Trade Fact of the Day
U.S. goods exports to Colombia year-to-date through May 2008 amount to 4.8 billion, up 50.0 percent from the same period of 2007.
About Trade
"Free and fair trade helps secure a future of freedom and promise."
President George W. Bush
World Trade Week Proclomation
May 16, 2008
Facts Of The Day
March 27, 2008
Information Technology (IT) products accounted for 15.2 percent of total U.S industrial exports to Colombia in 2006, totaling over $747 million. The top U.S. exports in this sector included computer parts, radio and TV broadcasting apparatus, and digital computing devices. Colombian tariffs range between 5 and 15 percent, with an average of 8.2 percent in 2006. For IT products, almost all U.S. industrial exports will receive duty-free treatment immediately upon implementation of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration
