Evidence 12: Import process
To make this evidence, consult the following training material: Make a technical data or specification sheet about a product that Colombia imports in agreement with the FTA. It must have the dut rates and the custom valuation according to the countr of destination, with the purpose of giving detailed information about the product that the customer will bu. bu.
TLC !ince the Treat of Free Trade signed between Canada and Colombia, the departments of Colombia have taken advantage of, integrating it as a means of development and diversification of their local market, introducing innovative products, alwas seeking a competitive advantage between the local market and international.
Incentives 1. Taxes: "#$ !ingle rate of income ta% for industrial users of goods and services &outside the free 'one is (#$).
* +$ -uit ta% C &outside free 'one is /$) . * +$ 0AT and tariffs on foreign goods. +$ 0AT on national goods.
2. Customs ofcers: * Customs e%traterritorialit e%traterritorialit.. * 1on2p 1on2pamen amentt of custo customs ms dutie duties s for capital goods, e-ui e-uipment pment,, supp supplies lies and spare parts from abroad. * 3artial pament of ta%es on merchandise from abroad to be used 4ust in time in Colombia.
PRODUCT
5ther tpes of 6heat 5ther 6heat is identified under tariff heading "++"//"+/+ and relates basicall to other wheats not included in other tariff headings falling within Chapter &"++") 6heat and Morca4o. In (+"(, imports of this product totaled 7! 8 "+9,""",/" million dollars, on the total imported in its categor. 6ith respect specificall to imports of this product from Canada, it can be observed that in (+"( the were 7!; 8 <,=(/,/(( million dollars, a figure that in previous ears did not present an participation b the countr towards the department and also in general terms, which !hows that before (+"( >ogota did not import this product. ?owever, with respect to August (+"( and August (+"9, there was a decrease of "+.#$ in imports, which were 7!; 8 "+,(,/( in (+"( and 7!; 8 99,#<@,#9<./+ in (+"9. It is clear that Canadas share of total imports from >ogotB is -uite significant, basicall because there are not man suppliers and the market is small, which places the countr in the number one position in the ranking.