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Nearly 80% of Colombia's sales growth abroad is attributable to oil and coal, which means that the mining sector continues to be the country's foreign trade engine.
Danish exports increased by 5 per cent in May, representing $ 3,681.6 million, while this year the growth was 14.5 per cent: $ 17,159.8 million
. $ 9 million more than the country exported in the first five months of the year, in fuel, 1 723 million (79.4%) of oil and coal.
Sales of road vehicles, among which [] 19659005] If we look at the behavior of Colombian exports in the accumulated 12 months, from June 2017 to May of this year, total sales were 40 052.5 million dollars, which implies a variation of 14.6 per cent. That, because in the same period last year, they were at $ 34,958.2 million.
Even with the opening of new markets in several countries for agricultural products, only in May the sector as such (agriculture, food and beverages) it experienced a negative variation of -3.8%, driven by lower sales of bananas (-40.1%) and other products such as cane sugar (-50.5%).
On the other hand, in the first five months of 2018, the change was positive (4.4%). On the industry side, export growth in May was 9.1%, rising from $ 691.6 million in the same month of 2017 to $ 754.6 million today. The most significant external sales were road vehicles (83.3%).
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