Trade Balance / Exports
Trade Balance / Exports Data
Accumulated Trade Balance
Accumulated Jan-Jul
Monthly Evolution of the Trade Balance
USD,Millions
Monthly Oil Exports
YoY rate
Monthly Non-Oil Products Exports
YoY rate
Exports by Main Product and Economic Destination
USD FOB, millions, Accumulated Jan-Jul
| Destination | Product | 2025: Jan-Jul | 2026: Jan-Jul | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD FOB mill. | % | ||||
| China | TOTAL | 3,389.78 | 4,374.73 | 984.95 | 29.06% |
| Shrimp | 2,010.95 | 2,318.79 | 307.85 | 15.31% | |
| Lead and Copper Concentrate | 898.63 | 1,323.87 | 425.24 | 47.32% | |
| Other Mining Products | 153.94 | 375.72 | 221.78 | 144.07% | |
| Bananas | 96.16 | 110.07 | 13.91 | 14.47% | |
| Articles of Wood and Cork | 37.67 | 67.70 | 30.03 | 79.72% | |
| OTHER | 192.43 | 178.58 | -13.85 | -7.20% | |
| United States | TOTAL | 3,895.48 | 4,174.80 | 279.32 | 7.17% |
| Shrimp | 1,137.44 | 1,706.64 | 569.20 | 50.04% | |
| Bananas | 376.56 | 378.48 | 1.92 | 0.51% | |
| Gold | 272.29 | 378.03 | 105.74 | 38.83% | |
| Cocoa | 607.08 | 293.84 | -313.25 | -51.60% | |
| Natural Flowers | 210.15 | 241.45 | 31.29 | 14.89% | |
| OTHER | 1,291.96 | 1,176.36 | -115.60 | -8.95% | |
| European Union | TOTAL | 4,105.64 | 3,711.84 | -393.80 | -9.59% |
| Shrimp | 1,006.83 | 938.27 | -68.56 | -6.81% | |
| Bananas | 780.39 | 851.34 | 70.95 | 9.09% | |
| Canned Fish | 644.05 | 589.55 | -54.51 | -8.46% | |
| Other Mining Products | 313.69 | 439.80 | 126.11 | 40.20% | |
| Cocoa | 816.00 | 294.67 | -521.33 | -63.89% | |
| OTHER | 544.68 | 598.21 | 53.53 | 9.83% | |
| Rest of the world | TOTAL | 3,232.64 | 2,992.77 | -239.86 | -7.42% |
| Bananas | 987.08 | 1,089.17 | 102.10 | 10.34% | |
| Shrimp | 594.39 | 606.61 | 12.22 | 2.06% | |
| Cocoa | 800.63 | 352.18 | -448.45 | -56.01% | |
| Natural Flowers | 204.86 | 190.40 | -14.46 | -7.06% | |
| Other Mining Products | 180.10 | 151.84 | -28.25 | -15.69% | |
| OTHER | 465.58 | 602.57 | 136.99 | 29.42% | |
| Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) | TOTAL | 1,679.96 | 1,706.94 | 26.98 | 1.61% |
| Canned Fish | 239.87 | 250.26 | 10.39 | 4.33% | |
| Bananas | 180.14 | 176.14 | -3.99 | -2.22% | |
| Other Manufactures of Metal | 114.28 | 143.52 | 29.24 | 25.59% | |
| Extracts and Vegetable Oils | 121.45 | 111.61 | -9.84 | -8.10% | |
| Other Wood Products | 106.76 | 107.64 | 0.88 | 0.82% | |
| OTHER | 917.46 | 917.77 | 0.31 | 0.03% | |
| European Free Trade Association (EFTA) | TOTAL | 325.18 | 395.04 | 69.86 | 21.48% |
| Gold | 308.03 | 373.31 | 65.28 | 21.19% | |
| Bananas | 7.77 | 10.69 | 2.93 | 37.68% | |
| Other Waste | 2.68 | 5.23 | 2.55 | 95.19% | |
| Natural Flowers | 4.05 | 3.98 | -0.07 | -1.71% | |
| Canned Agricultural Products | 0.26 | 0.39 | 0.13 | 50.66% | |
| OTHER | 2.39 | 1.44 | -0.95 | -39.75% | |
| Central American Common Market (MCCA) | TOTAL | 193.10 | 208.79 | 15.69 | 8.13% |
| Shrimp | 89.06 | 106.38 | 17.32 | 19.45% | |
| Raw Tobacco | 22.58 | 21.58 | -1.00 | -4.43% | |
| Other Manufactures of Metal | 16.43 | 15.69 | -0.74 | -4.49% | |
| Electrical Machinery and Apparatus | 10.69 | 8.85 | -1.84 | -17.20% | |
| Other Goods | 11.67 | 6.78 | -4.89 | -41.90% | |
| OTHER | 42.67 | 49.51 | 6.84 | 16.03% | |
| TOTAL: NON-OIL EXPORTS | 16,821.78 | 17,564.92 | 743.14 | 4.42% | |
Exports by Main Product and Economic Destination
Tons, thousands, Accumulated Jan-Jul
| Destination | Product | 2025: Jan-Jul | 2026: Jan-Jul | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonnes, thousands | % | ||||
| Rest of the world | TOTAL | 2,258.45 | 2,551.22 | 292.76 | 12.96% |
| Bananas | 1,732.50 | 1,881.08 | 148.58 | 8.58% | |
| Other Wood Products | 127.47 | 151.01 | 23.55 | 18.47% | |
| Shrimp | 87.81 | 97.40 | 9.59 | 10.92% | |
| Cocoa | 88.33 | 90.44 | 2.11 | 2.38% | |
| Extracts and Vegetable Oils | 0.42 | 87.04 | 86.62 | 20,728.81% | |
| OTHER | 221.92 | 244.25 | 22.33 | 10.06% | |
| European Union | TOTAL | 1,795.60 | 1,904.27 | 108.67 | 6.05% |
| Bananas | 1,196.79 | 1,328.59 | 131.80 | 11.01% | |
| Shrimp | 156.61 | 153.19 | -3.42 | -2.18% | |
| Canned Fish | 126.33 | 114.72 | -11.61 | -9.19% | |
| Cocoa | 93.74 | 63.87 | -29.87 | -31.87% | |
| Banana Products | 34.79 | 35.41 | 0.62 | 1.78% | |
| OTHER | 187.34 | 208.49 | 21.15 | 11.29% | |
| United States | TOTAL | 1,313.83 | 1,357.30 | 43.47 | 3.31% |
| Bananas | 603.30 | 578.03 | -25.27 | -4.19% | |
| Shrimp | 150.29 | 206.42 | 56.12 | 37.34% | |
| Plantains | 100.80 | 106.25 | 5.45 | 5.41% | |
| Cocoa | 66.86 | 66.94 | 0.08 | 0.11% | |
| Banana Products | 45.74 | 49.01 | 3.27 | 7.15% | |
| OTHER | 346.84 | 350.65 | 3.81 | 1.10% | |
| China | TOTAL | 1,115.91 | 1,238.54 | 122.62 | 10.99% |
| Shrimp | 408.18 | 495.46 | 87.28 | 21.38% | |
| Lead and Copper Concentrate | 373.97 | 371.10 | -2.87 | -0.77% | |
| Bananas | 159.39 | 174.70 | 15.32 | 9.61% | |
| Other Mining Products | 47.65 | 61.36 | 13.71 | 28.77% | |
| Other Wood Products | 38.77 | 45.77 | 7.00 | 18.06% | |
| OTHER | 87.95 | 90.15 | 2.20 | 2.50% | |
| Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) | TOTAL | 1,211.48 | 1,231.32 | 19.84 | 1.64% |
| Bananas | 284.15 | 316.54 | 32.39 | 11.40% | |
| Other Wood Products | 178.17 | 169.04 | -9.13 | -5.12% | |
| Other Goods | 166.19 | 124.31 | -41.88 | -25.20% | |
| Extracts and Vegetable Oils | 96.46 | 84.56 | -11.90 | -12.34% | |
| Other Manufactures of Metal | 48.90 | 77.70 | 28.80 | 58.88% | |
| OTHER | 437.61 | 459.17 | 21.56 | 4.93% | |
| Central American Common Market (MCCA) | TOTAL | 198.71 | 81.38 | -117.34 | -59.05% |
| Other Goods | 158.21 | 35.64 | -122.57 | -77.47% | |
| Shrimp | 10.79 | 14.68 | 3.90 | 36.11% | |
| Other Manufactures of Metal | 5.33 | 5.84 | 0.52 | 9.70% | |
| Animal Feed | 1.54 | 3.85 | 2.31 | 150.03% | |
| Other Wood Products | 4.58 | 3.76 | -0.82 | -17.87% | |
| OTHER | 18.26 | 17.61 | -0.65 | -3.56% | |
| European Free Trade Association (EFTA) | TOTAL | 13.23 | 16.92 | 3.69 | 27.90% |
| Bananas | 12.24 | 15.89 | 3.65 | 29.83% | |
| Natural Flowers | 0.63 | 0.57 | -0.06 | -9.50% | |
| Canned Agricultural Products | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 62.82% | |
| Banana Products | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 66.85% | |
| Other Fruits | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | -21.93% | |
| OTHER | 0.09 | 0.03 | -0.06 | -66.67% | |
| TOTAL: NON-OIL EXPORTS | 7,907.22 | 8,380.94 | 473.72 | 5.99% | |
Exports by Main Products
USD FOB, millions, Accumulated Jan-Jul
| Category | 2025: Jan-Jul | 2026: Jan-Jul | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD FOB millions | Share of total (%) | USD FOB millions | Share of total (%) | USD FOB millions | % | |
| Total exports | 21,316.85 | 100.00% | 23,289.01 | 100.00% | 1,972.16 | 9.25% |
| Oil products | 4,495.07 | 21.09% | 5,724.09 | 24.58% | 1,229.01 | 27.34% |
| Crude | 4,151.62 | 19.48% | 5,305.42 | 22.78% | 1,153.79 | 27.79% |
| Byproducts | 343.45 | 1.61% | 418.67 | 1.80% | 75.22 | 21.90% |
| Non-oil products | 16,821.78 | 78.91% | 17,564.92 | 75.42% | 743.14 | 4.42% |
| Primary exports | 13,590.51 | 63.75% | 14,233.72 | 61.12% | 643.20 | 4.73% |
| Shrimp | 4,903.39 | 23.00% | 5,765.71 | 24.76% | 862.32 | 17.59% |
| Mining products | 2,215.23 | 10.39% | 3,179.54 | 13.65% | 964.32 | 43.53% |
| Banana and plantain | 2,548.94 | 11.96% | 2,739.87 | 11.76% | 190.92 | 7.49% |
| Cocoa | 2,334.86 | 10.95% | 982.71 | 4.22% | -1,352.14 | -57.91% |
| Natural flowers | 626.92 | 2.94% | 651.14 | 2.80% | 24.22 | 3.86% |
| Fruits | 242.56 | 1.14% | 228.30 | 0.98% | -14.26 | -5.88% |
| Wood | 252.78 | 1.19% | 219.81 | 0.94% | -32.97 | -13.04% |
| Tuna and fish | 207.22 | 0.97% | 209.28 | 0.90% | 2.05 | 0.99% |
| Other | 167.56 | 0.79% | 164.57 | 0.71% | -2.99 | -1.79% |
| Raw tobacco | 73.16 | 0.34% | 76.65 | 0.33% | 3.49 | 4.77% |
| Manila hemp | 12.14 | 0.06% | 10.13 | 0.04% | -2.00 | -16.51% |
| Coffee | 5.76 | 0.03% | 6.00 | 0.03% | 0.24 | 4.18% |
| Industrialized exports | 3,231.26 | 15.16% | 3,331.21 | 14.30% | 99.94 | 3.09% |
| Canned sea food | 1,075.60 | 5.05% | 1,019.27 | 4.38% | -56.33 | -5.24% |
| Other industrialized | 668.11 | 3.13% | 731.12 | 3.14% | 63.01 | 9.43% |
| Other metal manufactures | 240.95 | 1.13% | 261.87 | 1.12% | 20.92 | 8.68% |
| Vegetable extracts and oils | 140.13 | 0.66% | 224.45 | 0.96% | 84.31 | 60.17% |
| Cocoa products | 301.36 | 1.41% | 212.96 | 0.91% | -88.41 | -29.34% |
| Banana products | 151.16 | 0.71% | 169.61 | 0.73% | 18.45 | 12.20% |
| Chemicals and pharmaceuticals | 123.83 | 0.58% | 123.00 | 0.53% | -0.84 | -0.67% |
| Leather, plastic and rubber manufacturing | 120.76 | 0.57% | 120.32 | 0.52% | -0.44 | -0.36% |
| Coffee products | 67.41 | 0.32% | 88.20 | 0.38% | 20.79 | 30.84% |
| Juices and fruit preserves | 60.41 | 0.28% | 81.49 | 0.35% | 21.08 | 34.90% |
| Vehicles | 52.93 | 0.25% | 56.76 | 0.24% | 3.83 | 7.23% |
| Paper and cardboard manufacturing | 45.62 | 0.21% | 49.55 | 0.21% | 3.93 | 8.62% |
| Fishmeal | 39.38 | 0.18% | 49.30 | 0.21% | 9.93 | 25.21% |
| Other sea products | 42.58 | 0.20% | 46.71 | 0.20% | 4.13 | 9.70% |
| Plywood and chipboard | 49.31 | 0.23% | 46.33 | 0.20% | -2.99 | -6.05% |
| Textile manufactures | 41.60 | 0.20% | 38.97 | 0.17% | -2.63 | -6.33% |
| Hats | 10.13 | 0.05% | 11.31 | 0.05% | 1.19 | 11.72% |
Exports by Main Products
Tons, thousands, Accumulated Jan-Jul
| Category | 2025: Jan-Jul | 2026: Jan-Jul | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume (tonnes) | Share of total (%) | Volume (tonnes) | Share of total (%) | Volume (tonnes) | % | |
| Total exports | 18,720,943.60 | 100.00% | 19,519,925.47 | 100.00% | 798,981.87 | 4.27% |
| Oil products | 10,813,721.39 | 57.76% | 11,138,982.26 | 57.06% | 325,260.88 | 3.01% |
| Crude | 10,050,411.62 | 53.69% | 10,266,166.24 | 52.59% | 215,754.62 | 2.15% |
| Byproducts | 763,309.76 | 4.08% | 872,816.02 | 4.47% | 109,506.26 | 14.35% |
| Non-oil products | 7,907,222.22 | 42.24% | 8,380,943.21 | 42.94% | 473,721.00 | 5.99% |
| Primary exports | 6,513,471.40 | 34.79% | 6,996,607.23 | 35.84% | 483,135.84 | 7.42% |
| Banana and plantain | 4,135,892.36 | 22.09% | 4,456,594.05 | 22.83% | 320,701.69 | 7.75% |
| Shrimp | 825,410.39 | 4.41% | 983,123.74 | 5.04% | 157,713.36 | 19.11% |
| Mining products | 518,628.05 | 2.77% | 530,164.41 | 2.72% | 11,536.36 | 2.22% |
| Wood | 390,051.19 | 2.08% | 397,404.55 | 2.04% | 7,353.37 | 1.89% |
| Cocoa | 260,864.72 | 1.39% | 232,576.13 | 1.19% | -28,288.59 | -10.84% |
| Fruits | 129,796.72 | 0.69% | 157,214.82 | 0.81% | 27,418.10 | 21.12% |
| Natural flowers | 108,794.10 | 0.58% | 111,770.34 | 0.57% | 2,976.24 | 2.74% |
| Other | 82,989.17 | 0.44% | 70,376.22 | 0.36% | -12,612.95 | -15.20% |
| Tuna and fish | 50,727.78 | 0.27% | 48,758.13 | 0.25% | -1,969.65 | -3.88% |
| Manila hemp | 5,902.14 | 0.03% | 4,666.73 | 0.02% | -1,235.41 | -20.93% |
| Raw tobacco | 3,588.29 | 0.02% | 3,419.86 | 0.02% | -168.43 | -4.69% |
| Coffee | 826.50 | 0.00% | 538.24 | 0.00% | -288.25 | -34.88% |
| Industrialized exports | 1,393,750.82 | 7.44% | 1,384,335.98 | 7.09% | -9,414.84 | -0.68% |
| Other industrialized | 540,353.99 | 2.89% | 414,818.61 | 2.13% | -125,535.38 | -23.23% |
| Canned sea food | 233,996.73 | 1.25% | 218,791.02 | 1.12% | -15,205.70 | -6.50% |
| Vegetable extracts and oils | 108,940.87 | 0.58% | 185,629.52 | 0.95% | 76,688.65 | 70.39% |
| Banana products | 105,352.83 | 0.56% | 115,309.78 | 0.59% | 9,956.95 | 9.45% |
| Other metal manufactures | 77,047.16 | 0.41% | 101,463.83 | 0.52% | 24,416.67 | 31.69% |
| Chemicals and pharmaceuticals | 93,365.72 | 0.50% | 100,377.12 | 0.51% | 7,011.40 | 7.51% |
| Plywood and chipboard | 51,144.98 | 0.27% | 47,604.55 | 0.24% | -3,540.43 | -6.92% |
| Fishmeal | 39,635.23 | 0.21% | 43,225.95 | 0.22% | 3,590.72 | 9.06% |
| Leather, plastic and rubber manufacturing | 38,007.20 | 0.20% | 41,988.04 | 0.22% | 3,980.85 | 10.47% |
| Paper and cardboard manufacturing | 37,036.25 | 0.20% | 34,497.42 | 0.18% | -2,538.83 | -6.85% |
| Cocoa products | 26,145.49 | 0.14% | 30,560.76 | 0.16% | 4,415.27 | 16.89% |
| Juices and fruit preserves | 20,522.78 | 0.11% | 25,844.45 | 0.13% | 5,321.67 | 25.93% |
| Textile manufactures | 7,815.66 | 0.04% | 7,118.74 | 0.04% | -696.92 | -8.92% |
| Coffee products | 5,311.26 | 0.03% | 6,955.91 | 0.04% | 1,644.64 | 30.97% |
| Other sea products | 5,979.27 | 0.03% | 5,807.70 | 0.03% | -171.57 | -2.87% |
| Vehicles | 2,947.99 | 0.02% | 4,196.86 | 0.02% | 1,248.87 | 42.36% |
| Hats | 147.41 | 0.00% | 145.71 | 0.00% | -1.70 | -1.16% |
Monthly Oil Imports
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Exports by Main Products
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Consumer Goods Imports
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Raw Materials Imports
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Non-Oil Imports by NANDINA Chapter and Origin
USD FOB, millions, Accumulated Jan-Jul
Non-Oil Imports by NANDINA Chapter and Origin
Tons, thousands, Accumulated Jan-Jul
Imports by Use (CUODE)
USD FOB, millions, Accumulated Jan-Jul
Imports by Use (CUODE)
Tons, thousands, Accumulated Jan-Jul