Venezuela the largest buyer of milk and dairy products in Colombia

Published 2021년 10월 6일

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Venezuela led in the purchase of Colombian dairy products, followed by the United States, which was the largest seller to Colombia despite a trade deficit. The highest exports were in March, April, June, and July, with Cooperativa Colanta, Parmalat Colombia Ltda., and Lactalis Colombia Ltda. being the top exporters. Whole milk powder was the most exported product, while imports were dominated by skim milk powder and whole milk powder from the United States, Bolivia, France, and Mexico.

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The top of the countries that bought the most Colombian dairy products was led by Venezuela with 1,615.4 tons (USD 6.3 million), while the United States is the country that sells by far the most of these products to Colombia. Despite the fact that exports of milk and dairy products of Colombian origin reached 4508 tons equivalent to 17.2 million dollars in January 2021 - and that is the highest volume in the last four years -, the balance Colombian dairy trade continues to be in deficit. The jump in international sales of Colombian dairy products is important since it had a variation of 142.6 percent in net tons, during the analysis period with respect to the same period of 2020. The months with the highest sales are March (715 tons, USD 2.6 million), April (947 t, USD 3.5 million), June (780 t, USD 2.9 million and July (733 t, USD 3 million), reported the Office of Planning and Economic Studies of Fedegán based on DANE figures The companies that carried the most milk and dairy ...

Source: MXContexto