Colombia industrial production and sales rise from internal demand
In the first six months of 2014, industrial production and sales rose in Colombia by 1.7% and...
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Colombia’s industrial production, sales up, even as exports fall: Business association
Despite a drop in national exports, Colombia’s first quarter industrial production grew in comparison to the previous year, as did the country’s overall sales, according to a report published Wednesday by the...
Pacific Rubiales reports record production
The largest foreign oil company in Colombia, Pacific Rubiales, on Tuesday reported record oil and gas production in the first quarter of 2013. Pacific Rubiales’ reported successes have arrived on the back of a year in...
Colombia replaces 10% of coffee plants with fungus-resistant varieties
In 2011 Colombia replaced 10% of coffee acreage with fungus resistant seedlings in a bid a rid itself of the roya plant pest, reported the Wall Street Journal Wednesday. Over the past year, Colombian coffee growers replanted up...
Colombia lowers its 2011 coffee production forecast
Colombia drops its 2011 coffee production forecast after July’s harvest was less than expected due to adverse weather conditions, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Head of Colombia’s National Federation of Coffee Growers...
Colombian manufacturing up by 6.4%
Colombian industrial production is up by 6.4% in the first semester of 2011, according the Joint Industrial Opinion Survey, according to a communique released Wednesday. The survey revealed that total sales and sales in the...
Colombia’s success means drug cartels are moving to other countries: Foreign minister
Colombia’s foreign minister said that the country’s success in combating drug trafficking has led cartels to move to other Latin American countries, and offered the government’s cooperation in reducing the...
Oil production increases 15% during my presidency: Santos
In the first nine months of his presidency President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednseday that national petroleum production increased from 783,000 to 903,000 barrels a day, an increase of 15.3%. The head of state announced the...
Coffee growers expect 9.5 million bags in 2011 despite rain
Colombia’s Federation of Coffee Growers hopes to produce 9.5 million bags in 2011 facing challenges from the rainy season and fungi. According to Luis Genaro Muñoz, head of the Federation of Coffee Growers, the association...
Colombian coal production and exports up in Q1
Coal production in Colombia, the world’s No. 5 exporter, rose 6% to 20.3 million tonnes in the first quarter of this year while exports jumped nearly 10%, the country’s mining regulator said Thursday....
Severe rains cause 16% drop in banana harvests
Banana production fell by 16% in the first quarter of the year, compared to 2010, as a result of the season’s torrential rains, reported El Colombiano. At a meeting of AUGURA, the Association of Banana Growers of Colombia,...
‘Colombia could be world’s food basket’
Colombia has the potential to be a major food supplier for the international market according to the president of Crop Life, in an interview with Portafolio published Monday. Carlos Buzio said Colombia could play an important...
