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GRUPO PENTA DISTRIBUIDORES S.A.S.

Registered importer🇨🇴 Colombia
NIT 900262583On record 2017 to 2026🔒 Compliance check
Printed matterTricyclesPlastics
Declared CIF value
$1.5M
2025 · +16% vs 2024
Import declarations
37
2025 · 379 since 2017
Net weight
104.2 t
2025
Avg. per declaration
$41.1k
declared CIF value
Products
12
HS subheadings on record
Rank · printed books
#18
of 239 importers in 2025

Import activity

2017 to 2026
035692017201820192020202120222023202420252026 YTD
Shaded year is the current year to date.
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What GRUPO PENTA DISTRIBUIDORES S.A.S imports

share of the ranked product mix
Printed matter, books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91 (HS 4901999000): 51.0%Printed matter, books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter in item no.4901.10 or 4901.9151% HS 4901999000Printed matter, trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like (HS 4911100000): 10.2%Printed matter, tradeadvertising material,commercial catalogues and10% HS 4911100000Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys, dolls' carriages, dolls, other toys, reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not, puzzles of all kinds (HS 9503003000): 7.1%Tricycles, scooters, pedalcars and similar wheeledtoys, dolls' carriages,7.1% HS 9503003000Printed matter, children's picture, drawing or colouring books (HS 4903000000): 6.1%Printed matter,children'spicture, drawing6.1%Plastics, sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics other than ethylene polymers (HS 3923299000): 4.1%Plastics, sacksand bags(including4.1%Printed matter, books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91 (HS 4901991000): 4.1%Printed matter,books, brochures,leaflets and4.1%Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustrated (HS 4904000000): 4.1%Music, printed orin manuscript,whether or not4.1%Iron or steel, articles in heading 7326 (HS 7326909000): 4.1%Iron or steel,articles inheading 73264.1%Plastics, other articles in chapter 39 (HS 3926909090): 3.1%Plastics, otherarticles inchapter 393.1%Printed matter, in heading no. 4911 (HS 4911990000): 3.1%Printed matter,in heading no.49113.1%Paper and paperboard, sacks and bags, including cones, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or fibres, having a base width less than 40cm (HS 4819400000): 2.0%Paper andpaperboar…sacks and2.0%Hosiery and footwear, without applied soles, of textile materials in item no. 6115.9, knitted or crocheted (excluding graduated compression hosiery, panty hose, tights, full or knee-length hosiery measuring per single yarn less than 67 decitex) (HS 6115990000): 1.0%
HS codeProductShareRanked
4901999000Printed matter, books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.9151.0%#1 · 10 yrs
4911100000Printed matter, trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like10.2%#2 · 3 yrs
9503003000Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys, dolls' carriages, dolls, other toys, reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not, puzzles of all kinds7.1%#2 · 2 yrs
4903000000Printed matter, children's picture, drawing or colouring books6.1%#3 · 2 yrs
3923299000Plastics, sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics other than ethylene polymers4.1%#2 · 2023
4901991000Printed matter, books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.914.1%#2 · 2025
4904000000Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustrated4.1%#2 · 2026
7326909000Iron or steel, articles in heading 73264.1%#2 · 2017
3926909090Plastics, other articles in chapter 393.1%#3 · 2018
4911990000Printed matter, in heading no. 49113.1%#3 · 2023

Share folds the directory's yearly top-five ranks across every year on record (a #1 counts five times a #5); the source publishes ranks, not per-product volumes.

Largest importers of printed books

ranked by declared CIF, all years
#CompanyActiveProductsDeclarationsDeclared value
1PANAMERICANA LIBRERIA Y PAPELERIA SA10 yr51,657$37.1M
2LABORATORIOS SERVIER DE COLOMBIA SAS6 yr4132$36M
3BOOKS AND BOOKS LTDA10 yr5262$5.6M
4IGLESIA CRISTIANA DE LOS TESTIGOS DE JEHOVA10 yr5384$5.3M
5BUSCALIBRECOLOMBIAS.A.S.9 yr52,658$5.1M
6CASA EDITORIAL EL TIEMPO S.A.9 yr585$4.6M
7CONFESION INTERNACIONAL GEDEONES COLOMBIA3 yr12$2.7M
8BOIRON S.A.S3 yr532$2.6M
9SOCIEDAD BIBLICA COLOMBIANA9 yr430$2.6M
10DISTRIBUIDORA PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE SAS10 yr558$2.5M
18GRUPO PENTA DISTRIBUIDORES S.A.S.10 yr337$1.5M

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Common questions

What does GRUPO PENTA DISTRIBUIDORES S.A.S import?

Colombia's customs importer directory (DIAN) list printed matter, tricycles and plastics as GRUPO PENTA DISTRIBUIDORES S.A.S's principal imports (ranked by HS subheading, 12 products on record).

How much does GRUPO PENTA DISTRIBUIDORES S.A.S import?

$1.5M of declared CIF value in 2025 across 37 import declarations (+16% versus 2024); $9.9M in total between 2017 to 2026.

Where does GRUPO PENTA DISTRIBUIDORES S.A.S source from?

Colombia's importer directory publishes each importer's products, declared value, net weight and declaration count, but not its origin countries or suppliers.

Who else imports printed books in Colombia?

PANAMERICANA LIBRERIA Y PAPELERIA SA, LABORATORIOS SERVIER DE COLOMBIA SAS and BOOKS AND BOOKS LTDA rank among the largest importers of printed books (HS 4901) in Colombia, out of 239 importers on record in 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from Colombia's customs importer directory (DIAN). Exsigo ingests the official records; nothing here is scraped from directories or estimated.