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GENERAL EXPORT
PROCESS IN
COLOMBIA:
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Ten steps to
export in colombia
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MARKET
STUDY.
 From the commercial point of view, an export process should
begin with a study of markets that allows identifying the potential
of your product in the international market, being
recommendable to carry out a consultation on the
characteristics of the demand, of the country, basic economic
indicators (sale and purchase prices, exchange rate,
inflation,imports, exports, national production), trade customs,
competition, access conditions, international physical
distribution, current trade agreements, trends and tastes, among
others that determine an initial viability of the export process.
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2. BUSINESS CREATION OR
FORMALIZATION.

 The export of merchandise requires that the company or natural

person formalize its activity commercial, demanding that the
person obtain or update the RUT in box 54, where enables you
as a customs user – exporter, which forces you to operate under
the Common Regime with their respective obligations, the
above must be done in one of the DIAN offices. In the following
link you can expand the information regarding the mentioned
items and others that are important for the creation of the
company.
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3. DETERMINATION OF THE TARIFF
CLASSIFICATION.

 Tariff classification is a merchandise classification system

(Harmonized System created by the World Customs
Organization) whose first six digits are called tariff subheading
and identifies a product in any country in the world, each country
performs a disaggregation in its Customs Tariff, which adds
other digits for purposes statistics and control that are usually
four additional digits forming the position Tariff
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ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF
ORIGIN

 Tariff exemptions or reductions granted in the negotiations of the

agreements of free trade, require the issuance of a Certificate of
Origin to enjoy these preferences The development of this
procedure requires compliance with the criteria of origin (they
are the conditions that products must meet to be considered
originating in a country) for which it is required to previously fill
out a Sworn Declaration of Determination of origin (one form for
each product), via www.dian.gov.co, module Customs
management, merchandise exit.
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REQUEST FOR APPROVALS.

 It is essential to identify the requirements that each of the

products has to be exported and imported from each country,
since it must comply with the protection of health human, animal
and environmental, through the certification of safety and health
of products for use or consumption by humans and animals.
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INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT OF
SALE

 There is a fundamental requirement for the export process,

which is to agree on the terms in which the negotiation will take
place, within which it is normally carried out the commercial
invoice that is a security and proof document of a transaction
commercial, although there are several aspects that are not
regulated, stipulated or agreed in said document, being there
where two fundamental aspects become important, the
preparation of an international sales contract and the use of the
terms of international negotiation.
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INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION
TERMS – INCOTERMS:

 Prior to the signing of an international sales contract, the

preparation of the invoice and even to the presentation of a
commercial offer (quotation) it is necessary to determine the
International Negotiation Term – INCOTERMS that adjusts to
the needs, resources and knowledge of both the exporter and
the importer.
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CUSTOMS PROCEDURE FOR THE EXPORT OF
GOODS IN
COLOMBIA:

 In order to understand this process it is necessary to refer to the new

regulation customs that was presented with Decree 1165 of 2019 and
Resolution 046 of 2019, understanding that the Executive Power of
our of Colombia is carrying out efforts to simplify the existing
regulations, being a clear example the Sole Regulatory Decrees, which
originate in the recommendations of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) and CONPES 3816 of October
2 of 2014, requiring to mention the DUR 1074 of 2015 that determines
the structure of the sector Updated by UBC – December 2019.
Commerce, Industry and Tourism and which you are suggested to
consult to find opportunities business growth and development.
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DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING THE REQUEST FOR
AUTHORIZATION OF
SHIPMENT AND EXPORT DECLARATION:

 The supporting documents of the Shipment Authorization Request – SAE are:

 • Document proving the operation that gave rise to the export (commercial invoice
or contract).

 • Approvals or authorizations, when appropriate.

 • Mandate, when a Customs Agency or proxy acts as declarant.

 The supporting documents of the Export Declaration are:

 • Those mentioned above and the transport document must be included (knowledge
bill of lading, air waybill, bill of lading or multimodal transport document), list of
packaging (if required), certificate of origin (if required) and others that grant support
for the operation or that are required by current legal regulations.
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CURRENCY REFUND.

 It is necessary to previously agree with your counterpart abroad

on the means of payment to be used, either direct transfer
(advance, against delivery of documents, etc.) or one that uses
a risk coverage, such as letters of credit or stand-by guarantees.
To expand the concepts, it is suggested to consult the Practical
Guide to “International Payment Means”.

 Remember that by current legal regulations the channeling of

foreign currency product of exports must be channeled through
foreign exchange market intermediaries authorized (commercial
bank or clearing account) exclusively.