ANNOUNCEMENT 12 Dec 2013

In December 2013, the government of Colombia announced an altered import quota.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 0 liberalising

SOURCE



Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, news item (in Spanish): http://www.vuce.gov.co/news!.php?news_id=115

Decree 2909 of 17 December 2013: http://www.mincit.gov.co/documentos.php?id=323

Circular 037 of 27 December 2013: http://www.mincit.gov.co/documentos.php?id=322


Inception date: 01 Jan 2014 | Removal date: 31 Dec 2016

Import quota

On 12 December 2013, Colombia's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism adopted Decree no. 2909 stipulating a temporary import quota on vehicles with electric and hybrid motors with cylinders of less than or equal to 3.000 cm3.
 
The quotas are set as follows:

  • Vehicles with electric motors: 750 units per year with an import tax of 0%
  • Hybrid vehicles: 750 units per year with an import tax of 5%
  • Domestic charging equipment: 1500 units per year (i.e., 750 units for each of the two types of vehicles) with an import tax of 0%
  • Rapid charging stations: 100 units per year with an import tax of 0%

 
The measure came into force on 1 January 2014 and lasts three years.

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
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