |
26.4 |
|
|
|
US$ millions FOB
| YEAR |
Total
imports |
Variation
% |
Intermed.
goods |
Variation
% |
Consumer
goods |
Variation
% |
Capital
goods |
Variation
% |
| 1988 |
4,703.5 |
20.0 |
2,520.7 |
24.7 |
497.8 |
5.1 |
1,685.0 |
18.2 |
| 1989 |
4,731.4 |
0.6 |
2,601.5 |
3.2 |
481.9 |
-3.2 |
1,648.0 |
-2.2 |
| 1990 |
5,266.8 |
11.3 |
2,805.4 |
7.8 |
514.4 |
6.7 |
1,947.0 |
18.1 |
| 1991 |
4,564.8 |
-13.3 |
2,523.1 |
-10.1 |
569.9 |
10.8 |
1,471.7 |
-24.4 |
| 1992 |
6,111.7 |
33.9 |
3,113.3 |
23.4 |
867.0 |
52.1 |
2,131.4 |
44.8 |
| 1993 |
9,085.7 |
48.7 |
3,797.1 |
22.0 |
1,665.7 |
92.1 |
3,622.9 |
70.0 |
| 1994 |
11,080.2 |
22.0 |
4,448.8 |
17.2 |
1,818.6 |
9.2 |
4,812.9 |
32.8 |
| 1995 |
12,921.2 |
16.6 |
5,657.5 |
27.2 |
2,486.0 |
36.7 |
4,777.6 |
-0.7 |
| 1996 |
12,793.6 |
-1.0 |
6,045.4 |
6.9 |
2,384.3 |
-4.1 |
4,363.9 |
-8.7 |
| 1997 |
14,409.3 |
12.6 |
6,076.6 |
0.5 |
2,770.1 |
16.2 |
5,562.6 |
27.5 |
| 1998p |
13,726.2 |
-4.7 |
5,742.1 |
-5.5 |
2,646.1 |
-4.5 |
5,338.1 |
-4.0 |
| 1999 p |
9,990.1 |
-27.2 |
4,589.8 |
-20.1 |
1,878.2 |
-29.0 |
3,522.1 |
-34.0 |
| 1999p* |
2,350.2 |
-36.8 |
1,047.9 |
-28.6 |
428.0 |
-38.0 |
874.3 |
-43.9 |
| 2000p* |
2,616.3 |
11.3 |
1,248.6 |
19.2 |
451.6 |
5.5 |
916.1 |
4.8 |
|
p: Provisional.
*: Up to March.
Source: National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) and National Customs and
Taxes Authority. (DIAN). |
