Colombian Port Traffic by Commodity and Port Society, 2018 Onwards

Colombia's Superintendency of Transport consolidates port traffic data by product and port society across the country's port zones, with records of imports and exports of articles and products. The dataset includes monthly records starting from January 2018. The published information is referential, and only the Superintendency of Transport can certify the data for each port society.

Use Cases

• Analyzing import/export trade flows by commodity using IMPORTACION, EXPORTACION, and GRUPO_PRODUCTO_NOM columns.
• Comparing port society performance across different port zones using SOCIEDAD_PORTUARIA and zona_portuaria columns.
• Modeling seasonal trends in port traffic using time-series data from MES and ANNO columns.
• Studying different types of cargo movements (e.g., transshipment, cabotage) using TRANSBORDO, CABOTAJE, and TRANSITORIA columns.

Strengths

• Data covers multiple years, with records starting from January 2018.
• Includes granular detail across 13 columns for different traffic types, port societies, and product groups.
• Data is published in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The data is described as referential and subject to updates for statistical accuracy.

Provenance

Source

Colombian Superintendency of Transport, published via www.datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Consolidated from data transmitted by port societies to the Superintendency of Transport.

Time Range

From January 2018 onwards.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:27:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, across its port zones.