Colombia managed to export a total of USD 17,291 million in non-mining energy goods between January and August 2025, representing a growth of 21.3% compared to the same period the previous year. In terms of volume, shipments totaled 6.9 million tons, an amount that translated into an increase of 14.4%.
In this regard, the Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, Diana Marcela Morales, stated that “in an articulated manner with our heritage, we facilitate instruments and programs that support and promote the sophistication and diversification of the non-mining energy export basket, allowing entrepreneurs in the regions not only to reach more markets but to compete under better conditions in foreign markets.”
The three sectors that make up the non-mining energy basket—agriculture, agribusiness, and industry—recorded increases in their exports.
The first, which represented 42.9% of these sales, recorded an increase of 36.9% compared to the same period in 2024. Agribusiness shipments accounted for 15.6% and had the highest growth, 39.7%, and those of industrial goods, which contributed 41.4%, increased by 11.8%.
According to the analysis by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, coffee shipments drove the positive performance of the non-mining products group. They not only experienced an increase but also represented the largest share in this basket, reaching 21.9%. Between January and August, exports of the bean totaled USD 3,798 million, for a growth of 77.4%.
In addition to coffee, other products, although with a lower weight in the basket, showed notably positive performance. Palm oil, for example, grew by 77.9% (USD 574 million, 3.3% share). Coffee extracts and essences increased by 58.7% (USD 338.4 million, 2.2%), while insecticides rose by 20.3% (USD 376 million, 2.2%).
Banana exports grew by 17.4% (USD 961.7 million, 5.6%) and sugar by 15.3% (USD 283.4 million, 1.6%). Other products with growth include dosed medicines, 11.6%; electrical transformers, 7.5%; aluminum doors, windows, and frames, 5.4%; beauty preparations, 4.9%; and flowers, 4.3%.
Regarding the destinations of non-mining energy exports, the European Union led with an increase of 40.8%, followed by the United States with 22.2%, Brazil, 16%; Venezuela, 12.3%; Peru, 7.8%; and Ecuador, 3.3%. In August alone, non-mining exports to the United States experienced an increase of 15.1%.
