March 4, 2008

Infrastructure and machinery products accounted for 10.6 percent of total U.S. industrial exports to Colombia in 2006, totaling $522 million. The top U.S. exports in this sector were pumps, compressors, and parts thereof; taps, cocks, and valves; paper making machinery; and interchangeable hand tool parts. Colombian tariffs range between zero and 20 percent with an average of 11.1 percent in 2006. For infrastructure and machinery products, 70 percent of U.S. industrial exports will receive duty-free treatment immediately upon implementation of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration