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1SEGUNDA ENTREGA
CULTURA Y ECONOMIA REGIONAL DE EUROPA

Maria Andrea Rojas Cadavid

Abril 2020

Politécnico gran colombiano.

Antioquia Colombia.
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Colombia has had a current FTA with the countries of the European Union for
approximately 5 years. Bilateral trade with the European market offers
opportunities to deepen the diversification of the export basket, taking advantage
of the competitiveness of non-traditional goods, both agro-industrial and
manufacturing.
The European Union is Colombia's second largest trading partner, representing
14.7% of foreign trade, behind the United States with a score of 26.8%, and
surpassing China and other countries. Germany is one of the most important
export destinations in the Netherlands, being one of the twenty countries that
exported the most in 2017.
In 2013, when the FTA came into force, Colombian exports to Europe were worth
USD 9.29 billion. However, last year, despite having grown by 10% compared to
2016, these reached only USD 5,439 million FOB, 40.3% less than in 2012. This
decrease in Colombian exports to European countries is the materialization of
the effect of the drop in mining and energy exports.
What we can evidence within the commercial relations between Colombia-
Germany, Colombia-Chechen Republic, and Colombia-Malta is that since
approximately the last 4 years the same products have always been exported
from Colombia to these countries with an amount that varies according to the
need of each year of the different exported products.

Cuadro 1. Principales productos exportados (USD Millones)

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Cuadro2. Exportaciones no minero-energéticas.

Principales destinos (USD FOB Millones)

The negotiation of the Trade Agreement between Colombia and the European
Union took 2 years and 7 months, which generated 9 negotiation rounds, with
4,170 participants in 284 meetings with civil society. Under the new negotiation
scheme, the first round of negotiations took place in February 2009 and the
negotiation process was closed in early 2010. In May of the same year, the
European Commission, Colombia and Peru adopted the final texts on which they
reached consensus.
The Agreement was signed in Brussels by the Government of Colombia and the
European Commission's Trade Commissioner, Mr. Karel De Gucht, on 26 June
2012.
The negotiation of the Trade Agreement between Colombia and the European
Union took 2 years and 7 months, which generated 9 negotiation rounds, with
4,170 participants in 284 meetings with civil society.
The Generalized System of Preferences is a system of unilateral preferences
granted by the European Union to developing countries and consists of three
different regimes. The regime from which it benefits since 2005 is the GSP Plus,
this system grants temporary trade preferences, for a limited group of products
and with specific conditions established by the European Union. In the case of
Colombia, this regime is in force until December 2013. Under the Trade
Agreement, the trade preferences are not temporary, nor are they conditioned,
nor do they have limitations on the quantity of products benefited. Therefore, the
Agreement allows for greater predictability and certainty for exporters, generates
stability in the conditions of access to the European market and the entire tariff
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universe was included in the negotiation. In addition, the preferences of the

Agreement do not expire periodically, they are in force without a deadline.
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Lista de referencias

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https://www.analdex.org/2018/07/26/tlc-entre-colombia-y-la-union-europea/
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