Report on Colombia Cell Phone Imports During Q1 2017
07 June 2017

Colombia is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America. Colombia stood as 5th largest mobile importer country among Latin American countries and got 40th rank in the world. The country has registered USD 1776 Million mobile import value in the year 2016. Colombia has recorded mobile import value of USD 273 Million from January to March 2017. The country has imported 2379091 pieces of mobile phones during this period. There are three modes of transport to do Importing of goods in any country such as Air route, Land route and sea route. Colombia has imported nearly 50% of the cell phones via air route only during the first quarter of year 2017.
In this article, we have mentioned the analysis of Colombia mobile phone import data on the basis of brands, exporter country and importers. Let’s take a look at the mobile import value in these three months separately. The country has registered USD 88.48 Million mobile import value in the month of January while it is USD 91 Million in February and USD 93 Million in March 2017. Here is the month wise analysis (Q1 of 2017) of Colombia cell phone import value in the graphical representation below.

Colombia Cell Phone Import Report - Brand Wise Analysis
Samsung is the most selling mobile phone
brand in Colombia. The country has imported Samsung brand cell phones with the
import value of USD 104.37 Million during the first quarter of year 2017. It is
followed by Apple brand cell phones with the import value of USD 83.35 Million.
Lenovo, Huawei and LG are next in the list of highest import value in Colombia.
Colombia is importing only Motorola mobile phones of Lenovo brand.
A total of 952032 pieces of Samsung mobile phones has imported in Colombia while it is 426634 pieces for Apple brand in Q1 of 2017. It means Samsung is most imported mobile phone brand in terms of quantity and value. Refer the below table to check the most imported cell phone brands with their import value during the first quarter of year 2017.

Brands |
Import Value in USD Million |
Samsung |
104.37 |
Apple |
83.35 |
Lenovo (Motorola) |
37.28 |
Huawei |
14.01 |
LG |
11.68 |
Alcatel |
4.83 |
Asus |
4.73 |
*above stats is based on Q1 2017 report
Colombia Mobile Phone Import Report - Exporter Country Wise Analysis
China is the largest mobile exporter country of Colombia. The various brands of mobile phones like Apple, Samsung, Lenovo, Huawei, LG etc. are importing in Colombia from China. Colombia has recorded 85% of the import value out of total’s value from China, which is USD 229 Million from January to March 2017. A total of 1823887 pieces of mobile phones has been imported from China during this period, which is nearly 76% of the total quantity imported.
Vietnam is the second largest mobile exporter country of Colombia with the import value of USD 36.52 Million in Q1 of 2017. The country has imported only Samsung, LG and Apple brand mobile phones from Vietnam during this period. Here is the table for the largest mobile exporter country of Colombia with their import value.

Exporter Country |
Value in USD Million |
China |
229.74 |
Vietnam |
36.52 |
Korea (South) |
4.71 |
Hong Kong |
0.98 |
USA |
0.74 |
*above stats is based on Q1 2017 report
Colombia Cell Phone Companies (Importers)
In Q1 of 2017, there are around 95 active mobile phone importers (cell phone companies) in Colombia. Samsung Electronics SA is the largest Colombia cell phone company which has registered USD 98.81 Million mobile import value and imported 923251 pieces of mobile phones from January to March 2017. Here, we are providing the top 10 Colombia cell phone companies with their import value and total quantity imported.
Importers |
Import Value (in USD Million) |
Quantity (in Pieces) |
Samsung Electronics Colombia SA |
98.81 |
923251 |
Apple Colombia SAS |
46.06 |
88830 |
Comunicacion Celular SA Comcel SA |
33.25 |
341832 |
Colombia Telecomunicaciones SA ESP |
16.43 |
112786 |
Colombiana De Comercio SA |
13.85 |
87740 |
LG Electronics Colombia LTDA |
13.67 |
142020 |
Colombia Movil SA ESP |
10.09 |
58315 |
Huawei Technologies Colombia SAS |
9.94 |
103671 |
Almacenes Exito SA |
8.65 |
53650 |
Falabella DE Colombia SA |
6.17 |
32639 |
*above stats is based on Q1 2017 report
Now, you got a fair idea about the analysis of Colombia cell phone import. You will know about the following facts in our customised report which is prepared by our data experts.
· You will know about the Colombia cell phone companies with their shipment details.
· What are the most imported mobile phone brands in Colombia?
· Name of the mobile phone exporter countries of Colombia.
· You will know about the import
of mobile phone brands in Colombia during Q1 2017.
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