China and Holland: New markets for Colombia
New figures show that Holland and China joined the list of Colombia’s top five export destinations in 2009, while the U.S. and Venezuela are still the country’s most important markets.,…
New figures show that Holland and China joined the list of Colombia’s top five export destinations in 2009, while the U.S. and Venezuela are still the country’s most important markets.,…
The Central Bank of Colombia’s key interest rate at 3.5% stimulates economic growth, the bank’s seven board members said when they decided to keep the rate unchanged during their last…
Colombian exports rose 7.6% in December 2009 to $3.19 billion, compared with the year-earlier month, the country’s statistics department, DANE, said Thursday on its website. Exports of oil, coal, coffee…
Colombia’s Vice President Francisco Santos on Wednesday proposed higher taxes on unused land in order to encourage investment in the country’s agriculture, reported Colombian media. Santos explained that imposing a…
Colombia’s largest retailer, Almacenes Exito SA, posted a net profit of 147 billion Colombian pesos ($75 million) last year, down 3.9% from the COP153 billion reported in 2008, the company…
A couple of weeks ago, I was reading an article in a local newspaper in which the Colombian ambassador in the U.S., Carolina Barco, expressed herself to be very optimistic…
Internet giant Google has announced plans to open offices in Colombia in the near future, reported online news source Citytv. The marketing director of Google Latin America, Alberto Arebalos, announced…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe sees the vow of his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama to “strengthen trade relations” with with his country as a sign that the U.S. has confidence in…
Exports to Venezuela will fall to US$1.5 billion in 2010, from more than US$4 billion in 2009, the president of Colombia’s Central Bank said Monday. Because of this, the bank…