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Colombia is the largest South American market for U.S. agricultural products and the seventh-largest market for U.S. food and beverage exports globally. Since the U.S. – Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) was implemented in 2012, U.S. agricultural exports have grown by more than 235 percent to a record $3.7 billion in 2023.

In 2018, total Colombian food and agricultural imports were valued at $6.5 billion.

Colombian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 2.7 percent in 2018, higher than other Latin American economies.

Over the last two years, U.S. exports of wine increased by 152 percent to almost $4.5 million in 2013 and U.S. exports of whisky increased by 83% percent to over $683,000 in 2013.

FAS Colombia is writing a series of reports on the opportunities and challenges for U.S. agriculture under the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA), which went into force in May 2012.