According to the most recent Dane report on external purchases, during September 2021, the imports registered before the Dian totaled 5,733 million dollars and presented an increase of 64.9% compared to the same month of 2020.
As the Dane explained, This behavior was mainly due to the 66.5% increase in the Manufacturing group.
In September 2021, Manufacturing imports participated with 78.7% of the total value of imports, followed by products Agriculture, food and beverages with 12.8%, Fuels and products of the extractive industries with 8.4% and other sectors 0.1%.
For its part, in September 2021 there was a deficit in the Colombian trade balance of 1,711 million dollars, while in September 2020 there was a deficit of 758 million dollars.
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