Colombian Cut Flowers Export Statistics
Colombian cut-flower export statistics by month and destination: US share, Mother's-Day-driven May peak and savanna-region origin concentration, from official MADR data.
Data through 2026-06 · source: MADR rfip-pkv5 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Mother's Day economy
Flowers are Colombia's second-largest agricultural export at US$6,066.4M — and their seasonality is misunderstood. The genuine demand peak is May, driven by Mother's Day logistics across the northern hemisphere: US$262.8M per occurrence, ahead of both the February and March windows.
Concentration in the savanna
82.6% of export value originates in Bogotá and Cundinamarca — the high-altitude savanna around the capital where cold nights slow the bloom cycle. At $7.10/kg FOB, unit values sit far above bulk tropical crops.
Where the flowers go
The United States absorbs the majority of volume; the ranking below shows all significant partners over the 30-month window.
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.
How big are Colombian flower exports?
US$6,066.4M FOB over the 30-month window, 79.0% of it to the United States.
When is peak season for Colombian flowers?
May — driven by Mother's Day logistics — averages US$262.8M per occurrence, the highest of any month; the Valentine's window ranks lower than commonly assumed.
Where are the flowers grown?
The Bogotá savanna (Bogotá + Cundinamarca departments) produces 82.6% of export value at a blended US$7.10/kg FOB.
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.