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A year of positive figures and developments for the sector of trade, industry, and tourismBogota, September 19, 2011- Over the past year, Colombia has made significant progress, through the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Tourism, in strengthening its policies for the sector. Enlarge |
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Top achievements: increased market access, advances in productive transformation, and more foreign visitorsBogota, September 19, 2011- Minister of Trade, Industry, and Tourism, Sergio Diaz-Granados, highlighted the positive results in exports, investment, tourism, business formalization, and domestic trade, among others, at the Review of Accounts, held in Bogota, on September 19th. Enlarge |
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Colombia moves closer to free trade with EuropeBogota, September 22, 2011. Colombia has taken another step in its internationalization strategy, with the approval of the College of Commissioners on the Trade Agreement that has been negotiated between Colombia and the European Union. Enlarge |
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Colombia converges with international financial reporting standardsBogota, September 20, 2011. The Technical Council of the Public Account&rsquo s Office has recommended that the national government converge towards the International Standards of Financial Information, as an important step for the country, in terms of accounting and financial matters. Enlarge |
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Ministry of Trade calls for boldness, as exporters take advantage of FTA with CanadaBogota, September 26, 2011.- The Minister of Trade, Industry, and Tourism, Sergio Diaz-Granados, called on the sectors that currently comprise the Productive Transformation Program (PTP) to step up to the challenge of tripling exports by 2014, and those non-mining sectors to do so by 2021. Enlarge |
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10% growth in foreign travelers entering ColombiaSanta Marta, September 27, 2011- Colombia continues with positive figures in the area of tourism. The first eight months of 2011 saw an increase of 10.7% in the arrival of foreign travelers to the country, moving from 963,685 to 1,066,709, according to figures from the Administrative Department of Security. Enlarge |
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Colombia is " guest of honor&rdquo at top international tourism fair in VenezuelaBogota, September 24, 2011- With the restoration in diplomatic and trade relations between Colombia and Venezuela, tourism is also beginning to show the positive effects: Colombia is the " guest of honor," at the International Tourism Fair of Venezuela 2011 (FITVEN, for its acronym in Spanish). Enlarge |
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Twelve sectors set goals to triple exports by 2014Medellin, September 24, 2011.- The twelve sectors of the economy that currently comprise the Productive Transformation Program (PTP) have all set the goal of tripling their exports by 2014, as well as creating, at least, 300,000 new and formal jobs. Enlarge |
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