Colombia’s organic products are popular in the European Union. In 2019, Colombia has controlled to position itself among the top 10 suppliers of biological products in the EU, from 13th place in 2018 to 8th in 2019, according to the European Commission’s report on the EU. Imports of organic agri-food products.
Colombian exports of organic products to the EU increased from 63,114 tonnes in 2018 to 87,341 tonnes in 2019, an increase of 38%, according to the report. It should be noted that Colombia’s biological exports of new or dry tropical culmination in 2019 increased by 31% over the past year, from 19,000 tons to 24,900 tons.
The ten most sensitive biological suppliers in the EU are, in order, China, Ukraine, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Turkey, India, Colombia, Kazakhstan and Brazil. The main Member States that carried out the charge in 2019 were the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany. .
Colombia, the world’s long-term pantry According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Colombia is destined to be one of the world’s food pantries. 8 million hectares. The tropical climatic situation of the country allows to produce a wide variety of foods per year.
According to the knowledge of the National Department of Administrative Statistics of Colombia, the country’s main exports in 2019 included bananas (12. 8%), new fruit (3%) and culmination and processed vegetables (1%).
In 2019, agricultural and agro-industrial GDP was $2,500 billion, or 9. 5% of Colombia’s GDP; in 2019, agri-food exports totaled $7,296 million and Colombia exported its products to more than 160 countries. , bananas, oils and fats, derived from cocoa, sugars and honey were the main exported subsectors, a sector representing 1 in five jobs in the country (22% of national employment). The year 2020 will mark the 7th anniversary of the flexible industry agreement between Colombia and the EU, which allowed the country to identify a preferential and permanent relationship with a key player in the global economy.
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