February 15, 2008

Building products accounted for less than one percent of total U.S. industrial exports to Colombia in 2006, totaling $30 million. The top U.S. exports to Colombia in this sector were refractory bricks, float glass, certain stone articles, and prefabricated buildings. Colombian tariffs range between five and 20 percent with an average of 13.2 percent in 2006. For building products, 58 percent of U.S. industrial exports will receive duty-free treatment immediately upon implementation of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. Tariffs on another 26 percent of exports will be eliminated over five years.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration