Colombia will exercise the pro tempore presidency of the Andean Community until 2025, the organization announced in a statement.
In a ceremony held in Lima, Peru, and representing the President Gustavo Petrothe Ministers of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Luis Carlos Reyes, and of Foreign Affairs, Luis Gilberto Murilloreceived from the hands of the Bolivian Government the reins of this regional body.
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“For the year in which it will exercise this ‘pro tempore’ presidency, Colombia has drawn up a roadmap with 8 bets, of which half attend to the foreign trade front.“, the Andean Community indicated.
Luis Carlos Reyes, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
“Our work will focus on strengthening regional integration, in this case the Andean integration, through the mechanisms contemplated within the Andean Community itself, which is precisely one of the goals of the foreign trade policy of the Government of Change.“, Reyes said.
The MinCIT added that the idea is “Promote the construction of supply chains“that allow them to take advantage of economic complementarities and jointly insert themselves into global and regional value chains.
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In fact, according to the organization’s statement, One of the initiatives aims to promote the Andean Digital Agenda (ADA) to achieve regional digital transformation, accelerate the digitalization capabilities of the production of the four countries and technological innovation..
Colombia also intends to advance in the Andean Community Interoperability (Intercom) so that entities involved in foreign trade operations in the four countries can exchange virtually and in real time at least three of the five documents that make up the program: Certificate of Origin, Phytosanitary Certificate, Single Customs Document, Andean Value Document and Mandatory Sanitary Notification.
Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo
“Another of the bets seeks to advance in a fair energy transition to achieve the best alternatives in climate adaptation and environmental sustainability, which also contributes to the diversification of economies and the generation of sustainable jobs.“, the organization mentions.
Colombia sells 11.8% of its total non-mining and energy exports to this market.In the first seven months, these totaled US$1,473.6 million as a bloc, the third destination for this type of goods after the Pacific Alliance and the European Union.
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