Explore new business opportunities using Colombia as the platform to reach the Latin American market. #Investincolombia

1. Colombia: the golden gate to Latin America
#investincolombia
Colombia is a reliable
investment destination
with access to the
Americas.
Colombia is now
an OECD country
STRATEGIC
GEOGRAPHICAL
LOCATION, AN
INCREDIBLE GATEWAY
TO REACH THE MARKET
OF THE AMERICAS.
El Dorado airport in the
capital of Colombia, is
classified as the best of
Latin America and the 11th
worldwide (Airhelp Score)
Colombia grants access
to 47 countries and
more than 1.5 billion
consumers.
Colombia is the third
most populous country
in Latin America after
Brazil and Mexico.
Colombia offers
reduced Income tax
and VAT Exemptions
allowing access to
local market
Colombia was ranked
third in Latin America
by the Human Talent
Report, recognized for
its high skilled
professionals and high
productivity rates.
Colombia, a country
with invesment - grade
rating awarded by
Standard & Poor’s,
Moody’s and Fitch
Being part of an organization
such as the OECD is a sign of
economic stability, transparency,
and government discipline.
The OECD offers a seal of
quality for foreign investors. In
the process of fulfilling public
policy standards to become a
member, Colombia has
improved its policies, which
results in greater confidence
on the part of foreign investors
The OECD issues guidelines
for removing barriers to trade
and investment, which allows
Colombia to travel a path of
continuous improvement, peer
evaluation, and institutional
strengthening.
Thanks to the OECD’s
recommendations, the national
government has driven
concrete reforms to facilitate
trade.
Colombian Government is
committed to foster
innovation and strengthen
the creative economy.
Colombia is the third
destination country in
foreign direct
investment in Latin
America with USD 14,5
Bn in 2017 (UNCTAD)
Industry | Oil | Logistic
Colombia, first
destination for safe
investment
(Doing Business
World Bank)
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2. Colombia: the golden gate to Latin America
#investincolombia
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Pacific Alliance is the
world’s 8th largest
economy in the world
225 million inhabitants
with USD17,266 GDP
per capita on average
in the Pacific Alliance
(World Bank)
IFIAP: One Stop Shop
to facilitate investment
in the Pacific Alliance.
Philippine company International
Container Terminal Service Inc
(ICTSI) together with Port of
Singapore Authority (PSA) invested
USD 320 million in a Port in the city
of Buenaventura at the pacific
coast of Colombia.
Japanese company Ajinomoto
established a packaging and
distribution centre in Colombia
for the region.
Indian company Unithed
Phosporus, one of the largest
in agrochemicals in the world,
began operations in Colombia
in 2008 with a plant in
Barranquilla, in which it has
reinvested about USD25
million
Korean company RANS
invested in a distribution
centre in Colombia and
processing facility to export
fruit to Korea, Japan
and USA.
43,6% of the total FDI
that flows into Latin
America (2016) go to
the Pacific Alliance
(Source: World Bank
and UCTAD)
Integrated financial
markets with MILA in
Pacific Alliance: an
investor in one country
can invest in assets of
another country in one
Stock Exchange.
investment in Latin
America with USD 14,5
Bn in 2017 (UNCTAD)
COLOMBIA
CHILE
PERU
MEXICO
Major Asian
corporations
have chosen
Colombia as an
investment
destination: