Main Exported Products

Colombia produced a variety of crops for both export and domestic consumption. These are mainly: Coffee, Bananas, Flowers and Petroleum.

Coffee

Coffee remained Colombia's primary export crop. The entire industry, including processing and transporting, accounted for about 8 percent of GDP, contributed 12 percent of government revenues, and generated approximately 50 percent of foreign exchange. Coffee provided a livelihood for more than 300,000 farmers, and over 2 million jobs were linked to some stage of coffee production.