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Gráfica No. 3 Exportaciones de Esmeraldas en Bruto (USD)
Periodo 2011- 2023
USD
DEFENDING
40,000,000
35,000,000
30,000,000
34,154,391
37,999,815
the sector
ESMERALDA
25,000,000
20,000,000
15,000,000
10,000,000
5,000,000
–
5,675,104
4,056,362
10,952,508
5,274,698
18,297,777
9,375,627
19,907,715 19,967,380
12,847,271
9,223,309
20,276,705
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
In conjunction with Objective No. 2 of Law 488 of
1998 Art-101, an important project to improve competitiveness
was Training Environment Support, which
was promoted hand in hand with SENA. Additionally,
social projects that impact the emerald-producing
community in the area of influence of this beautiful
gem were developed, especially in the fields of education
and health. Those projects included: providing hospital
furniture, appliances and equipment at UBA La Victoria,
moving the Santa Bárbara Educational Institution,
the hospital endowment for the ESE Nuestra Señora de
la Paz Quipama, building physical therapy rooms and
recreational areas in the Quípama Geriatric Center, and
the addition to the kindergarten in Chivor. ◆
The main objective of the National Federation
of Colombian Emeralds, FEDESMERAL-
DAS, is the representation, defense and development
of the emerald industry in Colombia
within the principles of ethics and unity. The
Federation is governed by current legal norms
and in general by the regulations of private
law applicable to its status as a legal entity
and its statutes.
In accordance with the above, FEDESMERAL-
DAS, in compliance with its mission and regulations,
promotes developing and strengthening
the emerald production chain through the execution
of investment projects in compliance
with the objectives of Law 488 of 1998 – Article
101 (Graph No. 1) with resources from the
emerald parafiscal tax which are administered
under the principles of good faith, transparency,
efficiency, economy and responsibility.
Since the signing of contract 013 of 2004 between
the Ministry of Mines and Energy and
the National Federation of Colombian Emeralds,
different projects have been promoted
and developed for the benefit of the emerald
production chain. From 2008 until the end of
2023, FNE investment resources have been
approved for projects totaling more than fifty-seven
billion pesos, which have been executed
in projects that comply with the objectives
defined in Article 101 of Law 488 of 1998. ◆
ESMERALDA
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