ANNOUNCEMENT 15 Aug 2013

In August 2013, the government of Colombia announced a change in import duties.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 0 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE



Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism. Decree no. 1755 of 15 August 2013: http://www.mincit.gov.co/descargar.php?idFile=4156

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism. Decree no. 555 of 14 March 2014: http://www.mincit.gov.co/descargar.php?idFile=4327


Inception date: 15 Aug 2013 | Removal date: 15 Aug 2017

Import tariff

On August 15, 2013, the Government of Colombia temporarily eliminated the Most Favored Nation (MFN) import duties applicable to goods classified under 3,490 tariff lines.
 
In particular, this Resolution temporarily eliminates the MFN duties applicable to goods classified under 64 of the 97 chapters of the Colombian Tariff Schedule. Goods classified under the following Chapters were excluded from the tariff elimination: 01, 02, 04-24, 46, 49, 57, 61-64 and 97.
 
These amendments entered into force on August 15, 2013, and last two years.
 
On March 14, 2014, the Government released Decree 555 which added the sub-codes of 8543.70.90.00 to the aforementioned measure:

  • LED bulbs: 8543.70.90.10
  • other: 8543.70.90.90
Update
On 15 Agust 2015, the Colombian Government launched a new list of products affected by the 0% import duty tariff. As a result, 68 tariff lines were removed from the list of products enjoying the tariff reduction while another 114 tariff lines were added to the list. The new list of products is to be removed on 15 August 2017 (please, see related state acts for further information).

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