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What have you heard
or what do you “know”
about COLOMBIA?
VIDEO(click here)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em0SCicZQhw
OUR “ONLY”
PROBLEM…
…is corruption!
The
BASICS…
LOCATION:(SURROUNDED by 2 oceans)
NAME:
Republica de
COLOMBIA
FLAG
MEANING:
>“GOLD”/
“RESOURCES”
“TWO OCEANS”
“HEROE‟S BLOOD”
MAIN LANGUAGE:
Español de Castilla>500.000.000 speaks „Castellano‟
DEMONYM:
Colombian
POPULATION:
45,586,233 (29th globally)
MIGRATIONTO COLOMBIA
RELIGION…
90% CATHOLIC
ETHNICS…How a typical colombian looks like?
(Think twice… is hard to Know!)
…
> 58% Mestizo
> 21% African-Colombian
> 20% Caucasian-Colombian
> 1% Indigenous
DID YOU KNOW…
In 2008, COLOMBIA was
ranked 1st according to a
“Happy Planet Index”?
(YES, such things actually exists)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Planet_Index
CAPITAL:
Bogotá [boɣo‟ta]LARGEST CITIES:
•Bogotá
•Medellin
•Cali
•Barranquilla
[32 “STATES”]
AREA:
1,141,748 km2 (26th. globally)**US is almost 9 times larger
A Desertin the North
The ATLANTIC(or the Caribbean)
The PACIFICon the west
Our “Heart”3 Mountain Ranges
PLAINS (“Llanos”)in the East
Amazonas Tropical Forrestin the South
HIGHER EDUCATION:
Over 70 Universities
CURRENCY:
PESO Colombiano*
*1U$ = 1800 COP (Aprox.)
GDP (purchasing power parity): $395.4 billion (2008 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $240.7 billion (2008 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 2.5% (2008 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $8,800 (2008 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 9% industry: 38.1% services: 52.9% (2008 est.)Labor force: 21.3 million (2008 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 22.4% industry: 18.8% services: 58.8% (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate: 11.3% (2008 est.)
Population below poverty line: 49.2% (2005)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.8% highest 10%: 45.9% (2006)
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 53.8 (2005)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (2008 est.)
Investment (gross fixed): 24.3% of GDP (2008 est.)
Budget: revenues: $83.22 billion expenditures: $82.92 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2008 est.)
Public debt: 42.8% of GDP (2008 est.)Central bank discount rate: 11.5% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate: 15.6% (31 December 2008)
Stock of money: $21.58 billion (31 December 2008)
Stock of quasi money: $26.57 billion (31 December 2008)
Stock of domestic credit: $89.69 billion (31 December 2008)
Market value of publicly traded shares: $87.03 billion (31 December 2008)
products: coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp
Industries: textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds
Industrial production growth rate: 0.8% (2008 est.)
Electricity - production: 53.6 billion kWh (2007)Electricity - consumption: 52.8 billion kWh (2007)
Electricity - exports: 876.7 million kWh (2007)
Electricity - imports: 38.4 million kWh (2007)
Oil - production: 588,000 bbl/d (93,500 m3/d) (2008 est.)
Oil - consumption: 267,000 bbl/d (42,400 m3/d) (2007 est.)
Oil - exports: 294,000 bbl/d (46,700 m3/d) (2008 est.)
Oil - imports: 12,480 bbl/d (1,984 m3/d) (2005)
Oil - proved reserves: 1,323,000,000 bbl (2.103E+8 m3) (1 January 2008 est.)
Natural gas - production: 7.22 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - consumption: 7.22 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - exports: 0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports: 0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves: 122.9 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance: $-6.761 billion (2008 est.)
Exports: $38.55 billion (2008 est.)
commodities: petroleum, coffee, coal, nickel, emeralds, apparel, bananas, cut flowers
Exports - partners: US 32.1%, Venezuela 16.8%, Chile 4.8% (2008)
Imports: $37.56 billion (2008 est.)
commodities: industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricitypartners: US 30.5%, China 8.5%, Mexico 8.5%, Brazil 6.5%, Venezuela 4.3%, Germany 4% (2008)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
Debt - external: $46.4 billion (31 December 2008)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: $67.23 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: $13.08 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
Exchange rates: Colombian pesos (COP) per US dollar - 2,243.6 (2008), 2,013.8 (2007), 2,358.6 (2006), 2,320.75 (2005), 2,628.61 (2004)
Fiscal year: calendar year
GDP (purchasing power parity): $395.4 billion (2008 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $240.7 billion (2008 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 2.5% (2008 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $8,800 (2008 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 9% industry: 38.1% services: 52.9% (2008 est.)
Labor force: 21.3 million (2008 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 22.4% industry: 18.8% services: 58.8% (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate: 11.3% (2008 est.)
Population below poverty line: 49.2% (2005)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.8% highest 10%: 45.9% (2006)
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 53.8 (2005)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (2008 est.)Investment (gross fixed): 24.3% of GDP (2008 est.)
Budget: revenues: $83.22 billion expenditures: $82.92 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2008 est.)
Public debt: 42.8% of GDP (2008 est.)Central bank discount rate: 11.5% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate: 15.6% (31 December 2008)
Stock of money: $21.58 billion (31 December 2008)
Stock of quasi money: $26.57 billion (31 December 2008)
Stock of domestic credit: $89.69 billion (31 December 2008)
Market value of publicly traded shares: $87.03 billion (31 December 2008)
Agriculture - products: coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest p
Industries: textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeraldsIndustrial production growth rate: 0.8% (2008 est.)
Electricity - production: 53.6 billion kWh (2007)
Electricity - consumption: 52.8 billion kWh (2007)
Electricity - exports: 876.7 million kWh (2007)
Electricity - imports: 38.4 million kWh (2007)
Oil - production: 588,000 bbl/d (93,500 m3/d) (2008 est.)
Oil - consumption: 267,000 bbl/d (42,400 m3/d) (2007 est.)
Oil - exports: 294,000 bbl/d (46,700 m3/d) (2008 est.)
Oil - imports: 12,480 bbl/d (1,984 m3/d) (2005)
Oil - proved reserves: 1,323,000,000 bbl (2.103E+8 m3) (1 January 2008 est.)
Natural gas - production: 7.22 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - consumption: 7.22 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - exports: 0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports: 0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves: 122.9 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance: $-6.761 billion (2008 est.)
Exports: $38.55 billion (2008 est.)
Exports - commodities: petroleum, coffee, coal, nickel, emeralds, apparel, bananas, cut flowers
Exports - partners: US 32.1%, Venezuela 16.8%, Chile 4.8% (2008)Imports: $37.56 billion (2008 est.)
Imports - commodities: industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electri
Imports - partners: US 30.5%, China 8.5%, Mexico 8.5%, Brazil 6.5%, Venezuela 4.3%, Germany 4% (2008)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
Debt - external: $46.4 billion (31 December 2008)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: $67.23 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: $13.08 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
Exchange rates: Colombian pesos (COP) per US dollar - 2,243.6 (2008), 2,013.8 (2007), 2,358.6 (2006), 2,320.75 (2005), 2,628.61
Fiscal year: calendar year
ECONOMIC
GROWTH:
GDP:
U$401.966 billionManufacturing 14.2%
Agriculture 13.5%
Financial services 17.2%
Commerce 11.4%
Transportation/communications services 8.2%
Mining and quarrying 4.8%
Construction and public works 5.3%
Government, personal and other services 19.5%
Electricity, gas, and water 3.0%
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2004 2005
US Exports US Imports Trade Balance
$US Billions
Colombia Ranks #31 trade partner with US.
3rd largest market for US goods in Latin America (after Brazil and Mexico).
American exports to Colombia – industrial machinery, transportation equipment, chemicals, grains, .
Colombian exports to US – hydrocarbon products, gem stones, coffee, cut flowers, clothing, fruits, .
TRADE BALANCE [US-COL]:
CIVETS* “the new BRICM”:Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam,
Egypt, Turkey and South-africa
*Countries with reasonably sophisticated financial systems,
controlled inflation and a soaring young population.
INDUSTRY:•Leather, textiles and clothing (particularly lingerie)
•Processed foods and beverages,
•Paper and paper products
•Chemicals and petrochemicals
•Cement, iron/steel products and metalworking
> Hotter Regions/Sea Level: Cacao, Sugarcane, Coconuts, Bananas /
Plantains, Cassava, Rice, Cotton, Tobacco, Beef Cattle.
> Temperate Regions: Corn, Citrus, Pineapples, Tomatoes.
> Cooler Regions/Mountains: Potatoes, Dairy Cattle and poultry.
AGRICULTURE:
COFFEE
FLOWERS
COAL
EMERALDS
GOLD
SOME
MULTINATIONAL
COMPANIES
with presence
in COLOMBIA
•Oil & Gas.• Emphasis on exploration and production, offshore.
• $3 billion refinery expansion/modernization and Petrochemical Projects. Increase of Ecopetrol investments
• Natural gas market development.
•Energy• Thermal (33%) to supplement hydro (67%)
• Renewables, wind power projects.
OPPORTUNITIES for
SPRINGFIELD, MO (I):
•Safety and Security• Residential and commercial alarm systems
• Biometrics
• Transportation and logistics security
•Food Processing and Packaging Equipment• Rapidly expanding export market is driving need for
state-of-the-art food processing equipment
•Telecommunications
• Broadband technologies, services and equipment
OPPORTUNITIES for
SPRINGFIELD, MO (II):
•Healthcare Services and Medical Equipment
•Hospital upgrades
•Preventative care & early diagnosis
•Business and other Services
•Legal, real estate, franchising
•Processed Foods
•Cotton/yarns
•Wheat/corn/soy/oilseeds
OPPORTUNITIES for
SPRINGFIELD, MO (III):
“COLOMBIA ES PASION” STORE
ANDRES VELASQUEZ
Business Fellowat the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
•Nacionality: Colombian
•Specialty: Research
•Main Feature: 100% Curiosity
•Favorite Food: Beans… really spicy
Email: andres.velasquez@yahoo.com