Colombia Banana Exports by Country: Destination Rankings

Which countries buy Colombian bananas? Full destination ranking with shares, unit values and origin concentration in Antioquia (Urabá) — from the official MADR dataset.

Data through 2026-06 · source: MADR rfip-pkv5 · CC BY-SA 4.0

US$3,251.4MBanano group, 30 months (FOB)

18.7%US share — most diversified top crop

US$579.9MBelgium, the #2 market

US$0.52/kgblended unit value — cheapest top crop

The diversification champion

Bananas are Colombia's most destination-diversified crop: US$3,251.4M spread across many buyers, with the US at just 18.7% share. Belgium alone takes US$579.9M — nearly tied with the US — feeding EU distribution.

Volume economics

At $0.52/kg FOB, bananas trade at a fraction of the unit value of flowers or coffee. The economics work on scale and turnaround speed, anchored in Urabá: Antioquia originates 61.6% of export value.

Destination ranking

Estados Unidos de AméricaUS$608.1M · 18.7%

BélgicaUS$579.9M · 17.8%

Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del NorteUS$451.7M · 13.9%

ItaliaUS$406.1M · 12.5%

AlemaniaUS$404.7M · 12.4%

Países BajosUS$210.7M · 6.5%

FranciaUS$166.9M · 5.1%

EsloveniaUS$72.3M · 2.2%

Source & provenance

Dataset: Exportaciones agrícolas no tradicionales y tradicionales, identifier rfip-pkv5, published by the Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR) on the Colombian national open-data portal (datos.gov.co landing page).
License: CC BY-SA 4.0; attribution required: “Fuente: Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR), datos.gov.co”. Share-alike applies to derived datasets.
Snapshot imported at commit 2bd60406; rows fetched between 2026-10-18T18:03:33Z and 2026-10-18T18:05:07Z (UTC).
All figures are recomputed from the local snapshot at build time — nothing is hand-copied. For policy-side screening, use the Trade Remedy Lookup.

Where does Colombia rank in banana exports?

Colombian banana exports totalled US$3,251.4M over the snapshot window — the most destination-diversified top crop, with the US at 18.7% share.

Which countries buy Colombian bananas?

The US and Belgium (US$579.9M) lead; see the destination ranking below for the full decomposition.

Why are banana unit prices so low?

At $0.52/kg FOB, bananas are the cheapest of Colombia's top crops — volume economics; Antioquia (Urabá) originates 61.6% of value.

Where does this data come from?

From the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) dataset rfip-pkv5 on datos.gov.co, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 — redistribution and commercial reuse permitted with attribution and share-alike.

How fresh is the data?

The underlying snapshot covers January 2024 through June 2026 at monthly grain, fetched on 2026-10-18 (UTC). Recent months can look low because customs filing lags — treat the newest cells as provisional.