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Colombia imported $509,875,626 (Free On Board value) on fertilizers and chemicals for soil treatment last year. The number is an increase compared of what was purchased from abroad in 2013, when Colombians bought $508,185,702.00 from foreign countries.

The survey was made according to official data from the Department of Safety and Agricultural Inputs of the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA). The agency collected information from importers and commercial house.

In terms of volume, the Andean country imported 1.13 million tons of fertilizers and chemicals for soil treatment in 2014. Comparing in these terms, there is a increase compared to, when Colombian purchased 1.1 million tons from abroad.

More details can be found in the table below.

Company	Kilograms		FOB Value ($)	Liters		FOB Value ($)
Company	Volume	%	FOB Value ($)	Volume	%	FOB Value ($)
Abonos colombianos S.A. -abocol	314,034,407	28%	122,008,846	40,000	4%	484,86
Monomeros colombo venezolanos S.A.	431,593,198	38%	159,697,117		0%
Precisagro	170,721,663	15%	65,536,110		0%
Ecofertil S.A.	141,463,751	12%	57,485,082		0%
Disan colombia S.A.	36,034,367	3%	17,118,309	59,966	6%	177,313
Yara colombia ltda	32,805,283	3%	64,424,725	27,301	3%	141,97
Brenntag colombia S.A.	5,483,925	0%	4,859,612		0%
Industrias emu S.A.	1,714,757	0%	2,636,493		0%
Improagro ltda	1,690,504	0%	3,585	8	0%	-
Mejisulfatos S.A.	1,156,500	0%	455,141		0%
Colinagro	838,900	0%	1,138,573	109,684	10%	333,138
Valagro andina ltda	607,860	0%	53,284	240,84	22%	19,844
Cosmoagro S.A.S.	377,422	0%	1,024,827		0%
Agriandes daymsa S.A.	256,535	0%	181,796	80,84	8%	279,45
Gr chia S.A.S.	100,000	0%	127,925		0%
Agrofercol ltda	99,100	0%	63,031	25,9	2%	24,711
Stoller colombia S.A.	97,000	0%	128,035	90,688	8%	233,598
Semillas del tropico S.A.S.	41,860	0%	67,476	10,778	1%	56,869
C.I. acepalma S.A.	35,633	0%	12,677,909		0%
Innovak colombia ltda	25,600	0%		24,44	2%
luis guillermo correa estrada	24,000	0%			0%
Enlaces quimicos ltda	17,000	0%	22,49		0%
Mayoristas agricolas S.A. magro S.A.	13,948	0%	71,502	38,5	4%	455,5
Sa agro S.A.S	12,300	0%	21,091	11,085	1%	63,568
Adn adelante S.A.S	6,500	0%	26,043	9,032	1%	39,003
Pro-ecologicos del tolima	2,500	0%	32,275		0%
Superabono ltda	300	0%	849	20,996	2%	115,81
Delagro ltda	14	0%		11,658	1%
Primacide S.A.S	12	0%	13,5	6,804	1%	64,799
Isagro colombia S.A.S		0%		164,7	15%	18
Hortitec colombia S.A.		0%		44,804	4%	254,462
Sumitomo corporation colombia S.A.		0%		14,688	1%	102,625
Fernando puerta diaz		0%		540	0%	15
Syngenta S.A.		0%		51	5%	242,25
Total	1,139,254,838	100%	509,875,626	1,084,252	100%	3,089,804
Sources: Casas Comerciales and ICA