US EditionColombia halts electricity sales to Ecuador and imposes tariffs in trade, drug trafficking spat
Colombia responded to Ecuador's planned 30% security tariff with a matching 30% tariff on 20 Ecuadorian products and suspended electricity exports to protect its energy supply.
- On Jan 22, Colombia suspended electricity sales to Ecuador and imposed tariffs on 20 Ecuadorian product lines as a swift response to Quito's prior announcement.
- Citing border insecurity, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced a 30% security surcharge on Colombian imports from February 1, framing it as retaliation for weak cooperation on drug trafficking and illegal mining.
- Trade data show that Colombia exported about $1.673 billion to Ecuador in Jan–Nov 2025, while targeted Ecuador-to-Colombia flows total roughly $250 million, threatening vehicles, pharmaceuticals, sugars and oils.
- Colombia's Mines and Energy Ministry announced an indefinite suspension of electricity sales to Ecuador and said flows will resume only when technical and trade conditions are restored.
- The dispute raises questions under the Andean Community's Cartagena Agreement, with Edwin Palma noting Colombia supplied roughly 90% of Ecuador's power during late-2024 crisis, and Gustavo Petro saying 'The collaboration with the armed forces of Ecuador is tight.
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Both countries punished each other with tariffs of 30% , which intensified a commercial and diplomatic dispute , with a focus on drug trafficking on the common border . After the impasse initiated by Quito , Bogotá suspended the supply of
Colombia halts electricity sales to Ecuador and imposes tariffs in trade, drug trafficking spat
Colombia will suspend electricity sales to Ecuador and impose a 30% tariff on 20 products from its neighbor, it said on Thursday, in an escalating dispute over trade and the fight against drug trafficking.
The Colombian government announced Thursday that it will apply 30 percent tariffs to a group of products coming from Ecuador and will suspend the export of electricity to that country, in response to the equivalent unilateral rate announced by the Ecuadorian government Daniel Noboa.The mutual tension began with Noboa's public protest over a trade deficit of more than 850 million dollars with Colombia and the lack of reciprocity in the care of th…
Colombia announced on Thursday 22 January the imposition of customs duties of 30 per cent on some 20 Ecuadorian products and the suspension of its electricity sales to Ecuador, in response to similar measures decided by Quito. Both countries are engaged in a commercial escalation against the backdrop of security tensions at their common border.
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