BOGOTA, May 5 (Reuters) - Colombian exports rose 19.4 percent to $3.2 billion in March from the year-earlier month, the government's DANE statistics agency said on Wednesday.
Oil exports drove the increase, a statement from the DANE said. Revenue from Colombia's international petroleum sales rose 103 percent during the month to $1.15 billion.
For the first quarter of the year, overall exports from the Andean country were up 19.1 percent to $9.0 billion compared with the same 2009 period, the statement said.
(Reporting by Nelson Bocanegra; Editing by Leslie Adler) Keywords: COLOMBIA EXPORTS/ (nelson.bocanegra@thomsonreuters.com; +571-634-4139; Reuters Messaging: nelson.bocanegra.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Oil exports drove the increase, a statement from the DANE said. Revenue from Colombia's international petroleum sales rose 103 percent during the month to $1.15 billion.
For the first quarter of the year, overall exports from the Andean country were up 19.1 percent to $9.0 billion compared with the same 2009 period, the statement said.
(Reporting by Nelson Bocanegra; Editing by Leslie Adler) Keywords: COLOMBIA EXPORTS/ (nelson.bocanegra@thomsonreuters.com; +571-634-4139; Reuters Messaging: nelson.bocanegra.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.