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FREE TRADE ZONES

Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are geographic areas established to promote industrial processing of goods and services, primarily to develop exports, although there is no limits on serving the domestic market once the import duties are paid. There are twelve free trade zones in Colombia: Bogotá, Rionegro (Medellín), Pacific (Cali), La Candelaria (Cartagena), Quindio, Santa Marta. Now with the latest agreement with Canada, our citizens are allowed to play on their online casinos and get the same advantages as Canadians have. Visit https://www.nodepositcanadian.ca/ to find the legal online casinos in Canada and get no deposit bonus to try them for free!

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SPECIAL EDITION: WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

Excepts from media coverage of Colombia’s presidential election “The Uribe wind is not only an endorsement of a worldview favoring security, the rule of law and global engagement for Colombia. It is also evidence of a backlash against economic isolation and hostility toward private property preached by Mr. Gaviria and Mr. Chávez next door. As […]

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SPECIAL IMPORT-EXPORT SYSTEM

Colombia has a special import–export system in place called Plan Vallejo. It is a mechanism by means of which producer entrepreneurs, exporters or traders may request authorization from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism to introduce into the country, inputs, raw materials, intermediate goods, capital goods and spare parts, exempted from customs tariffs. To be eligible […]

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ILLEGAL CROPS DAMAGE COLOMBIA’S ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES

Colombia Trade announces the illegal coca and poppy crops, grown by narco-traffickers in Colombia to produce cocaine and heroin, are destroying one of the most important environmentally rich regions on the planet. An estimated 6,600 hectares of poppy crops are growing in the Andean forests and the high Andean mountains. The total area damaged to […]

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WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION – WTO

Colombia joined the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1981. Initially, the country only signed the Subsidies Code (1991) and the International Bovine Meat Agreement. In 1993, Colombia signed the Anti-dumping Code and the Customs Valuation Code. Colombia was an active participant during the Uruguay Round negotiations which were concluded in 1993. The […]

U.S.-Andean Free Trade Agreement 0 comments

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE U.S.-COLOMBIA TRADE PARTNERSHIP

Coltrade informs you about the Colombia trade partners, declaring that Colombia is a proven partner of the United States in the Western Hemisphere because of its trade and investment potential; its democratic, free market values; and its unwavering fight against illegal drugs and terrorism. The U.S.-Colombia Trade Partnership will significantly enhance both Colombia’s and the United States’ strategic […]