By TomL
When I look at Columbia and tariffs I see coffee export and the farm / Marijuana by farmers & cartels. A very large portion of the Columbian money comes from drug farming. How do you put a tariff on drugs?
Colombia (COL) Exports, Imports, and Trade Partners
The Observatory of Economic Complexity
The top exports of Colombia are Crude Petroleum ($16.1B), Coal Briquettes ($12.9B), Coffee ($4.15B), Refined Petroleum ($2.64B), and Gold ($2.59B)
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Colombia exports a variety of products, including crude petroleum, coal, coffee, gold, and other minerals, as well as agricultural products (drugs), food, and manufactured goods
Mineral oils, and thermal coal, reaching an export value of 12.4 billion U.S. dollars and 7.65 billion dollars, respectively. Unroasted and not decaffeinated coffee was Colombia’s fourth most exported product, with roughly 2.8 billion U.S. dollars’ worth of exports.
Most exported products from Colombia in 2023
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Exports in billion U.S. dollars
Gold (including platinum gold), in unprocessed forms*
Other coffees not roasted, nor decaffeinated
Coke and semi-coke of coal, whether or not agglomerated**
Other fresh flowers and buds, cut for bouquets or decorations
Fuel oil, except waste oils and containing biodiesel
Gas oils (diesel), except waste oils, and containing biodiesel
Gasoline-type jet fuel, for reactors and turbines, except waste oils and those containing biodiesel
Bananas or plantains
History of Drug Production
Marijuana. The marijuana drug trade was the gateway to what would eventually make Colombia’s drug industry so prevalent. …
Cocaine. The scarcity of the coca industry and unique growing environment made cocaine production a very profitable industry for Colombia. …Heroin.
