FTA Colombia – Costa Rica

Free Trade Alliance
Colombia – Costa Rica
Sara Senior C.
Intermediate Business
English
Universidad EAN

4 rounds of negotiation
Treaty Signature: May
22th, 2013
Entry into effect: August
1 st 2016

1. Initial Provisions and
General Definitions
2. National Treaty and
Market Access for
Goods
3. Rules of Origin and
Origin Procedures
4. Trade Facilitation
and Customs
Procedures
5. Technical
Cooperation and
Mutual Assistance in
Customs Matters
6. Sanitary and
Phytosanitary
Measures
7. Technical Barriers
to Trade
8. Commercial
Defense
9. Intellectual
Property
10. Procurement
11. Competition
Policy and Consumer
Protection
12. Investment
13. Cross-Border
Services
14. Financial Services
15.
Telecommunications
The
agreement
consists of
22 chapters
16. Electronic
Commerce
17. Temporary Entry of
Business Persons
18. Dispute 19. Transparency
20. Administration of
the Agreement
21. Exceptions 22. Final Provisions

Opportunities in
agroindustry
For Colombia

Eggs: immediate access
Mushrooms: in 5 years.
Confits: access relief to 10 years
Chocolates: over 15 years.
Cookies and bakery products: 5
and 10 years.
Energizing and hydrating drinks:
relief in 15 years.
Fruits and vegetables: from
immediate, 5, 10 and 12 years
Tobacco and cigarettes:
immediate access

Departments
whit
opportunities in
Agroindustry

Opportunities in Manufacturing
sector and industrial goods
For Colombia

• Duty-free immediate access:
• fuels, brassieres, some
petrochemical resins in primary
form, jewelry, motorcycle parts
and auto parts for trailers, salt,
coal, medicines, some cosmetics,
prepared leather; vehicles,
automobiles, fibers and yarns and
fabrics, spare parts for vehicles
and toys
• Duty-free after 7 years:
• Perfumes and toilet waters, some
agrochemicals, some plastic
resins, leather shoes, gaskets and
other rubber fittings for transport;
cements, Caulks, chemical
products , tanned hides, safety
glass for automobiles, filters for
engines.

Departments
whit
opportunities
Manufacturin
g sector

Opportunities in Services

• Opportunities for the printing
industry And editorial, software
and it
• National Treatment and Most
Favored Nation
• Local presence non
mandatory

References
• http://www.procolombia.co/sites/default/files/2016_acuerdo-comercial-costa-rica.pdf
• http://www.sice.oas.org/TPD/COL_CRI/COL_CRI_s.asp
• http://www.tlc.gov.co/publicaciones.php?id=6669