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The sugar cane production is located in the geographic valley of the Cauca river, that counts on exceptional geographic and environmental conditions for the production and harvests continuous in all the year. The technological advances have allowed to lower the period of harvest of 15 to 12 months of the sowings and the established plantation can produce during five following periods. Colombia has the world-wide record of sugar yields by hectare.
The surface seeded in sugar cane in Colombia ascends to 170,000 hectares with an approximated production of 2.5 million tons of sugar. The production has come in constant growth as a result of the demand of the industry, in individual for export products. In 2003, the Congress approved a Law to stimulate the consumption dealcohol fuel, that is expected dinamice still more the sugar cane production for estenuevo market.
Colombia will export in 2004 the equivalent one of the 82 percent of its consumption, superior to the 29 percent of 1995. After Brazil it is the country with better competitive performance in the world. In 2002, the exports of all products of chapter 17 of the harmonized tariff ascended to 1.4 million tons by 341 million dollars.
In the case of the Crude Sugar, both more important markets for Colombia are Venezuela and the United States, that altogether are receiving of more of 6 0% of the exports that the country does of this product.
Venezuela has been an important partner and constitutes until this moment a stable market, until the point of which the annual rate of growth of the imports of Venezuela coming from Colombia has been of 6,8%.
Colombian Products Guide for Importers
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