🇨🇴 Colombia · HS 4901 · official customs records

Who imports Printed books in Colombia?

The companies importing printed books (HS 4901) into Colombia, named in Colombia's official customs records with their declared values. Click any importer for its full profile.

Importers
239
latest full year (2025)
Year over year
-7%
importer count
Combined declared value
$154.8M
CIF, all goods of these importers, all years
Top 5 share
58%
of combined declared value
New entrants
87
in 2025
Exits
105
in 2025

Importers of printed books per year

companies with declarations
01813612017201820192020202120222023202420252026 YTD
Shaded year is the current year to date.

Market concentration

share of combined declared value
PANAMERICANA LIBRERIA Y PAPELERIA SA: 23.9% · $37.1MPANAMERICANA LIBRERIA Y PAPELERIA SA24%LABORATORIOS SERVIER DE COLOMBIA SAS: 23.2% · $36MLABORATORIOS SERVIER DE COLOMBIA SAS23%35 more importers: 17.6% · $27.3M35 more importers18%BOOKS AND BOOKS LTDA: 3.6% · $5.6MBOOKS AND BOOKSLTDA3.6%IGLESIA CRISTIANA DE LOS TESTIGOS DE JEHOVA: 3.4% · $5.3MIGLESIACRISTIANA DE LOSTESTIGOS DE3.4%BUSCALIBRECOLOMBIAS.A.S.: 3.3% · $5.1MBUSCALIBRECOLOM…3.3%CASA EDITORIAL EL TIEMPO S.A.: 3.0% · $4.6MCASAEDITORIALEL TIEMPO3.0%CONFESION INTERNACIONAL GEDEONES COLOMBIA: 1.8% · $2.7MCONFESIONINTERNACI…GEDEONES1.8%BOIRON S.A.S: 1.7% · $2.6MBOIRONS.A.S1.7%SOCIEDAD BIBLICA COLOMBIANA: 1.7% · $2.6MSOCIEDADBIBLICACOLOMBIANA1.7%DISTRIBUIDORA PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE SAS: 1.6% · $2.5M2%WISDOM SAS: 1.6% · $2.4M2%CENTROS DE LITERATURA CRISTIANA DE COLOMBIA: 1.3% · $2M1%PEARSON EDUCACION DE COLOMBIA S. A. S.: 1.3% · $2M1%PRODUCCIONES Y DISTRIBUCIONES JUDAH LIMITADA: 1.2% · $1.9M1%LA IGLESIA DE JESUCRISTO DE LOS SANTOS DE LOS ULTIMOS DIAS E: 1.1% · $1.7M1%A. MENARINI LATIN AMERICA, S.L.U. - SUCURSAL COLOMBIA: 1.1% · $1.6M1%DIDACTICOS Y LIBROS DIDACLIBROS LTDA.: 1.0% · $1.5M1%GRUPO PENTA DISTRIBUIDORES S.A.S.: 1.0% · $1.5M1%EDITORIAL OCEANO DE COLOMBIA S.A.S: 0.9% · $1.4M1%SOCIEDAD DE SAN PABLO: 0.9% · $1.3M1%INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION INC: 0.8% · $1.2M1%SIGLO DEL HOMBRE EDITORES S A: 0.8% · $1.2M1%EDITORIAL PLANETA COLOMBIANA S.A.: 0.8% · $1.2M1%DISTRIBUIDORA ANGLO MEXICANA S.A.S.: 0.7% · $1.1M1%Other (1): 0.7% · $1.1M1%

Importers of printed books in Colombia

ranked by declared CIF value, all years on record
#CompanyActiveProductsDeclarationsDeclared valueShare
1PANAMERICANA LIBRERIA Y PAPELERIA SA#3 product10 yr51,657$37.1M23.9%
2LABORATORIOS SERVIER DE COLOMBIA SAS#4 product6 yr4132$36M23.2%
3BOOKS AND BOOKS LTDA#1 product10 yr5262$5.6M3.6%
4IGLESIA CRISTIANA DE LOS TESTIGOS DE JEHOVA#1 product10 yr5384$5.3M3.4%
5BUSCALIBRECOLOMBIAS.A.S.#1 product9 yr52,658$5.1M3.3%
6CASA EDITORIAL EL TIEMPO S.A.#3 product9 yr585$4.6M3.0%
7CONFESION INTERNACIONAL GEDEONES COLOMBIA#1 product3 yr12$2.7M1.8%
8BOIRON S.A.S#4 product3 yr532$2.6M1.7%
9SOCIEDAD BIBLICA COLOMBIANA#1 product9 yr430$2.6M1.7%
10DISTRIBUIDORA PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE SAS#1 product10 yr558$2.5M1.6%
11WISDOM SAS#1 product9 yr556$2.4M1.6%
12CENTROS DE LITERATURA CRISTIANA DE COLOMBIA#1 product10 yr5121$2M1.3%
13PEARSON EDUCACION DE COLOMBIA S. A. S.#1 product10 yr568$2M1.3%
14PRODUCCIONES Y DISTRIBUCIONES JUDAH LIMITADA#2 product10 yr5128$1.9M1.2%
15LA IGLESIA DE JESUCRISTO DE LOS SANTOS DE LOS ULTIMOS DIAS E#1 product10 yr5684$1.7M1.1%
16A. MENARINI LATIN AMERICA, S.L.U. - SUCURSAL COLOMBIA#2 product7 yr232$1.6M1.1%
17DIDACTICOS Y LIBROS DIDACLIBROS LTDA.#4 product9 yr533$1.5M1.0%
18GRUPO PENTA DISTRIBUIDORES S.A.S.#1 product10 yr337$1.5M1.0%
19EDITORIAL OCEANO DE COLOMBIA S.A.S#1 product10 yr430$1.4M0.9%
20SOCIEDAD DE SAN PABLO#1 product10 yr526$1.3M0.9%
21INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION INC#1 product10 yr126$1.2M0.8%
22SIGLO DEL HOMBRE EDITORES S A#1 product10 yr5184$1.2M0.8%
23EDITORIAL PLANETA COLOMBIANA S.A.#1 product10 yr560$1.2M0.8%
24DISTRIBUIDORA ANGLO MEXICANA S.A.S.#1 product5 yr233$1.1M0.7%
25SU PRESENCIA PRODUCCIONES LTDA#1 product10 yr5129$1.1M0.7%

Declared value and declarations are each importer's totals across all its goods; "#n product" is where printed books ranks in that importer's own mix.

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Common questions

Who imports printed books in Colombia?

Colombia's customs records name PANAMERICANA LIBRERIA Y PAPELERIA SA, LABORATORIOS SERVIER DE COLOMBIA SAS, BOOKS AND BOOKS LTDA among the largest importers of printed books (HS 4901). The list below is drawn directly from official records.

How much printed books does Colombia import?

The importers of printed books (HS 4901) named in Colombia's directory declared $154.8M of CIF imports across all their goods over the years on record; the five largest account for 58% of it. The directory publishes totals per importer, not per product.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from Colombia's official government customs records. Exsigo ingests the primary source; nothing here is scraped from directories or estimated.

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